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M.C.C. England tour of Australia 1924-25. England v Tasmania 1925. Official photograph of the two teams and officials, seated and standing in rows, wearing cricket attire, blazers, caps and hats, standing in front of the side of the pavilion and a large tree. The tour match played at Launceston on the 27th-29th January 1925. The photograph by Whitelaw’s Studio is laid down to original photographers grey mount which is signed in ink by twenty eight of the players and officials featured. M.C.C. signatures are Gilligan (Cpt), Chapman, Tate, Sandham, Bryan, Sutcliffe, Woolley, Freeman, Whysall, Hendren, Hearne, Tyldesley, Howell, Kilner, Toone (Manager), Ferguson (baggage master) and for Tasmania, Henty (Cpt), Allan, A.H. Davis, Green, N.W. Davis, G. Martin, Shugg, Findlay, C. Martin, Bennett, Newton. Laid down to slightly larger mount containing an listing of the players names to lower border. Some slight fading to the signatures, minor spotting and foxing to the mount otherwise in good condition. Overall 16.5”x12.5”. A rarely seen signed tour photograph