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New Zealand XI v Commando XI 1945. Single sheet card war-time programme for the match played at Bognor Cricket Club Ground on the 6th September 1945. The card card with printed details of the team in blue, signed by all the players featured in ink. For New Zealand signatures include James, Donnelly, Vincent, Badcock, Pritchard, Jacobs, Brierley etc and for the Commando XI, Trevor Bailey, Alf Gover, W.G. Graham (WI), J. Knowles (Notts), E. Tinkler (Worcs), A. Mallett (Kent), A.B. Quick (Essex). The card has heavy folds and is laid down to an album page. The match was in aid of ‘The Commandos Benevolent Fund, ‘The Royal Naval Benevolent Trust’ and ‘The New Zealand Sports Fund’.