Match-used cricket bat owned by Essendon's Fred Baring

Fred Baring: Match-used 'Jacques & Son' cricket bat with faint signature on the front in ownership position. [Fred Baring was a successful cricketer playing Sheffield shield for Victoria, and managed 30 first-class matches 1911-29. He was named in the squad to tour South Africa in 1914-15, but the tour was cancelled due to World War I. He also played 154 VFL games for Essendon 1910-24, and was named at full back in Essendon's official team of the century; he was a four-time premiership player and captained Essendon in 1918].