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Auction of Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia - Live Three Day Auction (#16) 29/11/2024 10:30 AM GMT Closed

Starts Ending 29/11/2024 10:30 AM GMT

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Lot #154E.W. Swanton. Original five page manuscript handwritten in ink by Swanton for an editorial article for ‘The Cricketer’, undated but written during the M.C.C. tour to Australia in 1970/71 prior to the 1st Ashes Test of the series. The first two pages, titled ‘England Face The Crunch’, previews the Test series following ‘the traumatic experiences of the M.C.C. bowlers in the first State match at Adelaide [v South Australia who scored 649/9 dec. in their only innings of the drawn match]’ but predic

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Lot closed - Winning bid:£45 (1 bid)
Estimate: £50 - £80

 

  • E.W. Swanton. Original five page manuscript handwritten in ink by Swanton for an editorial article for ‘The Cricketer’, undated but written during the M.C.C. tour to Australia in 1970/71 prior to the 1st Ashes Test of the series. The first two pages, titl