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Loading ...Heh. I read that as ‘one thousand nine hundred and fifty-six australians in training’.
I thought, ‘that’s quite a lot’.
Oh well!
(Obviously slightly delirious from getting up early for the ODI after less than 2 hours sleep.)
The 1956 Australians in training
By Will 4 years ago, at the start of April Add your comment below
An interesting video of the Australia team in training at Lord’s during the 1956 Ashes. Led by Ian Johnson Australia lost the series 2-1. Towards the end of the video, you can see a very young Richie Benaud.
What strikes me most about the footage is how little things have changed, really…
Tags: australia, cricket-videos, ian-johnson, Richie-Benaud, the-ashes, video |
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April 3rd, 2006 at 1.29 pm
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