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Cricket » Cricket Brochures » West Indies Tour Guides » THE ADVOCATE'S PICTORIAL SOUVENIR OF THE VISIT OF THE WEST INDIES CRICKET TEAM TO ENGLAND MAY-SEPTEMBER 1950

THE ADVOCATE'S PICTORIAL SOUVENIR OF THE VISIT OF THE WEST INDIES CRICKET TEAM TO ENGLAND MAY-SEPTEMBER 1950

THE ADVOCATE

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Post-tour brochure, published in Barbados, photos, match reports and scores from the triumphant West Indies tour of England in 1950. 

Paperback. A4 (landscape). 66pp + pictorial wrappers. Small ownership sticker of B.G. Gooding to front wrapper. A little worn at edges. Staples rusted and pages coming loose. Tour averages recorded neatly in pencil to last page. A good copy and very scarce. 

Date
1950
Publisher
Advocate
Author
O.S. COPPIN (editor)

£210.00 (Code: 5388)

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