Seven 1950 World Cup original press photographs, two at the official draw for the 1950 World Cup at the Brazilian Foreign Office in Rio de Janeiro, la

Seven 1950 World Cup original press photographs, two at the official draw for the 1950 World Cup at the Brazilian Foreign Office in Rio de Janeiro, large 8 by 10in. b&w prints, the showing Ottorino Barassi President of the Italian F.A. twirling the cage containing numbered balls to determine the draw, the figure in white is Hugo Fracarolli, the Brazilian representative of FIFA, the second photograph is taken from a wider angle and shows all the delegates; one taken at a meeting of the World Cup Organising Committee at Lancaster Gate in London chaired by Stanley Rous as they discuss vacant positions due to the withdrawal of Scotland and Turkey from the 1950 World Cup before the draw; an original b&w press photograph of the England team aboard the bus at Rio de Janeiro International Airport after their arrival in Brazil for the 1950 World Cup, 7 by 10in., in the foreground are Laurie Scott, Bill Eckersley, Walter Winterbottom, Billy Wright and Bill Dickenson; two original b&w press photographs of the very first game played at the Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro All-Stars v Sao Paulo All-Stars, 16th June 1950, both 8 by 10in., the 1950 World Cup would start at the Maracana 8 days later, yet the first image with the match under way shows a huge section of scaffolding in amongst the crowd on the far side as construction of the unfinished roof continues; the second image portrays Angelo Mendes, the Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, hoisting the Brazilian flag and declaring the 150,000 capacity stadium open; An original b&w match-action press photograph portraying Sweden during their shock 3-2 defeat of defending champions Italy in the 1950 World Cup at Sao Paulo, 5 by 7in., the Swedish goalkeeper Svensson leaps to clear an Italian attack, all with backstamps and printed captions