VINTAGE SIGNED 1968 ENGLAND v AUSTRALIAN CRICKET BAT.

VINTAGE SIGNED 1968 ENGLAND v AUSTRALIAN CRICKET BAT.

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VINTAGE SIGNED 1968 ENGLAND v AUSTRALIAN CRICKET BAT.
A good used autographed cricket bat, 'The Tom Graveney autograph' with his embossed facsimile autograph. The bat is made in England by Slazenger and has a long handle with rubber grip. On the front of the blade are 29 original signatures in pen from the England and Australian teams; a few of the signatures are faded. Australia toured England from May to August in 1968.
A list of the batting averages can be found on the internet with the team members listed as being:

ENGLAND:
B.L.D'Oliviera, J.H.Edrich, K.F.Barrington, T.W.Graveney, C.Milburn, M.C.Cowdrey, R.M.Prideaux, R.W.Barber,G.Boycott, E.R.Dexter, K.W.R.Fletcher, B.R.Knight, A.P.E.Knott, R.Illingworth, J.A.Snow, P.I.Pocock, D.J.Brown, K.Higgs, D.L.Amiss and D.L.Underwood.

AUSTRALIA:
W.M.Lawry, I.M.Chappell, K.D.Walters, I.R.Redpath, R.M.Cowper, A.P.Sheahan, R.J.Inverarity, A.A.Mallett, H.B.Taber, B.N.Jarman, E.W.Freeman, J.W.Gleeson, G.D.McKenzie, N.J.N.Hawke and A.N.Connolly.

Of these names above many are on the bat and can be clearly made out.

Year

1968

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