For a club with such a rich and successful history on the cricket field, it has been both perplexing and frustrating that we are missing some iconic team photographs from a golden age of MCC cricket.

The MCC has won 20 First XI premierships in the Victorian Cricket Association (now Cricket Victoria) District/Premier competition since joining in 1914. And we’ve produced some wonderful cricketers in that time, including more than 40 Australian Test players.

However, an audit of our archives confirms that we do not have a First XI premiership photo from any of the following flag-winning seasons - 1919/20, 1929/30 and the four won in succession in 1934/35, 1935/36, 1936/37 and 1937/38.

Vernon Ransford, Warwick Armstrong, Keith Tolhurst, Hans Ebeling, Keith Rigg ‘Chuck’ Fleetwood Smith, Bill Ponsford and Percy Beames are just some of the club and Australian greats who played in these premierships. 

We would dearly love to track down anyone who might be a descendant of a former MCC cricketer, or is aware of the existence of any photos from this era.

If you can help, please contact MCC cricket co-ordinator Steven McCooke on (03) 9657 8888 or email clubservices@mcc.org.au.