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M.C.C. Tour of Australia 1911/12. Early and impressive official menu for the dinner to the victorious M.C.C. team who returned home with the ‘Ashes’ having won the series by four Tests to one. The dinner was held at the Hotel Cecil, London on 1st May 1912. The large menu with elaborate cover design by G. Hillyard Swinstead depicts Warner and his team wearing tour blazers and caps and carrying cricket bags in ‘The Court of King Cricket’, Warner is holding aloft a notice staked to a stump declaring ‘One lost, four won’. Some of the players are holding up cricket bats with their names on. The Southern Cross is depicted with a starlit sky containing stars with the initials of the M.C.C. cricketers. Elaborate border with names of various England Captains, flags etc. with the title to the top border, ‘Dinner to the M.C.C. Australian Team, May 1st 1912. Lord Desborough, President of the M.C.C. in the Chair’. Printed signature of Swinstead and date ‘1912’ to bottom left hand corner. The menu measures 12”x9.5”. The menu with excellent image and in very good condition for its age. A rare and highly desirable item from this early tour.