Lot 164
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ENGLAND v. AUSTRALIA, 1903-04. Autographs of the 14 members of the England team on one sheet surrounding a pen-and-ink heraldic design of St. George and the Dragon, mounted with a colour post-card of the S.S. Orontes, and 5 snapshots taken on board ship, one showing all the players, and another a group of players' wives (some spotting, mainly to mount), 420 x 555mm. (16½ x 22in.) overall.

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ENGLAND v. AUSTRALIA, 1903-04. Autographs of the 14 members of the England team on one sheet surrounding a pen-and-ink heraldic design of St. George and the Dragon, mounted with a colour post-card of the S.S. Orontes, and 5 snapshots taken on board ship, one showing all the players, and another a group of players' wives (some spotting, mainly to mount), 420 x 555mm. (16½ x 22in.) overall.

Lot Essay

Team: E. G. Arnold, B. J. T. Bosanquet, L. C. Braund, A. Fielder, R. E. Foster, T. W. Hayward, G. H. Hirst, A. E. Knight, A. F. A. Lilley, A. E. Relf, H. Strudwick, J. T. Tyldesley, P. F. Warner, W. Rhodes. At the Sydney Test, the first to be played under the aegis of the M.C.C., R. E. Foster scored 287, then the highest innings in Test cricket.

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