SIGNED
On October 19th, 1906, a purely amateur MCC team set sail from Tilbury Docks, bound for New Zealand. The touring party comprised the following: Capt. E.G. Wynyard, G.T. Branston, W.B. Burns, W.J.H. Curwen, C.E. De Trafford, J.W.H.T. Douglas, R.H. Fox, W.P. Harrison, P.R. May, P.R. Johnson, C.C. Page, G.H. Simpson-Hayward, A.A. Torrens, and N.C. Tufnell. Of 16 matches played, 10 were won, 2 lost, and 4 left drawn. Also includes biographies of the MCC team, and " A Short History of New Zealand Cricket" by John F. Macpherson.
1st edition. 8vo. viii + 133pp. 28 plates. Internally good, clean and bright. Some light water damage to page edges only of latter half of the volume, not affecting text or plates. In the original green cloth, tanned, rubbed and bumped, rebacked in contemporary matching green cloth with black titles. Bottom left corner of lower boards rubbed and water damaged, but all intact. Overall very good condition. Signed bookplate of G. Michael Turner with small ink gift inscription from C.F. Tufnell, dated 1908. Carleton Fowell Tufnell played 7 matches for Kent in 1878-79, and was the father of NC Tufnell, the youngest player on the M.C.C. side. [Padwick, 3746]
- Date
- 1907
- Publisher
- Eyre & Spottiswoode
- Author
- Percy Robert MAY
£145.00 (Code: 75242)
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