Three volumes of autograph books compiled by Middlesex Wanderers AFC co-founder R. B. (Bob) Alaway, volumes 2, 3 & 4, 1926-1949, Middlesex Wanderers t

Three volumes of autograph books compiled by Middlesex Wanderers AFC co-founder R. B. (Bob) Alaway, volumes 2, 3 & 4, 1926-1949, Middlesex Wanderers team signature appear throughout the series together with groups relating to their opposition or to a visit or some other occasion, team-groups and Tours are to numerous to list here in totality but the following are worthy of particular note: for 1926, Northern Nomads F.A. Amateur Cup winners, Tours to Germany, Holland, & Switzerland, Dulwich Hamlet; for 1927, Woking, Leyton Amateur Cup winners, Tour to Holland; for 1928 Tour to Switzerland & Italy; for 1929, Tour to Scandinavia; for 1930, Tufnell Park Tour to Denmark; for 1931, Wycombe Wanderers F.A. Amateur Cup winners, Tour to Holland; for 1932, Tour to Holland, Enfield Town; for 1933, Tour to France, Bilbao, Southern Counties v Northern Nomads, Barnet, Middlesex County FA Golden Jubilee Banquet 1883-1933, Corinthians v Athenian League; for 1934, Amateur International Trial Match North v South at Wimbledon, Dulwich Hamlet FA Amateur Cup winners, Tour to Holland; the 1934 Australian Cricketers, Southern Counties v Northern Counties; for 1935, England v Wales Amateur International at Wimbledon, England v Scotland Amateur International at Dulwich Hamlet, the 1935 South African Cricketers, Tour to Norway, Southern Counties v Northern Counties; for 1936, Tour to Germany, Southern Counties v Northern Counties, a Famous Sportsmen Dinner, the Hungary team who played England at Highbuty, A SECTION TITLED MIDDLESEX WANDERERS AT THE XIth OLYMPIAD BERLIN, AUGUST 1936, including a Dinner to the gold medal winning walker Harold H. Whitlock, the Great Britain football team, ''some of our athletes'', China football team, President's Reception ''A Distinguished Gathering'', Olympic swimmers, Japan swimmers & athletes, USA athletes, other athletes; for 1937, England v Wales Amateur International at Fratton Park, Dulwich Hamlet FA Amateur Cup winners, Tour to Australasia, the 1937 New Zealand cricketers, Tour to Switzerland, Yorkshire v Middlesex Challenge Cricket Match at The Oval, Patsy Hendren's Last County Cricket Match at Lords Middlesex v Surrey, Southern Counties v Northern Counties, England v Czecho-Slovakia at White Hart Lane; for 1938 Wales v England Amateur International at Rhyl, the England v German international in Berlin, the 1938 Australian cricketers, Gloucestershire CCC, FIVE PAGES DEVOTED TO THE 1938 FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION 75th ANNIVERSARY BANQUET, England v The Rest Amateur International trial at Hastings; for 1939, Ireland v England Amateur International at Belfast, Tour to Turkey; for 1940, Red Devils of Belgium, Horace Alaway Memorial Match v Netherlands X; for 1942, Presentation to Lester Finch, Inter Allied Services Cup Final at Stamford Bridge; for 1943, The International Sports Fellowship Inaugural Meeting, Metropolitan Police v USA Army Match at Thames Ditton, Stanley Rouse Dinner, United Nations Swimming Gala, Patsy Hendren XI Charity Cricket Match, Lord's Tavern Dinner to Plum Warner; for 1944, Sports Brain Trust/Ensa (quizmaster, Lord Tennyson), England v Wales wartime international played at Anfield; for 1945 Jimmy Wilde Cricket XI of ''Sporting Notabilities'', Australian Services Cricketers, England v Australia Cricket Match at Old Trafford; for 1946 Cornwall v Middlesex Southern Counties Championship semi-final, England v Switzerland international at Stamford Bridge, Alf Govers Team of England & County players v Chas Hiltons XI, the 1946 Indian cricketers, the Icelandic Sports Association, Republic of Ireland v England international in Dublin; for 1947, Belgium v England international in Brussels, Northern Counties v Southern Counties at Southport; for 1948, England v Wales Amateur International at Bangor; the first FWA Awards Dinner to Stanley Matthews, ELEVEN PAGES DEDICATED TO THE 1948 OLYMPIC GAMES, athletes home & abroad, the 1948 Australian cricketers, MCC cricketers to South Africa 1948-49; for 1949, Tour to Holland Middlesex Wanderers Association Football Club was formed in 1905 and is a Club that is synonymous with touring, having already completed well over 100 tours to 44 Countries during its history. The Club's constitution sets out three objectives: To promote a good fellowship among football clubs and other sporting organisations throughout the world; To send teams of British footballers on tours abroad; To play occasional football games in the British Isles and such other games as the Executive Committee may approve. The Club's origins date back to 1905 when two brothers, Bob and Horace Alaway, founded Richmond Town Wanderers with the specific purpose of performing 'missionary work' in Europe where football was still in its relative infancy. Initially success was achieved through using local amateur players but with the continuing improvements of standards abroad it became necessary to strengthen touring parties by extending the scope of selection farther afield. In order to enhance the reputation of the Club its name was changed to Middlesex Wanderers in 1912 and tours were regularly made to different European countries. The extent of the Club's reputation in the inter-war years is reflected in the fact that invitations were received from every part of Europe. The fiftieth tour to Turkey in 1939 was the first occasion on which it ventured outside the continent. Until that matches were generally played against clubs, many of whom have subsequently achieved prominence on the post-war European football scene, such as Ajax and PSV Eindhoven in Holland and Barcelona in Spain. Co-Founder Bob Alaway kept a meticulous chronicle of the club's recording each occasion, tour and match and collecting autographs of the participants. Sadly, Volume One is absent but offered here are Volumes Two, Three and Four covering the period from the Annual Club Dinner in January 1926 to a final entry made four a Tour of Holland in May 1949. The result is a staggering collection of autographs from the period. Middlesex Wanderers FC History Source: Keith Masters, Honorary Secretary, the club website.