Two page signed manuscript letter written by Sir Leonard Hutton to the businessman Roland ''Tiny'' Rowland during the 1948 MCC Tour in South Africa, w

Two page signed manuscript letter written by Sir Leonard Hutton to the businessman Roland ''Tiny'' Rowland during the 1948 MCC Tour in South Africa, with the original envelope postmarked 29.10.48, the letter written in black ink on official South African Cricket Association headed paper for the MCC Tour, composed at the Arthur's Seat Hotel, Cape Town, reading: ''Dear Tiny, It was indeed a pleasant surprise to receive your parcel delivered safely to the hotel. The watch is very beautiful & will be I assure you one of my most treasured possessions. Our practice is now over, & we start serious cricket tomorrow. Hope we start off well & collect a victory. A good start means so much when we have so many young players, on their first overseas tour. All the team are fit & well including the Brigadier [M.A. Green], who really is not quite sure which day or month it is, this being his first venture as [tour] manager. Needless to say, I am looking forward with great interest to my visit to Rhodesia, be sure to arrange accommodation for yourself during our stay. I want to [?] for one hour, the details of which I will tell you when I see you. Again I thank you for the watch, which has been admired by so many of my friends. Kindest Regards, Yours Sincerely, Leonard.; sold together with two postcards of the ''Durban Castle'' Union-Castle line vessel, each signed by 15 members of the MCC touring party (lacking Tremlett & Griffith, but including the manager M.A. Green) Tiny Rowland had moved to Rhodesia in 1948 where he bought a tobacco farm at Eiffel Flats in Mashonaland West Province.