Photograph album owned by William L Kelly, Manager Australian XI Tour England 1930
Object Type
Photography/Photograph/Photograph album
Date Used
1930
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Object Detail
Brief Description
Album with brown leather cover, with a green and yellow ribbon across the front cover bottom right-hand corner. The pages inside are thick with gold edges, and are attached with cloth near the spine. A bookplate inside the first page reads, in part, "With the Compliments of Kodak Limited / ... / and congratulations on a magnificent performance." Facing this is a handwritten title reading "ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA / The Australian Eleven / 1930", under which are 16 signatures of the Australian team. Photos depict the team members meeting King George V and Queen Mary in the gardens of a manor house.
Measurements
0 - Whole: H: 178 W: 236 D: 27mm (H: 7 W: 9 5/16 D: 1 1/16")
Associated Event
Associated Person
Date Used
1930
Location
In storage
Registration No
M10087
Credit Line
Kindly donated to the Melbourne Cricket Club Museum by W Ellis Kelly, in memory of his father William L Kelly, Manager of the Australian Cricket Team England Tour 1930.
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