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AMES IS RESTING HIS HANDS - "SUN" SPECIAL, SOUVENIR EMBOSSED CARD

AMES IS RESTING HIS HANDS - "SUN" SPECIAL, SOUVENIR EMBOSSED CARD

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Unusual souvenir card reproducing a short article announcing that Kent and England wicketkeeper Les Ames will hand the gloves to Lancashire's Bill Farrimond (for the Test v South Africa at Lord's in 1935 when Ames played as a batsman), including interesting silhouette of Ames.

8.5 x 5.5cm. Good condition.

Date
1935
Publisher
The Sun
Author
(LES AMES)

£10.00 (Code: 76542)

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