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Black ledger book titled in manuscript on the first page…
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Melbourne
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24-Feb-2019
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Black ledger book titled in manuscript on the first page 'Victorian cricket Associations' patriotic Efforts for Australian Wounded soldiers and for Providing cricket Materials for Australian Camps Abroad and in Victoria 1915 - 19161, 63 pages detailing donations (date, amount, name), auction sales receipts, button day returns, Blackham ball subscriptions, as well as amounts spent on cricket bats, bails, gloves and other sports materials. There are also lists of awards (ornamental buttons, etc.) which were given for outstanding effort. Significant contributions are listed from Mr Justice Leo Cussen, Hon. D. Mackinnon, M.L.A., W.S. Stott, J.P., Frank Laver, the various country and suburban cricket clubs amounts for sales of tickets and patriotic buttons. At the first auction sale, Blackham's bat sold for £42 to Mr. J.H.Connell, Arthur Jones' bat sold for £26/5/- at the 2nd auction, bill Murdoch's bat sold for £73/10/- and Trumper's bats for £36/15/- and £57/15/- Armstrong's bat for £27/6/- the 1882 Ashes score book sold for £34/13/-. John Wren (the subject of Frank Hardy's 'Power without Glory1) made a £50 donation to the Blackham ball. Also of great interest is the list of items (including footballs) distributed to soldiers in Australia and overseas, giving the location and method of delivery. A remarkable record of the efforts of the Victorian cricket community in the early days of World War I. Provenance: The Estate of bill Jacobs, 1918 - 2011.
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