Members of the MCC team on board the <i>Orontes</i> at Tillbury waiting to depart to Australia

Well-wishers wave goodbye to Douglas Jardine and the other members of the MCC as they set sail from Tilbury to Australia on the Orient liner Orontes, September 17, 1932© Getty Images

Members of the MCC team on board the <i>Orontes</i> at Tillbury waiting to depart to Australia. From left to right: Walter Hammond, Douglas Jardine, Freddie Brown, Bill Bowes, Frank Duckworth (head turned), Harold Larwood, Maurice Leyland, Tommy Mitchell, Eddie Paynter, Herbert Sutcliffe, Hedley Verity, Bill Voce and Bob Wyatt, September 17, 1932

Members of the MCC team on board the Orontes at Tillbury waiting to depart to Australia. From left to right: Walter Hammond, Douglas Jardine, Freddie Brown, Bill Bowes, Frank Duckworth (head turned), Harold Larwood, Maurice Leyland, Tommy Mitchell, Eddie Paynter, Herbert Sutcliffe, Hedley Verity, Bill Voce and Bob Wyatt, September 17, 1932© Getty Images