Autographs of Chris Old

Chris Old (born Christopher Middleton Old, 22 December 1948) is a former English cricketer, who played 46 Tests and 32 ODIs from 1972 to 1981. A right-arm fast-medium bowler and lower order left-handed batsman, Old was a key feature of the Yorkshire side between 1969 and 1983, before finishing his career at Warwickshire in 1985. As a Test bowler for England he took 143 wickets, and scored useful runs in the famous 1981 Ashes series' Headingley victory. He was a part of the English squad which finished as runners-up at the 1979 Cricket World Cup.
The youngest of three brothers, Chris Old first made his mark in school cricket as a left-handed batsman playing for schools in Durham, Middlesbrough and other parts of England. In 1962 he was recommended to Yorkshire, following in the footsteps of his older brothers Alan and Malcolm, who had already preceded him. He made his debut, aged 15, for Yorkshire 2nd XI against Lincolnshire at Grimsby in August 1964 as a batsman, scoring 26 in the first innings and 8 not out in the second, but he was subsequently encouraged by resident coach Arthur Mitchell to develop his bowling. He was still predominantly a batsman when he made his debut for the Yorkshire first team as a 17-year-old against Hampshire in 1966, scoring 3 runs and conceding 8 runs from 3 overs without taking a wicket. That was the start of a first-class cricket career lasting 20 years from 1966 to 1986.
He was mentored by the resident Yorkshire opening bowlers, Fred Trueman and Tony Nicholson, who took over 2800 wickets between them for the county and following Fred Truemans retirement in 1968 he became Nicholsons opening new ball bowling partner. He won his Yorkshire cap in 1969, and was named as the Cricket Writer's Club Young Cricketer of the Year in 1970. Old hit the 3rd fastest century of all time at Edgbaston in 1977, with 100 runs from 72 balls in 37 minutes, with the second 50 taking just 9 minutes. This feat won him the Walter Lawrence Trophy for the fastest century of the year. He was also nominated as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of 1979.
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Traded items with a signature of Chris Old

The most expensive item with a signature of Chris Old (1979 Lincolnshire v Yorkshire - Signed Chris Old Benefit Programme at Scunthorpe) was sold in October 2025 for £12.71 while the cheapest item (Chris Old Yorkshire And England Cricket Signed Card) found a new owner for £0.99 in April 2023. The month with the most items sold (3) was February 2025 with an average selling price of £3.19 for an autographed item of Chris Old. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2025 with £12.71 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was December 2022. In average, an autographed item from Chris Old is worth £4.11.

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Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	1979 Chris Old Yorkshire Cricket Benefit V Radlett C.C. 15 June 1979 Signed	£2.30
	1979 Lincolnshire v Yorkshire - Signed Chris Old Benefit Programme at Scunthorpe	£12.71
	BROCHURE - CHRIS OLD BENEFIT MATCH v BEDALE C.C. MAY 1979- SIGNED BY 9 YORKS CCC	£5.00
	Chris Old - England - Excellent Signed Label - Rare Autograph	£2.04
	CHRIS OLD - YORKSHIRE & ENGLAND CRICKETER - SIGNED WHITE CARD	£10.45
	CHRIS OLD AUTOGRAPHED OFFICIAL CRICKET CARD 8" X 4",excellent condition	£6.77
	Chris Old Yorkshire And England Cricket Signed Card	£0.99
	Chris Old Yorkshire And England Cricketer Hand Signed Magazine Picture	£3.62
	Chris Old Yorkshire And England Cricketer Signed Magazine Picture	£4.17
	Chris Old Yorkshire And England Cricketer Signed Magazine Picture	£2.10
	CHRIS OLD YORKSHIRE WARWICKSHIRE AND ENGLAND AUTOGRAPHED NEWSPAPER PHOTO	£0.99
	ENGLAND / YORKSHIRE - CHRIS OLD HAND SIGNED CRICKET CIGARETTE CARD	£2.99
	ENGLAND / YORKSHIRE - CHRIS OLD HAND SIGNED CRICKET TRADING CARD	£4.04
	ENGLAND / YORKSHIRE - CHRIS OLD HAND SIGNED TRUMPS CRICKET TRADING CARD	£3.19
	Original 1970's Cricket Autograph Chris Old Yorkshire Warwickshire CCC + England	£7.55