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Cricket » Cricket Books » Cricket Tours & Tests » THE FIGHT FOR THE ASHES IN 1934: A CRITICAL ACCOUNT OF THE AUSTRALIAN TOUR IN ENGLAND

THE FIGHT FOR THE ASHES IN 1934: A CRITICAL ACCOUNT OF THE AUSTRALIAN TOUR IN ENGLAND

THE FIGHT FOR THE ASHES IN 1934: A CRITICAL ACCOUNT OF THE AUSTRALIAN TOUR IN ENGLAND

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A match-by-match account of the 1934 Australian tour of England, with full statistics.

8vo. 350pp. Frontispiece, 30 plates. Original red cloth. Light foxing to page edges. Dust-wrapper, rubbed and chipped to edges with 5cm section missing from top of spine. A few old tape marks. A good copy in a rare original wrapper.

Date
1934
Publisher
Harrap
Author
Jack HOBBS

£60.00 (Code: 83982)

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