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M.C.C. tour of Australia & New Zealand 1946/47. Excellent and original mono press photograph of the M.C.C. team walking out to field in the tour match against Wellington, with a portly looking Wally Hammond, as Captain, leading them out in front of the pavilion. The match was played at the Basin Reserve, Wellington on the 10th-12th March 1947. The photograph has been signed to the image by all eleven members of the team in black ink. Signatures are Evans, Compton, Fishlock, Hammond, Voce, Bedser, Pollard, Edrich, Washbrook, Ikin and Smith. The photograph measures 14.5”x7” and overall, mounted, framed and glazed, 19”x12”. Minor browning and slight fading to odd signature otherwise in good condition. An iconic image of the post war M.C.C. team