Lot 19
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GEOFFREY BOYCOTT'S TEST DOUBLE CENTURY BAT

ENGLAND V INDIA, 1967, HEADINGLEY

Price Realised GBP 3,500
Estimate
GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000
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GEOFFREY BOYCOTT'S TEST DOUBLE CENTURY BAT

ENGLAND V INDIA, 1967, HEADINGLEY

Price Realised GBP 3,500
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Price Realised GBP 3,500
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Made by Hunts County, with pen inscription to the face '1st TEST MATCH ENGLAND V INDIA at LEEDS 8th-13th JUNE 1967' (signed by GB)
85 cm. long
Special notice
This lot will be removed to Christie’s Park Royal. Christie’s will inform you if the lot has been sent offsite. Our removal and storage of the lot is subject to the terms and conditions of storage which can be found at Christies.com/storage and our fees for storage are set out in the table below - these will apply whether the lot remains with Christie’s or is removed elsewhere. Please call Christie’s Client Service 24 hours in advance to book a collection time at Christie’s Park Royal. All collections from Christie’s Park Royal will be by pre-booked appointment only. Tel: +44 (0)20 7839 9060 Email: cscollectionsuk@christies.com. If the lot remains at Christie’s it will be available for collection on any working day 9.00 am to 5.00 pm. Lots are not available for collection at weekends.
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Lot Essay

GB scored 246* off 555 balls with this bat in the first innings of the first Test Match against India at Headingley in 1967, the then highest score for any batsman in Tests between England and India. This was GB’s only Test double century and resulted in him being dropped from the team for slow scoring, a decision many thought as curious, as the innings helped to set up a 6 wicket win for England. GB would later be recalled for the final match of the series at Edgbaston after describing the selectors’ decision as ‘the deepest wound of my professional life’.

See also lot 20.

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