Some Tennis Memorabilia

First up, some famous Autographs which come up regularly. Obviously many are genuine but you are generally buying on a leap of faith so just don't go buying one for hundreds of dollars. Signatures on photos are more desirable than normal unless, like some below, they are together marking an important occasion.

1933 - 1934 Davis Cup Players (UK)

A who's who list of 1920's Australian players supporting the 1946 Davis Cup Team. A rare and wonderful memento.

Jack Crawford was the 1933 Wimbledon champion and his wife Marjorie (Cox)
was also an excellent player having competed in the Australian Championships on many occasions.

Some top notch Australian Men and Ladies from the 1940's playing in the Tasmanian Championships.

Joyce Fitch (upside down) Colin Long, Pat Jones, Lionel Brodie, Nancye Bolton, Jack Crawford and Clare Proctor.

Australian Dinny Pails turned professional with Jack Kramer and played many matches overseas
and in Australia with Pancho Segura and Bobby Riggs.

Quite a nice Davis Cup Challenge paddle racquet from 1962, played in Brisbane between Australia and Mexico (5-0). Here we have Neale Fraser, Ken Fletcher, Rod Laver, Roy Emerson, Cliff Sproule and key Mexican players and 3 year US Open Doubles grand finalists, Rafael Osuna and Antonio Palafox with the third member of the squad, veteran Mario Llamas. This was Rod Laver's Grand Slam year and in the next weeks he became a professional which precluded him from the Davis Cup team until 1973. If you can help identify any of the signatures below Mario Llamas (Pancho -Not Gonzales or Segura & probably team official) and left of Palafox much appreciated.  The page above comes from the same 1962 event at the Davis Cup Dinner where some other famous players attended.

Below, this is a piece of factory memorabilia ex Slazenger UK. Somewhere on the production line hanging on a nail this decal display board probably reminded workers of the selections required. On the reverse are Cricket bat decals.

                             Signed Tennis balls are a little more interesting than pieces of paper on display  L to R Connors, Newcombe, McEnroe, Borg