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Don Bradman. ‘Australian Cricketers Goodwill Tour 1932’. Australian tour of Canada & America 1932. Very rare variant of the official brochure for the tour comprising the original brochure (in itself scarce) with paper wrappers and pen pictures, biographies and itinerary. Unusually this is bound in to an additional twelve pages and outer wrapper titled ‘Australian- Canadian Goodwill Cricket tour, 1932. Sponsored by Calgary & District Cricket League’. The additional pages feature scorecards for the two matches played at Calgary against ‘Wednesday’s Team’ (10th August) and ‘Thursday’s Team’ (11th August), also information ‘To The Reader’ on cricket, diagram of fielding positions and advertising. Signed in ink by Don Bradman to his pen picture with date inscribed below ‘August 20 1948’. The tour started in Victoria, Canada on 17th June and finished in Hollywood on 28th August 1932 and was organised and run by Arthur Mailey. In addition to Bradman and Mailey, the touring party also comprised Vic Richardson (Captain), Alan Kippax, Stan McCabe, Hanson Carter, Chuck Fleetwood-Smith etc. A scarce brochure from the tour not seen previously by the auctioneer in this form, nor listed in Padwick. Pencil annotations to scorecards. Light folds, some wear to outer wrappers, rusting to staples, otherwise in good condition.