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Autographs of Brian Close

Dennis Brian Close, CBE (24 February 1931 – 13 September 2015) was an English first-class cricketer. He was picked to play against New Zealand in July 1949, when he was 18 years old. Close went on to play 22 Test matches for England, captaining them seven times to six wins and one drawn test. Close also captained Yorkshire to four county championship titles – the main domestic trophy in English cricket. He later went on to captain Somerset, where he is widely credited with developing the county into a hard-playing team, and helping to mould Viv Richards and Ian Botham into the successful players they became. More about Brian Close

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Current items with a signature of Brian Close

These are the most current items with a signature of Brian Close that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.

Picture Item Title Price Store
thumbnailBRIAN CLOSE Signed 10x8 Photo ENGLAND & YORKSHIRE CRICKET Legend COA£34.99logo
thumbnailBRIAN CLOSE Signed 12x8 Photo Display ENGLAND & YORKSHIRE CRICKET Legend COA£34.99logo
thumbnailBrian CLOSE Signed Autograph 10x8 ENGLAND Cricket Action Photo AFTAL COA£24.99logo
thumbnailBrian CLOSE Signed Autograph 10x8 ENGLAND Cricket Yorkshire Photo AFTAL COA£24.99logo
thumbnailBrian CLOSE Signed Autograph 16x12 ENGLAND Cricket Montage Photo AFTAL COA£34.99logo
thumbnailBrian CLOSE Signed Autograph Cricket 1880 Tour First Day Cover FDC COA AFTAL£44.99logo
thumbnailEngland & Yorkshire cricketer BRIAN CLOSE hand signed card£7.50logo
thumbnailEngland, Yorkshire & Somerset cricket captain Brian Close signed 8x10 photo£25.00logo
Throughout his cricket career, which lasted from 1948 until the 1977 season, Close was one of the most charismatic and well-known cricketers. He scored almost 35,000 runs as a batsman, including 52 centuries with a highest innings score of 198. He also took 1,168 wickets as a bowler, over 800 catches as a fielder and one stumping, as a stand-in wicket-keeper. At just over six feet (1.83 m) tall he was a noticeable presence on the field, often fielding at the short leg position, close to the batsman. As cricketers did not use head or body protection in Close's day, he would often get hurt when a batsman struck a ball that hit him. Close was also noted, as a batsman, for standing up to intimidatory bowling, letting the ball hit his unprotected torso rather than flinching.

Close was known as a cricketing gambler; he was prepared to take risks and to court controversy throughout his career. He was serving a "confined to barracks" punishment during his military service when selected for his first international cricket tour to Australia in 1950, was sacked as England captain for timewasting, and later sacked by Yorkshire for his lukewarm attitude to one-day cricket. He was also accused of not giving enough support to younger Yorkshire cricketers. He attracted further criticism by touring apartheid-era South Africa and white-minority-controlled Rhodesia with private teams. As chairman of Yorkshire's cricket subcommittee he had many run-ins with the then Yorkshire captain, Geoffrey Boycott. However, he continued to serve Yorkshire cricket, and in his seventies was coaching and occasionally captaining the county's Colts XI. He was President of Yorkshire in 2008/9. Read even more about Brian Close at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Brian Close

The most expensive item with a signature of Brian Close (Brian Close Hand Signed Mini Cricket Bat England Yorkshire CCC Ashes AFTAL COA) was sold in August 2014 for £149.00 while the cheapest item (Ex Cricketer Brian Close Hand Signed Autograph) found a new owner for £0.99 in September 2021. The month with the most items sold (3) was January 2014 with an average selling price of £2.20 for an autographed item of Brian Close. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2015 with £9.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was February 2014. In average, an autographed item from Brian Close is worth £1.99.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Brian Close were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture Item Title Price Store
thumbnailBrian Close CBE (Yorkshire Cricket - England) Signed PR Card£2.55logo
thumbnailBRIAN CLOSE CRICKET LEGEND AUTHENTIC HAND SIGNED 10 X 8 INCH WITH COA£1.49logo
thumbnailBRIAN CLOSE CRICKET LEGEND AUTHENTIC HAND SIGNED 10 X 8 WITH COA£1.29logo
thumbnailBrian Close Signed England Cricket Photograph £11.24logo
thumbnailBRIAN CLOSE- CRICKETER -10x8 PHOTO SIGNED - (12)£4.99logo
thumbnailBRIAN CLOSE- CRICKETER -10x8 PHOTO SIGNED - (32)£5.99logo
thumbnailBRIAN CLOSE. Genuine Handsigned Signature on Magazine Page. £1.99logo
thumbnailCricket Autograph Brian Close England Signed 10x8 inch B&W Photograph JM348£1.99logo
thumbnailCricket Autograph Brian Close England Signed 10x8 inch B&W Photograph JM350£7.99logo
thumbnailCricket Brian Close England Hand Signed 10x8 Inch Authentic Photograph JM350£3.99logo