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England v Australia. Centenary Test Match. Melbourne, 12th-17th March 1977. A selection of three mono prints, presented to Geoff Boycott, of various images of the Melbourne Cricket Ground by artist D. Watson. The three prints are ‘The Western Stand, Melbourne Cricket Ground 1976’, ‘Melbourne Cricket Club Pavilion 1976’ and ‘Melbourne Cricket Club 1877’. The large mono print of the Western Stand is signed to the image by one hundred Test cricketers who attended the celebrations. The signatures of Australian and England, all in ink, include H.H. Alexander, Archer, Badcock, Benaud, Chappell, Chipperfield, Darling, Davidson, Ebeling, Gleeson, Grimmett, Grout, Harvey, Johnston, Lawry, Lindwall, Marsh, O’Reilly, Ryder, Stackpole, Walker etc of Australia. England signatures include Ames, Bailey, Bowes, Boycott, Compton, Dexter, Edrich, Evans, Fender, Hutton, Larwood, Loader, May, Paynter, Statham, Trueman, Tyson, Voce, Washbrook, Wright, Yardley etc. The signatures were collected by Geoff Boycott during the Test Match. He has signed the back of each print with details. G/VG