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|Text=<p>"The first mention of cricket in Australia is in the <i>Sydney Gazette</i> of 8 January 1804. 'The late intense weather has been very favourable to the amateurs of cricket who have scarce lost a day for the last month.'"</p> | |Text=<p>"The first mention of cricket in Australia is in the <i>Sydney Gazette</i> of 8 January 1804. 'The late intense weather has been very favourable to the amateurs of cricket who have scarce lost a day for the last month.'"</p> | ||
<p>Egan, Jack, <u>The Story of Cricket in Australia</u> (ABC Books, 1987), page 6. It is believed that the players included officers and/or men from <i>the Calcutta</i>, which arrived in Sydney in December 1803. (Ibid., page 10.)</p> | <p>Egan, Jack, <u>The Story of Cricket in Australia</u> (ABC Books, 1987), page 6. It is believed that the players included officers and/or men from <i>the Calcutta</i>, which arrived in Sydney in December 1803. (Ibid., page 10.)</p> | ||
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| Text | "The first mention of cricket in Australia is in the Sydney Gazette of 8 January 1804. 'The late intense weather has been very favourable to the amateurs of cricket who have scarce lost a day for the last month.'" Egan, Jack, The Story of Cricket in Australia (ABC Books, 1987), page 6. It is believed that the players included officers and/or men from the Calcutta, which arrived in Sydney in December 1803. (Ibid., page 10.) |
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