(CRAIG, Albert).

THE EXCELSIOR PICTORIAL POST CARD BUDGET. PORTRAITS OF THE COMPLETE ENGLISH TEAM WHO BROUGHT HOME THE "ASHES".
London, (The Oval, Albert Craig, 1904).
Small 8vo. Four original postcard photographs, preserved in original printed folder. Good condition.
Individual postcards of members of the 1903-04 MCC tour of Australia. This was the first overseas cricket tour sponsored by MCC. Albert Craig (1850-1909), was known as The Surrey Rhymester or The Surrey Poet and sold his cards and poems at various cricket grounds. See Laughton, Captain of the Crowd, 2008, page 282. Padwick, 4427.
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