Signed Australia v. Tasmania 1926 Cricket Programme

Signed Australia v. Tasmania programme for the pre-Ashes match in Hobart, March 4, 5 and 6, 1926. Australian XI On Tour - March 1926 Australia v. Tasmania programme for the pre-Ashes match in Hobart, March 4, 5 and 6, 1926. The same programme as the previous lot but attractively signed by 16 members of the Australian Touring party including Collins (Capt.), Woodfull, Ponsford, Bardsley, Macartney, Richardson, Mailey, Grimmett and Oldfield. Slight damage to back cover from previous mounting. Extremely rare. Effectively the first match of the tour, the 1926 Tour began the tradition of the team playing in Tasmania before the journey to England and the Tourists also took ten days for a holiday in Europe before crossing the Channel. As on some previous visits to England, the Australian team had also made a stopover en route in Colombo where they played a one-day single-innings match against the Ceylon national team which at that time did not have first-class status. The Australians won by 37 runs. After the first four Test matches were drawn, the fifth Test resulted in a famous victory by England to regain the Ashes.