Charlton Athletic tour to Canada/USA autograph book, circa 1937, the tour party consisted of 17 players, manager Jimmy Seed and trainer Jimmy Trotter

Charlton Athletic tour to Canada/USA autograph book, circa 1937, the tour party consisted of 17 players, manager Jimmy Seed and trainer Jimmy Trotter with directors, a total of 13 games were played between 30th May 1937 and 1st July 1937, winning 12 and only drawing the first game 1-1 v American Soccer League, scoring 66 and conceding 10 goals. The autograph book contains signatures of some of the teams played, records are incomplete so this is new information, crowds were mainly between 2,000-6,000. The following pages are signed 5/6 v Detroit/Michigan three pages 13 signatures; 6/6 v Illinois/Chicago one page not named but identified by player Clay Cuthbert, who was leading player in Chicago 17 signatures; 19/6 v Manitoba/Winnipeg signed 15 signatures; 14/6 v Victoria/British Colombia signed 14 signatures; 8/6 v Alberta/Calgary signed by 4 signatures; 13/6 v Vancouver 11 signatures and 23/6 v Toronto/Ontario 15 signatures; sold with Soccer Illustrated 100 years of soccer in Ontario, which covers Canadian football of the period, (2) Matches played: 30/5 v American Soccer League New York 1-1; 3/6 v Pittsburgh 2-0; 5/6 v Michigan 4-0; 6/6 v Illinois 4-1; 8/6 v Alberta 12-1; 13/6 v Vancouver 3-2; 14/6 v Victoria 4-0; 17/7 v Saskatchewan 12-2; 19/6 v Manitoba 9-1; 23/6 v Ontario 6-1; 26/6 v Philadelphia 1-0; 27/6 v USFA in New York 4-0; 1/7 v Quebec 4-0.