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‘E.W.S. Thomson’s Argentine Cricket Team in Chile 1925-1926’. Modern black file comprising a nicely presented collection of twenty four original sepia candid and official team photographs, loose mounted to black pages, taken on the tour by the Argentine Cricket Team to Chile in December 1925, captained by Thomson. Photographs cover the journey to Chile on the Trans-Andine Railway, the teams for the three matches v Valparaiso at Vina del Mar, the match in progress and spectators at Vina del Mar, excursions including ‘A picnic at Con-Con’, and ‘The Last Match v. Santiago & Concepcion at Bac Ground, Santiago’. The final page comprises a facsimile copy of the tour report published in ‘The Cricketer’, 1st May 1926, including full scorecards for the four matches played (not recorded on cricketarchive.com). Photographs range in size from 9.5”x7” and smaller. Very good condition.