Horse Racing in Australia - Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, Clem Hill, Glossary of Australian and New Zealand Punting, 2007 Australian Equine (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 48. Chapters: Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, Clem Hill, Glossary of Australian and New Zealand punting, 2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Thoroughbred racing in Australia, List of Australian Group races, List of Cox Plate winners, Carbine, Timeform, Fine Cotton, High Caste, George Freeman, Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, Leading sire in Australia, Bonecrusher, William Cross Yuille, Bill Waterhouse, Miller's Guide, Tabcorp Holdings, Race of the Century, Kindergarten, Simon Beasley, The Hawk, Media Puzzle, Global Sprint Challenge, Magic Millions, Vintage Crop, Xcellent, Rough Habit, Totalisator Agency Board, Spring Grand Slam, Australian Rules of Racing, The Phantom, Tote Tasmania, Oakbank Easter Racing Carnival, Con Kafataris, The Phantom Chance, Brew, Picnic horse racing, Living Legends, Shane Dye, VRC Stakes day, Melbourne Cup Sweeps, William Samuel Cox, Inter Dominion Hall of Fame, Perth Racing, Sydney Autumn Carnival, IAS Limited, Good Lord, Nom Du Jeu, All the Good, Gold and Black. Excerpt: Clement "Clem" Hill (18 March 1877 - 5 September 1945) was an Australian cricketer who played 49 Test matches as a specialist batsman between 1896 and 1912. He captained the Australian team in ten Tests, winning five and losing five. A prolific run scorer, Hill scored 3,412 runs in Test cricket-a world record at the time of his retirement-at an average of 39.21 per innings, including seven centuries. In 1902, Hill was the first batsman to make 1,000 Test runs in a calendar year, a feat that would not be repeated for 45 years. His innings of 365 scored against New South Wales for South Australia in 1900-01 was a Sheffield Shield record for 27 years. The South Australian Cricket Association named a grandstand at the Adelaide Oval in his honour in 2003 and he was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in...