The prisoners throughout the time which elapsed between trial and punishment, were lodged in the gaol at the west end of Melbourne, and from the day that their fate was ratified by the Governor, and made public in the province, were visited by several of the curious, besides most of the ...
From his aggressive batting style and impeccable cover drives to his passionate leadership on the field, Kohli has left a lasting impression on Indian cricket. As India prepares for the future without one of its most iconic Test players, fans and fellow cricketers alike are expected to pay tribu...
Meanwhile the English press, long-inured to abject losses, have found their best fears confirmed, thus enabling their favourite pastime, which is excoriating their cricketers. Cultures of victory and defeat originate in reality, but they always leave it behind. It’s much the same with ...
98 See, for example, ‘Cricketers from the Cannibal Islands’, The Express and Telegraph, 21 February 1908, 4. 99 Hank Nelson, ‘From Kanaka to Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel’, in Who Are Our Enemies? Racism and the Australian Working Class, eds Ann Curthoys and Andrew Markus (Sydney: Hale Pratt an...
He is not from the school of hard knocks – cricketers rarely are – but he did not complete secondary school, choosing instead to head over to England and play County cricket. This strange colonial sport was his way out of whatever he was in, but he never saw himself as the leg-...
Siedle, a prominent local shipping agent, businessman and musician of German extraction.Her two brothers Karl and Jack were well-known cricketers in South Africa. Karl was killed in the First World War and Jack went on to international fame as one of South Africa’s greatest test cricketers....
I saw the play in Melbourne a few years ago but still long enough to not remember specific detail although I knew the general plot line。 I can see why this book was and remains a regular fixture on 'to read' lists。 Although Christopher's experiences may be exaggerated he...
Her two brothers Karl and Jack were well-known cricketers in South Africa. Karl was killed in the First World War and Jack went on to international fame as one of South Africa’s greatest test cricketers. As a young woman in the early twentieth century she studied music and art in Europe...