Photographs of cricket matches between 1947 and 1949. Includes the following photographs:
The England team walking from the field at Old Trafford after being bowled out for 478 against South Africa, 8 July 1947
D C S Compton acknowledging the crowd after scoring a century for England vs. South Africa at Lord's, 21 June 1947
C J Barnett hits a boundary to leg off A M B Rowan for England vs. South Africa at Lord's, 21-25 June 1947
The Queen and Princess Margaret meeting the England team during the Test match against South Africa at Lord's in 1947 (Princess Margaret is shaking hands with Eric Hollies, with The Queen and MCC President Lord Cornwallis watching, 21-25 June 1947
W J Edrich batting for England vs. South Africa at Lord's, 21-25 June 1947
Team photograph of South Africa, taken in front of the Harris Garden gates at Lord's, 1947. Back row (left to right): T A Harris, D Ovenstone, D Begbie, I Smith, L Tuckett, J Plimsoll, L Payn, J Lindsay, G Fullerton. Front row (left to right): O C Dawson, D Dyer, B Mitchell, A Melville, A S Frames (Manager), D Nourse, K Viljoen, N Mann, A M B Rowan.
New Zealand batsman Burtt being caught by Edrich off the bowling of Hollies during the England vs. New Zealand Test match at Lord's, 1949
W J Edrich batting for England vs. New Zealand at Lord's, 1949
Team photograph of New Zealand, taken in the Harris Garden at Lord's, 1949. Back row (left to right): J H Phillips (Manager), F B Smith, T B Burtt, C Burke, G F Cresswell, G O Rabone, H B Cave, J A Hayes, J R Reid, F L Mooney. Front row (left to right): B Sutcliffe, V Scott, W M Wallace (Vice-Captain), W A Hadlee (Captain), J Cowie, M P Donnelly.
M P Donnelly batting for New Zealand vs. England at Lord's, 1949
D C S Compton wishing the MCC team members J C Laker, G A Smithson and T G Evans luck prior to their tour to West Indies in 1947, 23 December 1947
The England team walking out to field during the Test Trial vs. The Rest at Edgbaston, 2-4 June 1948. Left to right: D C S Compton, J Hardstaff, A V Bedser, N W D Yardley, D V P Wright, C Washbrook, W J Edrich, J D B Robertson, C J Barnett.