The English vice-captain, J. C. White, in Melbourne, at the close of the fifth Test match, remarked that the defeats in the first four Tests are a good thing for Australian cricket. That is so. The defeats have already borne good fruit. ...
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Article : 279 wordsWhen England won the toss and started with a first innings of 519, no one expected Australia to score her first win in the Test series. But the unexpected was achieved after eight days' play. Though the cricket dragged on day ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 166 wordsEven if the Test matches had been two all, the deciding one could not have been harder fought than the fifth Test. The vagaries of the weather must naturally, affect long drawn out games, but a close analysis reveals that luck in ...
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Referee (Sydney, NSW : 1886 - 1939), Wed 20 Mar 1929, Page 12
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