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AUSTRALIAN PLAYERS V COMMONWEALTH PLAYERS 1951 (ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE) CRICKET PROGRAMME

AUSTRALIAN PLAYERS V COMMONWEALTH PLAYERS 1951 (ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE) CRICKET PROGRAMME

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Cricket programme for a match played at Ashton-Under-Lyne on August 19th, 1951. The teams were made up of players from the Lancashire leagues and included many well-known cricketers. Bill Alley and Des Fitzmaurice (both Australian) were the captains, and others included CS Nayudu, Polly Umrigar, AE Watts, George Tribe and John Pettiford.

Single folded sheet. Some scores in pencil. Good condition.

Date
1951

£20.00 (Code: 72587)

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