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E.W. Swanton. Original five page manuscript handwritten in ink by Swanton for an editorial article for ‘The Cricketer’, undated but written during the M.C.C. tour to Australia in 1970/71 prior to the 1st Ashes Test of the series. The first two pages, titled ‘England Face The Crunch’, previews the Test series following ‘the traumatic experiences of the M.C.C. bowlers in the first State match at Adelaide [v South Australia who scored 649/9 dec. in their only innings of the drawn match]’ but predicts Illingworth’s team will improve and is ‘modestly hopeful’. The following three pages, titled ‘Crisis in the Caribbean’ relate to the India tour to West Indies and the threatened abandonment of the tour due to West Indian political disputes caused in part by Garry Sobers playing in a double wicket competition in Rhodesia. Good/ very good condition.