An autograph album compiled by the Kent cricketer Bryan Valentine in 1948 and including the signatures of the 1948 Australian and England Ashes cricke
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An autograph album compiled by the Kent cricketer Bryan Valentine in 1948 and including the signatures of the 1948 Australian and England Ashes cricket teams, together with team-groups for Kent, Derbyshire, Worcestershire, Leicestershire, Glamorgan, Middlesex, Yorkshire, Warwickshire, Surrey, Somerset, Nottinghamshire & Gloucestershire plus South of England XI, there are some later collected autographs of the boxers Freddie Mills, Henry Cooper & Terry Downes, and the book also contains a programme cover for the England & Wales v Scotland & Ireland rugby union match 17.10.59, bearing two signatures B.H. Valentine played in 399 First Class Matches including 7 Tests between 1927 and 1950. The Australian Cricket Team led by Don Bradman became known as 'The Invincibles' as they did not suffer a defeat on the entire tour.