English Cricket Team in Australia in 1861-62 (Paperback)


Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. An England cricket team toured Australia in 1861-62. This was the first-ever tour of Australia by any overseas team and the second tour abroad by an English team, following the one to North America in 1859. The idea for the tour came from the English proprietors of a Melbourne company called Spiers and Pond, which ran the Caf de Paris in the city. Spiers was Felix William Spiers and Pond was Christopher Pond. Their representative in England, a Mr Mallam, had tried to interest Charles Dickens in a lecture tour of Australia and New Zealand but without success. Instead, having noted the success of the 1859 venture and the growing popularity of cricket in Australia, Spiers and Pond decided to attract a team of leading English cricketers. Mr Mallam therefore journeyed to Birmingham in September 1861 to watch the North v. South game at Aston Park.

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. An England cricket team toured Australia in 1861-62. This was the first-ever tour of Australia by any overseas team and the second tour abroad by an English team, following the one to North America in 1859. The idea for the tour came from the English proprietors of a Melbourne company called Spiers and Pond, which ran the Caf de Paris in the city. Spiers was Felix William Spiers and Pond was Christopher Pond. Their representative in England, a Mr Mallam, had tried to interest Charles Dickens in a lecture tour of Australia and New Zealand but without success. Instead, having noted the success of the 1859 venture and the growing popularity of cricket in Australia, Spiers and Pond decided to attract a team of leading English cricketers. Mr Mallam therefore journeyed to Birmingham in September 1861 to watch the North v. South game at Aston Park.

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Cede Publishing

Country of origin

United States

Release date

February 2012

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First published

February 2012

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Dimensions

229 x 152 x 6mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

Pages

100

ISBN-13

978-6138460596

Barcode

9786138460596

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6138460596



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