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M.C.C. tour to India 1926/27. Original sepia real photograph advertising postcard of the M.C.C. touring party seated and standing in rows with cricket attire and blazers. Printed title to lower edge ‘M.C.C. Team’ with handwritten annotation in ink ‘Calcutta 1926’. Players include Gilligan (Captain), Wyatt, Sandham, Tate, Chichester-Constable, Parsons, Eckersley, Brown etc. Printed advertising for Karachi and Calcutta businesses to verso. Publisher unknown. Light creasing, otherwise in very good condition.
The first tour to the Indian Sub-continent, and the first of an English side since 1902/03, comprised first-class fixtures against regional and national sides in India and Ceylon. The demands imposed by the gruelling itinerary meant than many matches were reduced to two days and the team had to be reinforced with other players during the tour.

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