Item #24501 A vintage photograph of the 'MCC Team in Egypt'. Cricket, 1909 MCC.
[Cricket]. [MCC, 1909]

A vintage photograph of the 'MCC Team in Egypt'

Cairo, G. Liekegian & Co., [1909].

A sepia-toned albumen paper photograph (195 × 265 mm), captioned in ink on the image, with the photographer credited on the negative.

The photograph is mounted on a slightly larger sheet of plain paper, with both slightly cockled by the paste (and with traces of it visible on the surface in a raking light); overall, in excellent condition.

The team consisted of Simpson-Heyward (Captain: Worcs), Branston (Notts), Ebden (Middx), Wynyard (Hants), Metcalfe (Herts), Bell, Gibson (Essex), Luther (Sussex), Viscount Brackley, Dobson, Drummond and Moorhouse. 'The MCC broke fresh ground when they organised a tour to Egypt in the spring of 1909.... The all-amateur team was not far below English first-class standard' (Wynne-Thomas). A group portrait of great rustic charm, with the motley crew posed outdoors on a rock-dotted patch of earth beside a spindly tree in front of an edifice in need of repair.

Item #24501

Price (AUD): $500.00