A child's-size cricket bat autographed by teams touring Ceylon circa 1934-1936, the face signed by the MCC team and the India & Ceylon XI who played a

A child's-size cricket bat autographed by teams touring Ceylon circa 1934-1936, the face signed by the MCC team and the India & Ceylon XI who played at Colombo 22-24 February, additionally signed by Jack Hobbs dated 11.10.36, the reverse of the bat signed by the 1934 Australians who presumably stopped off in Ceylon en route to England for the Ashes series, and also signed by the MCC team of 1936 who again presumably had a stop-over en route to Australia & New Zealand for their 1936-37 Tour The bat is inscribed with the name of the owner who collected the autographs, Miss Pam Tarbat, Colombo. Pamela Gladys Tarbat was born in Ceylon 3rd July 1919 and was the daughter of Sir John Allan Tarbat who was appointed as a Senator of Ceylon in 1947. Sir John was involved in sport in Ceylon including being Patron of the island's Football Association and Olympic Committee, as well as organising athletics championships.