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MADRAS CRICKET CLUB BILL AND RECEIPTS, DATED 1929 AND 1930

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Two interesting items from the Madras Cricket Club dated 1929 and 1930. The first is a bill for a game of tennis, tennis balls and bar bill. The second is the receipt for payment three months later.

Both torn where they have been stored in a ring binder, otherwise good.