Alan Davidson "Fifteen Paces" Personally Signed by 160+ Test Players

From the late Australian Test great Alan Davidson's personal collection comes his own copy of "Fifteen Paces", personally signed by more than 160 Test players including such greats as Bradman, Hutton, Simpson, Cowdrey, Larwood and Benaud, not to mention May and Dexter, Grimmett and O'Reilly, Harvey and Ponsford.  Many captains of both Australia and England, many legendary players, and quite a few 1948 "Invincibles".

We have spent hours cataloguing this who's who of Ashes cricket.

Bob Simpson (62 Tests.  1957-1978. Australian Captain)

Richie Benaud (63 Tests. 1952-1964. Australian Captain)

Lindsay Hassett (43 Tests. 1938-1953. Australian Captain. Invincible)

Keith Stackpole (43 Tests. 1966-1974)

Bill O’Reilly (27 Tests. 1932-1946)

Clarrie Grimmett (37 Tests. 1925-1936)

Neil Harvey (79 Tests. 1948-1963. Invincible)

Bill Ponsford (29 Tests. 1924-1934)

Norm O’Neill (42 Tests. 1958-1965)

Ian Meckiff (18 Tests. 1957-1963)

Jim Burke (24 Tests. 1951-1959)

Grahame Thomas (8 Tests. 1965-1966)

Leo O’Brien (5 Tests. 1932-1936)

HL (Stork) Hendry (11 Tests. 1921-1929)

Hans Ebeling (1 Test. 1934)

Keith Rigg (8 Tests. 1931-1937)

Ron Saggers (6 Tests. 1948-1950. Invincible)

Merv Harvey (1 Test. 1947)

Fred Freer (1 Test. 1946)

Ian McLachlan (South Australia and Cambridge University.  0 Tests.  Federal Government Minister)

Ted A’Beckett (4 Tests. 1928-1931)

HH (Bull) Alexander (1 Test. 1933)

Bill Johnston (40 Tests. 1947-1955. Invincible)

Ian Johnson (45 Tests. 1946-1956. Invincible. Australian Captain)

Arthur Morris (46 Tests. 1946-1955. Invincible)

Ian Craig (11 Tests. 1953-1958. Australian Captain)

Barry Jarman (19 Tests. 1959-1969. Australian Captain)

Bob Massie (6 Tests. 1972-1973)

Bill Lawry (67 Tests. 1961-1971. Australian Captain)

Geoff Dymock (21 Tests. 1974-1980)

Jack Badcock (7 Tests. 1936-1938)

Ross Duncan (1 Test. 1971)

Ron Gaunt (3 Tests. 1958-1964)

Colin Guest (1 Test. 1963)

Bruce Francis (3 Tests. 1972)

Graham Corling (5 Tests. 1964)

John Gleeson (29 Tests. 1967-1972)

Ashley Mallett (38 Tests. 1968-1980)

Les Favell (19 Tests. 1954-1961)

Len Maddocks (7 Tests. 1954-1956)

Lindsay Kline (13 Tests. 1957-1961)

Ian Chappell (75 Tests. 1964-1980. Australian Captain)

Graham McKenzie (60 Tests. 1961-1971)

Bill Brown (22 Tests. 1934-1948. Invincible)

Jack Fingleton (18 Tests. 1932-1938)

Terry Jenner (9 Tests. 1970-1975)

Alan Connolly (29 Tests. 1963-1971)

Ken Mackay (37 Tests. 1956-1963)

Tom Veivers (21 Tests. 1963-1967)

Neil Hawke (27 Tests. 1963-1968)

David Colley (3 Tests. 1972)

Alan Thomson (4 Tests. 1970-1971)

Peter Allan (1 Test. 1965)

Brian Taber (16 Tests. 1966-1970)

Graeme Watson (5 Tests. 1966-1972)

Pat Crawford (4 Tests. 1956)

Ken Meuleman (1 Test. 1946)

Keith Slater (1 Test. 1959)

Len Darling (12 Tests. 1933-1937)

Ernie McCormack (12 Tests. 1935-1938)

Frank Misson (5 Tests. 1960-1961)

Graeme Hole (18 Tests. 1951-1955)

John Rutherford (1 Test. 1956)

Don Tallon (21 Tests. 1945-1953. Invincible)

Ross Edwards (20 Tests. 1972-1975)

Peter Burge  (42 Tests. 1955-1966)

Ian Redpath (64 Tests. 1964-1976)

Keith Miller (55 Tests. 1946-1956. Invincible)

Bob Cowper (27 Tests. 1964-1968)

Alan Turner (14 Tests. 1975-1977)

Eric Freeman (11 Tests. 1968-1970)

Bruce Dooland (3 Tests. 1947-1948)

Colin McCool (14 Tests. 1946-1950. Invincible)

Gil Langley (26 Tests. 1951-1956)

Jim De Courcy (3 Tests. 1953)

Peter Philpott (8 Tests. 1955-1956)

Arthur Chipperfield (14 Tests. 1934-1938)

Ben Barnett (4 Tests. 1938)

Jack Ryder (20 Tests. 1920-1929)

“Nip” Pellew (10 Tests. 1920-1921)

Ashley Woodcock (1 Test. 1974)

Gordon Rorke (4 Tests. 1959)

Ken Archer (5 Tests. 1950-1951)

Sir Donald Bradman (52 Tests. 1928-1948. Australian Captain.  Invincible)

Neil Adcock (SA) (26 Tests. 1953-1962)

Barry Richards (SA) (4 Tests. 1970.  Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1969)

John Reid (NZ) (39 Tests. 1949-1965. NZ Captain)

Bert Sutcliffe (NZ) (42 Tests. 1947-1965. NZ Captain)

Walter Hadlee (NZ) (11 Tests. 1937-1951. NZ Captain)

George Tribe (3 Tests. 1946-1947)

Lou Rowan (Umpire) (25 Tests umpired. 1963-1971)

“Not really a four!” – PBH May (England) (66 Tests. 1951-1961. England Captain)

Ken Barrington (82 Tests. 1955-1968)

Godfrey Evans (91 Tests. 1946-1959)

Ken Shuttleworth (5 Tests. 1970-1971)

Brian Statham (70 Tests. 1951-1965)

Colin Milburn (9 Tests. 1966-1969)

Alan Brown (2 Tests. 1961)

Jim Laker (46 Tests. 1948-1959)

Billy Griffith (3 Tests. 1948-1949)

Doug Insole (9 Tests. 1950-1957)

DB (Donald) Carr (2 Tests. 1951-1952)

Mike Smith (50 Tests. 1958-1972. England Captain)

Ted Dexter (62 Tests. 1958-1968. England Captain)

Freddie Trueman (67 Tests. 1952-1965)

Fred Titmus (53 Tests. 1955-1975)

Sir Len Hutton (79 Tests. 1937-1955. England Captain)

Sir Colin Cowdrey (114 Tests. 1954-1975)

Sir Geoffrey Boycott (108 Tests. 1964-1982)

Trevor Bailey (61 Tests. 1949-1959)

Roy Sweetman (11 Tests. 1959-1960)

Bob Barber (28 Tests. 1960-1968)

Peter Parfitt (37 Tests. 1961-1972)

Roy Tattersall (16 Tests. 1951-1954)

Gilbert Parkhouse (7 Tests. 1950-1959)

John Hampshire (8 Tests. 1969-1975)

Paul Gibb (8 Tests. 1938-1946)

Laurie Fishlock (4 Tests. 1936-1947)

Charlie Elliott (275 first class games and 42 Tests as umpire)

John Dewes (5 Tests. 1948-1950)

Joe Hardstaff (23 Tests. 1935-1948)

Harold Larwood (21 Tests. 1926-1933)

Bill Voce (27 Tests. 1930-1947)

Brian Close (22 Tests. 1949-1976. England Captain)

Frank Tyson (17 Tests. 1954-1959)

Bill Edrich (39 Tests. 1938-1955)

Tony Lock (49 Tests. 1952-1968)

Sir Gubby Allen (25 Tests. 1930-1948. England Captain)

Barry Knight (29 Tests. 1961-1969)

Charlie Barnett (20 Tests. 1933-1948)

John Murray (21 Tests. 1961-1967)

David Steele (8 Tests. 1975-1976)

Godfrey Evans (91 Tests. 1946-1959)

Bob Appleyard (9 Tests. 1954-1956)

David Allen (39 Tests. 1960-1966)

Eric Russell (10 Tests. 1960-1967)

Keith Andrews (2 Tests. 1954-1963)

Reg Simpson (27 Tests. 1948-1955)

Len Coldwell (7 Tests. 1962-1964)

Freddie Brown (22 Tests. 1931-1953)

Alan Smith (6 Tests. 1962-1963)

Denis Compton (78 Tests. 1937-1957) 

PBH May (66 Tests. 1951-1961. England Captain)

Sir Alec Bedser (51 Tests. 1946-1955)

Mike Denness (28 Tests. 1969-1975. England Captain)

Bill Bowes (15 Tests. 1932-1946)

David “Bumble” Lloyd (9 Tests. 1974-1975)

RES Wyatt (40 Tests. 1927-1937. England Captain)

Willie Watson (23 Tests. 1951-1959)

Doug Insole (9 Tests. 1950-1957)

Jack Ikin (18 Tests. 1946-1955)

Eddie Paynter (20 Tests. 1931-1939)

Norman Yardley (20 Tests. 1938-1950. England Captain)

John Edrich (77 Tests. 1963-1976)

Johnny Wardle (28 Tests. 1948-1957)

Dennis Amiss (50 Tests. 1966-1977)

Tom Graveney (79 Tests. 1951-1969)

Peter Loader (13 Tests. 1954-1958)

Arthur McIntyre (3 Tests. 1950-1955)

Cyril Washbrook (37 Tests. 1937-1956)

Geoff Pullar (28 Tests. 1959-1963)

Peter Richardson (34 Tests. 1956-1963)