By Adam Cooper
June 19th 2009 @ 1:02am


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Aboriginal side out to boost cricket’s profile

A group of Aboriginal cricketers hope their re-tracing of the famous 1868 tour of England will raise the sport’s profile in indigenous Australia.
A squad of 14 players aged 16-26 will depart for England on Saturday, and play 11 matches inside a month against county and club sides, some at the grounds where the tourists of [...]

 

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  •   Boo Cheers

    Diz Harford said  | July 3rd 2009 @ 2:54am | Report comment

    Thank you for article on Aboriginal teem visit. After so long. I would much like to contact them . Am Australian painter resident London. Had a show of Paintingd 1984 New South Wales House Strand London ” A Nice Clean Game” based on Aboriginal cricket. Some of these can be seen on as yet uncompleted web site. It seems difficult to get any news on this young team and your article so good. Would much appreciate if you could answer my email and could provide more details. Hope to hear from you – this is to me the bautiful game !
    Sincerely,Diz Valda Harford.
    Shepherds Bush studio./camp

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