Autographs of Ian Craig
Ian David Craig OAM (12 June 1935 – 16 November 2014) was an Australian cricketer who represented the Australian national team in 11 Tests between 1953 and 1958. A right-handed batsman, Craig holds the records for being the youngest Australian to make a first-class double century, appear in a Test match, and captain his country in a Test match. Burdened by the public expectation of being the "next Bradman", Craig's career did not fulfil its early promise. In 1957, he was appointed Australian captain, leading a young team as part of a regeneration plan following the decline of the national team in the mid-1950s, but a loss of form and illness forced him out of the team after one season. Craig made a comeback, but work commitments forced him to retire from first-class cricket at only 26 years of age. More about Ian Craig
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Having missed a season due to national service and university studies, Craig returned to first-class cricket in 1955–56, earning a place in the 1956 Ashes touring squad. Craig regained a Test position for the final two Tests of the series. After the series, at which point Australia had suffered three consecutive Ashes series defeats, captain Ian Johnson and vice-captain Keith Miller retired. The selectors focussed on young players to rebuild the team, appointing Craig as the captain for the 1957–58 tour of South Africa, although he had played just six Tests and was not an established member of the team. Aged 22 years and 194 days, Craig was, at the time, the youngest captain in Test history and led a team that critics dismissed as having no chance to a convincing 3–0 victory; his own batting form was poor, and he averaged less than 20. He contracted hepatitis before the start of the 1958–59 season and withdrew from cricket. Although he returned the following season for New South Wales, he could not regain his Test place. He retired from first-class cricket at the age of just 26: work commitments as a pharmacist increasingly restricted his ability to train. In later life, Craig was the managing director of the Australian subsidiary of the British pharmaceutical firm Boots. He had a continued involvement with cricket as an administrator, working with the New South Wales Cricket Association, the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust and the Bradman Museum. Craig was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1997 for his service to cricket. Read even more about Ian Craig at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Ian Craig
The most expensive item with a signature of Ian Craig (SIGNED Ian Craig / Lindsay Hassett, 1953 Australians, photograph... Ashes) was sold in April 2023 for £19.00 while the cheapest item (Ian Craig - Australian Test Player - Signed Piece) found a new owner for £0.99 in May 2020. The month with the most items sold (1) was October 2013 with an average selling price of £18.00 for an autographed item of Ian Craig. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2023 with £19.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was December 2018. In average, an autographed item from Ian Craig is worth £4.09.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Ian Craig were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1996 FUTERA HERITAGE CRICKET SIGNATURE COLLECTION #38 - IAN CRAIG | £8.49 | |
| Australia test cricketer Ian Craig signed card 1950s | £0.99 | |
| Australian Captain Cricket Player Signed Ian Craig | £2.49 | |
| Ian Craig - Australian test player - signed note | £2.19 | |
| Ian Craig - Australian Test Player - Signed Piece | £0.99 | |
| Signed 1956 X15 Australian Test Cricket Ashes England Autograph Ian Craig ++ | £18.00 | |
| SIGNED Ian Craig / Lindsay Hassett, 1953 Australians, photograph... Ashes | £19.00 | |
| Signed Ian Craig 1935-2014 New South Wales Australia 1953 Ashes England 1950s | £2.45 | |
| Signed magazine photo of Ian Craig the Australian Cricketer | £5.00 | |
| Signed Richie Benaud 1930-2015 Ian Craig 1935-2014 Australia 1953 Ashes 1940s + | £0.99 | |