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1888 - With the Australian Team in England, Official pass,…
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11-Aug-2019
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1888 - With the Australian Team in England, Official pass, permitting the holder (W.H.L. Bailey) to gain admittance to all the matches in which the Australians were playing duing their tour of England. Leather-bound over cards with 3 printed panels providing details of the Australian team members and the planned schedule of matches between May and September 1888. Attractively embossed in gold 'Australian Cricketers 1888. / Australian coat-of-arms / Admits to Matches On All Occasions - Not Transferable'. Extremely scarce. England won the three-match Test Series 2-1. In other first class matches the Australians won 17, England won 10, and 7 were drawn.
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Memorabilia: Sporting - Cricket