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Postcards from the Sledge (6 of 10)

By Will 3 years ago, mid-November Add your comment below

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The sixth of 10 postcards from Postcards from the Sledge

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1. Postcards from the Sledge (1 of 10)
2. Postcards from the Sledge (3 of 10)
3. Postcards from the Sledge (4 of 10)
4. Postcards from the Sledge (7 of 10)
5. Postcards from the Sledge (9 of 10)

Tags: australia, cartoon, cricket-cartoons, cricket-photos, england, merv-hughes, postcards-from-the-sledge, pram, the-ashes |

2 Responses to “Postcards from the Sledge (6 of 10)”

marcus wrote:
November 9th, 2006 at 11.03 pm

Allan Border said that one.

Cult figures: Australia « wrote:
July 20th, 2008 at 10.42 am

[...] steaming in to bowl was always made more intimidating by his nose neighbour. In addition, Merv was well known for sledging and his general antipathy towards the opposition, always a prerequisite for an Aussie cult [...]

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