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Maurice Allom, Cambridge University, Surrey & England 1926-1938. M.C.C. tour to South Africa 1930/31. Original large sepia photograph taken at the drawn second Test played at Newlands, Cape Town, 1st- 5th January 1931, from the tour on which Maurice Allom was a member. The image depicts Percy Chapman and Hubert ‘Nummy’ Deane, respective captains of M.C.C. and South Africa, standing full length in the sunlight at the back of the pavilion in cricket attire, Chapman wearing a blazer, spectators milling in the background. Handwritten annotations in pencil to verso, possibly in Allom’s hand. The photograph measures 13”x11.5” in an original mount with hand printed title to lower border, overall 17.5”x16.5”. Photographer unknown. Light soiling to the mount, otherwise an excellent image in good/ very good condition. From the collection of Maurice Allom.