Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia

Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
10th, 11th & 12th April 2026

Lot 1004
Estimate: £100/150
Hammer: unsold
M.C.C. tour of Australia 1924/1925. Large mono photograph of the M.C.C. team who toured Australia in 1924/25, seated and standing in rows and wearing cricket attire and tour blazers Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by all eighteen members of the touring party featured including the Manager F.C. Toone. Signatures are Arthur Gilligan (Cpt), R.K. Tyldesley, M.W. Tate, W.W. Whysall, A.P.F. Chapman, J.W.H.T. Douglas, J.B. Hobbs, F.E. Woolley, H. Sutcliffe, A.P. Freeman, E.H. Hendren, R. Kilner, J.W. Hearne, H. Strudwick, J.L. Bryan, A. Sandham and H. Howell. The photograph, by W.S. Smith of Adelaide, is framed and glazed and overall measures 17.5”x13”. Some signatures are signed to the darker areas of the photograph and the odd one is slightly faded, slight creasing and wear to right hand side border and photograph extremities, some blemishes to photograph surface otherwise in good overall condition.
Australian won the series by four tests to one, despite some excellent opening partnerships from Hobbs and Sutcliffe. Sutcliffe topped the batting averages scoring 1250 runs at 69.44 with five centuries, two of them in Tests. Tate topped the bowling averages with 77 wickets at 19.01

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