1935 Ardath Cricket, Tennis, and Golf Celebrities Set and Checklist

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Pre-War Cards

‘It’s In The Details’

Title	Ardath Cricket, Tennis, and Golf Celebrities
Year	1935
Size	1 1/2″ x 2 5/8″
Images	Color
Type	Tobacco
Number in Set	50

1935 Ardath Cricket, Tennis, and Golf Celebrities Overview

Bill Tilden Tennis 1935 Ardath.jpg 1935 Ardath Golf Celebrities This UK set was distributed inside of packages of Ardath Cork Cigarettes. As indicated by the name of the set, it included cards of athletes from cricket, tennis, and golf. Fronts of the cards have color pictures of the athletes and the backs include a short description. The fronts have a surprisingly glossy finish.

No action images are featured in the set — all cards have a quality portrait picture of the subject instead with his/her name printed in small font at the bottom.

Backs also indicated the cards were adhesive and they were often affixed into albums as a result. You will sometimes find these with residue or some text missing on the back, indicating they were likely removed from an album at some point.

According to PSA, there are two different types of backs – those printed in brown ink (from New Zealand) and those with gray backs (England). The New Zealand ones are considered to be rarer and more expensive.

Cricket is the sport most included in this set as it is represented with 30 cards, including star Jack Hobbs. While the cricket cards are more desirable overseas, it’s the golf and tennis cards that more American collectors desire.

Golf and tennis make up the final 20 cards — 12 are tennis players and eight are golfers. Those 20 cards include notable names such as Bill Tilden and Helen Wills-Moody, as well as other Hall of Famers, from tennis. Hall of Famer Henry Cotton highlights the golf subjects.