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Lords' Dreaming : Cricket on the Run - The 1868 Aboriginal Tour of England, Hardback Book

Lords' Dreaming : Cricket on the Run - The 1868 Aboriginal Tour of England Hardback

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Charles Lawrence, an Englishman living in Australia, led a team of Aboriginals in a cricket tour of England in 1868 where they played 47 matches; 14 won, 14 lost and 19 drawn.

It was the first Australian tour of England and the only time when an all Aboriginal team has represented Australia.

This book details the culture clash between the Aboriginals and Lawrence's English roots.

The Aboriginal team learnt cricket only for the tour and had never played before.

Playing against the Aboriginal team was the young W.G.

Grace, while today in Lords there are numerous mementos of that tour: including a boomerang that depicts the life of Dick-a-Dick, one of the players on the tour.

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