[Cricket]

Australian Cricket Board. Retirement Dinner in Honour of P.L. Ridings, A.O. Grevillea Room, Hyatt Regency, Adelaide. Thursday 12th September, 1991 ... [cover title]

[Adelaide, Australian Cricket Board, 1991].

Quarto, [4] pages (a card bifolium).

Apart from a few trifling creases and marks, in excellent condition.

Philip Lovett Ridings (1917-1998) played first-class cricket for South Australia from 1937 to 1957; he was captain from 1946 to 1957. He was then a cricket administrator, serving as Chairman of the Australian Cricket Board from 1980 to 1983. Loosely inserted is an original colour photograph (sheet size 210 × 296 mm) of Phil Ridings and six of the guests of honour at the dinner: Don Bradman, Ray Lindwall, Alan Davidson, Sam Loxton, Bill Johnston and Neil Harvey. All seven have signed the wide margin of the photograph.

The rear cover of the menu has also been signed by some 35 attendees at the dinner, including the above seven luminaries. [2 items].

Item #132778

Price (AUD): $650.00
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