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1938 Australian Cricket Team in Great Britain: Superb large…
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Melbourne
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2-Sep-2018
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1938 Australian Cricket Team in Great Britain: Superb large format original photograph mounted with printed heading and team members' names in lower margin fully signed by all 18 in the left and right margins including Don Bradman, Stan McCabe, Sid Barnes, Bill O'Reilly, Jack Fingleton, Bill Brown and Lindsay Hassett. Framed and glazed. Overall 66.5 x 81.5 cm. This was Bradman's first tour of England as captain and was to be the last Test Series until after World War Two. With the Third Test match washed out the series finished with 2 matchs drawn, and Australia and England winning one each. Bradman, Brown and McCabe were Australia's most prolific batsmen and Hutton, Hammond and Paynter for England. O'Reilly took 22 wickets for Australia and Farnes 17 for England. England won the Fifth Test by an innings and 579 runs!
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