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New Zealand tour to England 1931. ‘New Zealand & Leicestershire C.C.C. 1931’. Original mono real photograph postcard of the two teams seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and blazers for the drawn tour match played at Leicester 9th- 11th May 1931. Printed title to lower edge. Players featured include Lowry, Matheson, Mills, Merritt, Talbot, Page, Dempster, Blunt (New Zealand), Berry, Sidwell, Snary, Bradshaw, Astill, Dawson, Armstrong, Geary (Leicestershire) etc. Photo by Cecil Meade of Leicester. The postcard, postmarked 1935, is addressed to ‘Mrs G. Geary’, possibly George Geary’s wife, who is looking to employ ‘a good maid’. Very good condition. Rarer tour postcard