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THE STORY OF TEST CRICKET: ENGLAND V SOUTH AFRICA

THE STORY OF TEST CRICKET: ENGLAND V SOUTH AFRICA

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Issued prior to South Africa's cricket tour of England in 1947. Includes a history of Tests between the two nations.  

Paperback. Large 8vo. 15pp. Illustrated. Pictorial paper wrappers, lightly rubbed with a number of closed tears to edges. Bookplate of the cricket author B.J. Wakley. Good.

Date
1947
Publisher
H.E. Simpson
Author
(ENGLAND V SOUTH AFRICA 1947)

£7.00 (Code: 71430)

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