An autograph album compiled by the Kent cricketer Bryan Valentine in 1948 and including the signatures of the 1948 Australian and England Ashes cricke

An autograph album compiled by the Kent cricketer Bryan Valentine in 1948 and including the signatures of the 1948 Australian and England Ashes cricket teams, together with team-groups for Kent, Derbyshire, Worcestershire, Leicestershire, Glamorgan, Middlesex, Yorkshire, Warwickshire, Surrey, Somerset, Nottinghamshire & Gloucestershire plus South of England XI, there are some later collected autographs of the boxers Freddie Mills, Henry Cooper & Terry Downes, and the book also contains a programme cover for the England & Wales v Scotland & Ireland rugby union match 17.10.59, bearing two signatures B.H. Valentine played in 399 First Class Matches including 7 Tests between 1927 and 1950. The Australian Cricket Team led by Don Bradman became known as 'The Invincibles' as they did not suffer a defeat on the entire tour.