32  AUSTRALIAN XI ON TOUR - MARCH 1926 Australia v. Tasmania programme for the pre-Ashes match in Hobart, March 4, 5 and 6, 1926. The programme provides lists of the Australian and Tasmanian teams, the schedule for the four days in Hobart, statistics from the 1924-25 Test Match averages, details of the 1925-26 Sheffield Shield series, a collage photograph of the team and a score card for the Hobart Match (not filled out). Extremely rare. 20 x 13cm; 8pp + covers. [Cox Kay Pty Ltd., Print., Hobart]. The Australian XI won the match by an innings and 184 runs.������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������$100–200 Ex 36 33 33  AUSTRALIAN XI ON TOUR - MARCH 1926 Australia v. Tasmania programme for the pre-Ashes match in Hobart, March 4, 5 and 6, 1926. The same programme as the previous lot but attractively signed by 16 members of the Australian Touring party including Collins (Capt.), Woodfull, Ponsford, Bardsley, Macartney, Richardson, Mailey, Grimmett and Oldfield. Slight damage to back cover from previous mounting. Extremely rare. Effectively the first match of the tour, the 1926 Tour began the tradition of the team playing in Tasmania before the journey to England and the Tourists also took ten days for a holiday in Europe before crossing the Channel. As on some previous visits to England, the Australian team had also made a stopover en route in Colombo where they played a one-day single-innings match against the Ceylon national team which at that time did not have first-class status. The Australians won by 37 runs. After the first four Test matches were drawn, the fifth Test resulted in a famous victory by England to regain the Ashes.������������$500–750 34  CIGARETTE CARDS: 1926 R. & J. Hill (Sunripe Cigarettes) “Caricatures of Famous Cricketers” large size; complete set [50], VG/VF .��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������$100–150 35  CIGARETTE CARDS: JOHN PLAYER & SONS 1926 “Cricketers, Caricatures by Rip” [50], “Cricketers 1930” [50], “Cricketers 1934” [50] & “Cricketers 1938” [50]; all complete sets, VG/EF . Cat.£285.�����������������������������������������������������$150–200 36  CIGARETTE CARDS: 1926 Gallaher Ltd “Famous Cricketers” complete set [100], F/EF . Cat.£300.���������������������������������$200–250 Ex 37 37  CIGARETTE CARDS: 1926 Cohen Weenen & Co. “Cricketers” , complete set [25], EF . Cat.£400.������������������������������������$300–400 38  CIGARETTE CARDS: 1926 Ogden’s “Cricket 1926” complete set [50], VF/EF . Cat.£140.�������������������������������������������������$100–150 11