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Australia tour to England 1956. Official P&O souvenir tour programme for the England v Australia Tests of 1956. The programme with fixtures, travel details and pen pictures and biography of all members of the Australian team to pages. Signed to pen pictures by all sixteen members of the team plus the Manager W.J. Dowling. Signatures include Johnson (Captain), Miller, Archer, Benaud, Burge, Burke, Craig, Davidson, Lindwall, Mackay, Harvey, McDonald etc. The centre page image of the ship ‘R.M.S. Himalaya’ contains an original pen self portrait caricature of Arthur Mailey standing on board the ship ‘To Pat, Gosh! England seems a long way off’ Signed by Mailey. Other signatures to brochure include Leo O’Brien, a further signature of Arthur Mailey and W.J. O’Reilly. Minor wear to covers, centre two pages detached from staples otherwise in good condition.