Autographs of Les Ames
Leslie Ethelbert George Ames CBE (3 December 1905 – 27 February 1990) was a wicket-keeper and batsman for the England cricket team and Kent County Cricket Club. In his obituary, Wisden described him as the greatest wicket-keeper-batsman of all time. He is the only wicket-keeper-batsman to score a hundred first-class centuries. More about Les Ames
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Born in Elham, Kent, in 1905, he was mentored by Francis MacKinnon, an ex-county player who lived in the village and then, after leaving the Harvey Grammar School, Folkestone, by Gerry Weigall, the Kent county coach, who encouraged him to learn to keep wicket so he would have a better chance of playing for the county as an all-rounder.
He received the call to play for Kent while playing in West Malling and made his debut for the county on 7 July 1926 against Warwickshire at the Nevill Ground in Royal Tunbridge Wells. He scored 35 and took four catches, despite not playing as a wicket-keeper in the match. He played one more County Championship match that season before becoming a regular in the 1927 season. Read even more about Les Ames at Wikipedia
He received the call to play for Kent while playing in West Malling and made his debut for the county on 7 July 1926 against Warwickshire at the Nevill Ground in Royal Tunbridge Wells. He scored 35 and took four catches, despite not playing as a wicket-keeper in the match. He played one more County Championship match that season before becoming a regular in the 1927 season. Read even more about Les Ames at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Les Ames
In total, we tracked 76 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Les Ames (Sir Don BRADMAN, Godfrey EVANS ,Les AMES 3 signed items, all signed by The Don) was sold in January 2019 for £59.99 while the cheapest item (Les Ames - England Test Player - Signed Piece) found a new owner for £0.99 in June 2020. The month with the most items sold (3) was August 2014 with an average selling price of £12.60 for an autographed item of Les Ames. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2019 with £59.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was May 2013. In average, an autographed item from Les Ames is worth £5.19.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Les Ames were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1905-1990 LES AMES (Kent & England), album page, ORIGINALLY SIGNED! | £6.99 | |
| 1905-1990 LES AMES (Kent/England), 1982 Ashes Centenary card, ORIGINALLY SIGNED! | £2.99 | |
| 1934 players cigarette card signed Les Ames Kent England #1 of 50 | £4.99 | |
| 1940s Signed Kent England Cricket Autograph Book Page Leslie Todd Les Ames ++ | £19.99 | |
| 1984 6 Signed Leaders of the World FDC Les Ames Evans Woolmer Knott Underwood | £11.50 | |
| Brian Luckhurst Test Cricketer Signed Les Ames Memorial Pavilion Comm Cover 1997 | £7.99 | |
| Cricket - Autograph of Les Ames Kent & England | £1.50 | |
| Hand Signed Cricket Autograph, Les Ames, England | £2.50 | |
| Hand Signed Cricket Autograph, Les Ames, England 1929-39, Tests 47 | £6.50 | |
| Kent & England - LES AMES SIGNED ORIGINAL PLAYERS 1934 CRICKET CIGARETTE CARD | £10.00 | |
| Les AMES (1905-1990), Kent & ENGLAND, Cap#244 - 47 Tests, signed plain postcard | £2.99 | |
| Les Ames - England & Kent hand signed (both sides) cricket cigarette card 1930s | £9.99 | |
| Les Ames Autograph - Famous Kent & England Cricketer | £2.99 | |
| LES AMES Kent & England Test Cricketer signed PHOTOCARD No.175 | £5.50 | |
| Signed Wills Cricketers 2nd Series - No.1 by Les Ames | £4.99 | |