Australian Services XI - photographs, score cards and programs, 1945

PXA 801

fonds

1945

Graphic Materials, Photographs, Ephemera

153790

Photographs - 31 silver gelatin photoprints - 25.2 x 30 cm. and smaller
Ephemera - 7 scorecards and programs

The first representative RAAF cricket team to play in England was formed in 1943. In 1945 the Australian Services XI, comprising members of the RAAF and the army, was formed to play a series of five "Victory Test Matches" against England. Subsequently the team toured India and Ceylon on its way back to Australia. The team included two players, Lindsay Hassett and Keith Miller, who played test cricket for Australia and several who played for their states - Keith Carmody, Stan Sismey, Cecil Pepper, R.S. Whitington, Jack Pettiford and Bob Cristofani.

PHOTOGRAPHS
1. RAAF Team (autographed)
2. RAAF Team
3. Australian Services XI v England at Old Trafford, Manchester, 21/8/45
4-5. Australian Services XI at Nottingham
6-7. Team members in uniform
8. Five members of the team (autographed). Stan Sismey, Keith Carmody, Cecil Pepper, Ross Stanford and J. Workman
9. Australia v The Rest at Lords. C.T.Calvert and J. Workman going out to open the Australian innings
10-11. The team on board ship
12-13. The team in India
14. Lindsay Hassett leading his team onto the field
15. A.S. De Mello, Chairman of the Indian Board of Cricket Control
16. The Australian team
17. Keith Johnson (manager) and Lindsay Hassett (captain)
18. Group including Keith Johnson, Lindsay Hassett and Prince Duleepsinghi
19. C.F.T. Price, Lindsay Hassett, Prince Duleepsinghi and Cecil Pepper
20. Lindsay Hassett intoducing Keith Miller to Vijay Merchant
21. Group including Keith Johnson, Vijay Merchant, the Governor of Madras and Lala Armanath
22. Prince Duleepsinghi and Lindsay Hassett in conversation
23. Australian and Indian teams at a reception by the mayor of Madras
24.The crowd cheering the Australians at Bombay after their victory oveer the Indian team
25. The Australian team in Ceylon
26-27. Government House, Guindy (Saidapet), India
28. Australian and Indian teams
29. Australian and South Zone of India teams
30. Australian and East Zone of India teams
31. The Second (Unofficial) Australian Cricket Team to visit India, 1945-46 (autographed)
PROGRAMS & SCORE CARDS
32. Australian Services XI Tour - 1945: Official Souvenir (autographed)
33. Festival Cricket: Australian XI (Services) vs Indian XI (Northern Zone)
34. Score Card: Australian Services XI vs Princes XI
35. Score Card: Australian Services XI vs East Zone
36. Score Card: Australian Services XI vs An India XI
37. Ceylon Cricket Association: Australian Services Cricket Tour. Programme.
38. A Souvenir of the 25th Anniversary of Ceylon Cricket Association