RARE ORIGINAL 1948 BRADMANS LAST INNINGS SCORECARDS.

 ARGUABLY THE MOST RAREST AND SIGNIFICANT ORIGINAL VINTAGE SCORECARDS IN AUSTRALIAN CRICKET HISTORY.

ON OFFER ARE A PAIR OF SCORE CARDS WHICH WERE PRINTED AND ISSUED AT THE GROUNDS IN ENGLAND WHERE BOTH OF THESE MATCHES TOOK PLACE.SCORE CARDS ARE NOT COMPLETE AS THERE WERE PRINTED AT REGULAR INTERVALS DURING THE MATCHS TO GIVE PATRONS AT THE GROUND REGULAR UPDATES ON THE STATE OF PLAY.

BRADMANS LAST TEST WAS PLAYED IN AUGUST AT KENNINGTON OVAL IN 1948.THE FIRST SCORECARD IS FROM THIS MATCH.THE FAMOUS DUCK AND THE 99.94 AVERAGE WAS ABOUT TO BECOME A PERMANENT PART OF THE HISTORY OF CRICKET. THE SCORECARD STATES ACROSS THE CENTRE --"WARNING-- The Public are advised that any Score Cards which may be on sale anywhere OUTSIDE the ground will NOT BE OFFICIAL."  .ON THE BOTTOM  "Printed on the Ground by Surrey County Cricket Club Printing Department." IS PRINTED.  A RARE PIECE OF INVINCIBLE MEMORABILIA INDEED.

AT LORDS BETWEEN AUGUST 25-27 1948 THE GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND PLAYED A 3 DAY FIRST CLASS MATCH AGAINST THE AUSTRALIANS.IN THIS MATCH DON BRADMAN SCORED 150. BRADMAN SCORING A CENTURY IS NOT UNIQUE HOWEVER THIS WAS TO BE HIS LAST EVER IN FIRST CLASS CRICKET. THIS INNINGS IS CAPTURED FOREVER ON THIS RARE SCORE CARD WHICH WAS  PRINTED AT THE TIME OF HIS DISMISSAL AS NO OTHER ENTRIES WERE RECORDED FROM THIS TIME.

BOTH SCORECARDS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION FOR THEIR AGE GIVEN THEIR ORIGIN AND TREATMENT AT THE GROUNDS,I WOULD ASSUME THE MAJORITY OF THESE ENDED UP TORN  AND PLACED IN THE BIN.BOTH SCORE CARDS HAVE PENCIL ENTRIES MADE AT THE GROUND BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER,THESE CAN BE REMOVED THEREFORE IF DESIRED HOWEVER I BELIEVE IT ADDS TO THE ORIGINAL AND HISTORIC NATURE OF THESE ITEMS.

HOW MANY OF THESE ARE OUT THERE IS ANYONES GUESS BUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE 2 GAMES OF CRICKET CANNOT BE ARGUED.THESE 2 SCORE CARDS ARE TRUE LINKS TO THESE MATCHES MAKING THEM A DESIRABLE AND VALUABLE EDITION TO ANY GENUINE MEMORABILIA COLLECTION.BID WITH CONFIDENCE.