Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia
Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
10th, 11th & 12th April 2026
Lot 137
Estimate: £140/180
Hammer: £120
M.C.C. Australian Tour 1928/29. Official Orient Line ‘S.S. Ormonde’ Dinner menu given on board ‘Wednesday 27th March 1929’ at the start of the return journey from Australia. The folding menu with photographic image of the ship to front cover, the inside has been signed in pencil by seventeen on board, including eleven England players, Duckworth, Tyldesley, Geary, Hobbs, Ames, Mead, Freeman, Hammond, Leyland, Tate and White. Tape repairs to tears, slight splitting to fold, light creasing to corners, otherwise in good condition.
The touring party travelled out from Toulon on the S.S. Otranto and returned from Freemantle on the Ormonde, setting sail on 20th April 1929 having won the Ashes series 4-1.