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The first day of Test cricket in England
By Will 2 years ago, at the start of September Leave a comment on this post
Patrick reminds me that today marks the 126th anniversary of the first Test in England, against Australia. What a thing. 126 years! Better still, you can have a look at the scorecard at Cricinfo, a modern-day summary and a brief report from the 1881 Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack which, brilliantly, begins as follows:
The compiler much regrets that the limited space allotted to the Australians’ matches in this book precludes the possibility of giving a lengthened account of this famous contest.
What a bloody great game cricket is.
Tags: 1880, 1881, ashes, australia, cricket-history, england, history, test-cricket, the-ashes, wg-grace |
One Response to “The first day of Test cricket in England”
September 8th, 2006 at 3.07 pm
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