MCC tour of Australia, 1903-1904

Reference

PFWS/12

Date:

1903 - 1904

Level of description

item

Extent

1 volume

Part of

Pelham Warner Scrapbooks (PFWS)

Scope and Content

Scrapbook of photographs, newspaper cuttings, relating to the MCC tour of Australia in 1903-1904, compiled by P F Warner. Includes photographs of the team, together with Lady Darnley and Warner's wife Agnes on board the Orontes to Australia, photographs of Mount Vesuvius, menu card photographs of the team playing deck cricket, photographs of the team visiting Colombo, photographs of matches in Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane, good luck cards sent to Warner, menu card for a luncheon given by the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, fixture card for the Australian team which toured England in 1912, menu card for a banquet to the MCC team hosted by the New South Wales Cricket Association, letters congratulating Warner on winning the series, menu card for a dinner given to the MCC team by Melbourne Cricket Club in November 1903, cartoons commemorating the team's victory, menu card for a dinner to the MCC team in February 1904 signed by members of the team, letters congratulating Warner on his appointment as captain for the tour, menu cards for farewell dinners given to the MCC team by the Grand Hotel in Melbourne, newspaper reports on the team's return from Australia, reviews of Warner's book 'How We Won The Ashes'.

Associations

Agnes Warner
Sir Pelham Francis Warner
Florence Rose Bligh
Melbourne Cricket Club
New South Wales Cricket Association

Subject

MCC in Australia 1903-1904

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 volume

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