b'19127129 131127THE AUSTRALIAN TEAM IN ENGLAND1909An attractive display comprising a real-photo postcard portrait of the team with printed title and team list, signed by all the Test team players, an original silk scorecard for the Fifth Test at the Oval (recording Bardsleys 136 in the 1st innings and 130 in the 2nd), a brass plaque inscribed AUSTRALIA 1909, Warren Bardsley (1882 - 1954) became the first batsman to score a hundred in each innings of a Test Match. Framed & glazed, overall 68 x 32cm.The other signatories include Cotter, Hartigan, Bardsley, Carter, Trumper, Noble (captain), Laver, Armstrong, Gregory and Macartney. Australia won the five match series, 2-1. Australia retained the Ashes with a draw in the fifth Test. The fourth Test was notable for the unprecedented bowling of Frank Laver, who took the best bag by a visiting player in a Test in England: 18.2 overs, 7 maidens, 8/31. $1,5002,000128Melbourne Cricket Club, Annual Report, For the Season 1909-10. [Melbourne; Mason, Firth & MCutcheon, 1910] 140pp, with original pale pink covers. Includes a full report on all activities, match reports, averages, a complete list of members, etc.The Football Committee regrets having to report that the team was rather unsuccessful this year,owing in a great measure to difficulties in the early part of the season (p.13) . $120160129MELBOURNE CRICKET CLUB, 1909-10 Membership fob, made by Stokes; No.2695. .$400500130132130MELBOURNE CRICKET CLUB: 1910-11 Ladies Reserve Season Ticket, No.4812. $300400'