Autographs of Ken Cranston
Kenneth Cranston (20 October 1917 – 8 January 2007) was an English amateur cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Lancashire and eight times for England, in 1947 and 1948. He retired from playing cricket to concentrate on his career as a dentist.
Cranston was born in Aigburth, Liverpool, where his father Henry Selby Cranston was a dentist. He and his elder brother Ronald were educated at Liverpool College, but Ronald died aged 23 after showing early cricketing talent. Ken Cranston played for the Lancashire Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship before World War II. He served as a dental officer in the Royal Navy during the war. He played cricket for the Royal Navy and Combined Services, and played club cricket in Lancashire after the war. He also played hockey for the county.
Cranston was appointed captain of Lancashire in 1947, replacing acting captain Jack Fallows. He was an all-rounder who bowled fast-medium and batted in the middle of the batting order. He made his first-class debut on 14 May as captain of Lancashire, in the match against Oxford University. He was immediately successful in first-class cricket, and made his Test cricket debut in the Third Test against South Africa at Old Trafford on 5 July, less than eight weeks after his first-class debut. In the Fourth Test at Headingley, he took four wickets in six balls (w.w.ww) to end the South African second innings.
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Current items with a signature of Ken Cranston
These are the most current items with a signature of Ken Cranston that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Ken Cranston Hand Signed White Card England Test Cricket Autograph + COA | £6.99 |  |
Traded items with a signature of Ken Cranston
The most expensive item with a signature of Ken Cranston (Signed Lancashire 1940s Ken Cranston Al Wharton Place Ikin Dick Pollard England) was sold in October 2018 for £24.29 while the cheapest item (Ken Cranston - England- Excellent Signed Piece) found a new owner for £0.99 in April 2025. The month with the most items sold (3) was May 2020 with an average selling price of £0.99 for an autographed item of Ken Cranston. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2018 with £24.29 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was February 2016. In average, an autographed item from Ken Cranston is worth £2.19.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Ken Cranston were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | cricket signed FDC first day cover Alvin Kallicharren Ken Cranston Fred Titmus | £1.99 |  |
| ENGLAND - KEN CRANSTON (HAND SIGNED) | £1.99 | |
| ENGLAND V SOUTH AFRICA - Cricket Scorecard+Note 1947 - Signed KEN CRANSTON | £5.00 | |
| Ken CRANSTON (1917-2007), Lancashire and ENGLAND Test Captain signed white card | £6.99 | |
| Ken CRANSTON (1917-2007), Lancashire and ENGLAND Test Captain signed white card | £6.99 | |
| Ken CRANSTON (1917-2007),Lancashire & ENGLAND Test Captain signed white postcard | £4.99 | |
 | Ken CRANSTON (1917-2007}, Lancashire&ENGLAND Test Captain, hand signed postcard | £10.80 | |
| Ken Cranston - England test player & Lancashire - signed piece | £1.99 | |
| Ken Cranston - England- Excellent Signed Piece | £0.99 | |
| KEN CRANSTON - LANCASHIRE & ENGLAND CRICKETER - SIGNED WHITE CARD | £10.45 | |
| ken Cranston - Lancashire & England test player - signed card | £0.99 | |
| Ken Cranston England International player signed card | £1.20 | |
| Ken CRANSTON(1917-2007),Lancashire & ENGLAND, Cap#321, Test Capt signed postcard | £4.99 | |
| LANCASHIRE V KENT - Cricket Scorecard 1947 - Signed KEN CRANSTON | £4.00 | |
| Signed Pavilion at Old Trafford, County Print postcard by Ken Cranston | £6.76 | |
