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

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1935 Ardath Cricket, Tennis, and Golf Celebrities Overview

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. Backs also indicated the cards were adhesive and they were often affixed into albums as a result.

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. Golf and tennis make up the final 20 cards and include notable names such as Bill Tilden and Helen Wills-Moody, as well as other Hall of Famers, from tennis.

1935 Ardath Cricket, Tennis, and Golf Celebrities Checklist

1. R. E. S. Wyatt
2. Hedley Verity
3. C.F. Walters
4. E. Hendren
5. L. E. G. Ames
6. Maurice Leyland
7. W.E. Bowes
8. G.O. Allen
9. Walter Hammond
10. K. Farnes
11. James Langridge
12. P. G. H. Fender
13. G. Geary
14. E.W. Clark
15. T.B. Mitchell
16. G. A. E. Paine
17. J.C. White
18. J.B. Hobbs
19. M.J. Turnbull
20. Maurice Tate
21. M.S. Nichols
22. D. R. Jardine
23. Ernest Tyldesley
24. Harold Larwood
25. C.P. Mead
26. G. Duckworth
27. L.F. Townsend
28. A. P. F. Chapman
29. Frank Woolley
30. W. Voce
31. Fred Perry
32. Dorothy Round
33. H.W. Austin
34. Peggy Scriven
35. J. Crawford
36. Bill Tilden
37. Jean Borotra
38. Henri Cochet
39. Kathleen Stammers
40. Helen Jacobs
41. Betty Nuthall
42. Helen Wills-Moody
43. A.H. Padgham
44. T.H. Cotton
45. Percy Alliss
46. Abe Mitchell
47. Charles Whitcombe
48. Joyce Wethered
49. Diana Fishwick
50. Enid Wilson

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