1930 Australian Cricket Tour Cigarette Case from Downside School
1930 Australian Cricket Tour of England, 9ct gold & sterling silver cigarette case by Mappin & Webb, London (hallmarked Birmingham, 1929) engraved 'W.M.W.' on the lid and on the inside 'To W.M. Woodfull, Captain of the Australian Cricket XI, from the boys of Downside School in Remembrance of the visit of your team to Downside, June 10th-13th 1930.' Accompanied by the original Mappin & Webb suede wallet. (2 items). Provenance: From the Bill Woodfull Collection, Leski Auctions 2013, Lot 341. In June 1930, Downside school was teeming with excitement. The headmaster at the time had arranged for the Australian cricket team to play a warm up game at Downside, before the first Ashes Test in Nottingham. The premise of the visit was to give the Australian team a break before they started the Ashes series. However, the team was more than happy to include the school team in their preparations and during one session, Ponsford, an 'Australian Sultan of the centuries' was caught behind by a Downside wicket keeper, bowled by Radcliff, the school captain. One reason the Australians may have been so popular at Downside is that the team captain, Bill Woodfull, had requested that the boys be given a holiday to watch the Australians train. Woodfull said of the visit, 'I cannot tell you how much we fellows appreciate the peace and quiet of Downside after knocking about in hotels for so long.?
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