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COUNTY CRICKETERS XI V ROGER BECKER'S XI 1961 (CRYSTAL PALACE) FOOTBALL PROGRAMME - TOM CLARK BENEFIT MATCH

COUNTY CRICKETERS XI V ROGER BECKER

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Official programme for a football match played at Selhurst Park on February 28th, 1961 between a County Cricketers XI and a team of mainly footballers put together by the tennis player Roger Becker. All of this was for benefit fund of Tom Clark, the Surrey batsman. The cricketers team included many accomplished footballers, including Jimmy Gray, Derek Ufton, Brian Taylor, Doug Insole, Trevor Bailey, Ron Tindall, Micky Stewart, Barrington and Swetman. Becker's team included Stanley Matthews, Eddie Baily, Jimmy Dickinson and Ted Ditchburn.

Good condition.

Date
1961

£20.00 (Code: 63574)

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