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WEST INDIAN ADVENTURE WITH HUTTON'S MCC TEAM 1953-54 (JOHN WOODCOCK'S COPY)

WEST INDIAN ADVENTURE WITH HUTTON
WEST INDIAN ADVENTURE WITH HUTTON

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Swanton's account of the MCC tour of the West Indies in 1954. It was the first England touring team in modern times to be led by a professional captain (Len Hutton). The series was a 2-all draw but saw the debut of Sobers, aged just 17, in the Fifth and final Test, after Alf Valentine had fallen ill.

8vo. 205pp. Frontispiece and 8 pages of photographs. Dust wrapper, rubbed to edges with some scuffs to front. Good condition. Signed presentation copy from the author to his fellow cricket journalist and author John Woodcock - "In hopes of a tour together in the islands", and dated 1954. Ownership signature of Woodcock to fly-leaf.

Date
1954
Publisher
London: Museum Press
Author
Ernest William SWANTON

£48.00 (Code: 95386)

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