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Boy's Own Paper Magazine June 1934 Vol. LVI Part 11: Australia's Cricket Captain William Maldon Woodfull / Sports in Japanese Schools

1934 · réf. 447h1984 — London: Boy's Own Paper. Good. 1934. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: Australia's Cricket Captain - William Maldon Woodfull - article with photo; Walter R. Hammond - One of the Greatest Batsmen England Ever Had - article with photo; How the 'Test' Team is Chosen; Head Downward in the Jaws of Death - a breath-taking story of peril and escape; False Pretences! - A Tale of the Olden Highway; Sports in Japanese Schools - interesting article with four photos; The Commemorative Stamps of the United States - Part IV; The Voice of Barton; Our Indian Tour - an interesting story of the Test Matches which were played between the M.C.C. team and All India last winter - article including photo of Major Naidu captain of the Indian test team; Three Half Hitches - a sea story; Kings in the Making - excellent photo-illustrated article on the manufacture of cricket bats; My First Fight; The Return of the Flying Beetle Continued; How To Become a First-Class Cricketeer - Part I; The Art of Fielding; The Airship Stowaway. pp. 641-704 xvi. Includes several pages of interesting ads and an interesting four-page insert bound in at back sponsored by the Lord's Day Observance Society which includes photos of nine famous "Sports Stalwarts who reverence God's Day". Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Spots of soiling to back cover and last few pages otherwise a sound copy of this nice vintage issue which is heavy on cricket-related content for boys.; Illustrator; 4to . Boy's Own Paper unknown