Object number
TN.2008.1789
Title
Dinner to the MCC Australian Team
Date
1904 - 1904-05-22
Creator
Production reason
To celebrate victorious returning MCC Cricket Team
Material
Size
w x ht: 30 x 24 cm
Description
Australian Cricketers' Dinner, at The Trocadero, April 22, 1904. Two page menu. Front: drawing of MCC Australian team, all carrying holdalls and/or bats with their names (see associations), with a larger bag held between two people in the middle which has a seemingly ailing kangaroo inside. There is a flag held by the wider most with a lion sitting on a kangaroo pretending to play a cricket bat as if it were a lute, whirlpool underneath. Sailing ship on the sea in the background. Inside: Toast and musical programme. Back cover: Wine list and menu in French.
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