This was the first ever cricket game played in Australia.
By this date clubs in Sydney such as the Currency Cricket Club, the Military Cricket Club and the Australian Cricket Club had started to have fixed matches at Hyde Park .
The Melbourne Cricket Club was founded on this date. The First Cricket game in Melbourne was also played between Military Soldiers and Civilians.
England won this match in the last 4 overs and won by a small margin of 49 runs.
The first international Australian cricket team was selected to tour England.
This was the first ever test match that Australia and England played against each other.
In this year an Australian Bowler named Bill O'Reilly introduced the Leg-Break Googly bowling style and grip.
On this tragic day one of Australia's all time cricket legends sadly passed away. Tony Greig died at a very young age of 66.
On this date the Australian Board of International Cricket's name was changed to Cricket Australia.
The KFC Twenty20 Big Bash League is one of Australia's many domestic cricket competitions. It is a limited over match making it an all out slog-a-thon.
The Aussie boys came out of a fierce battle with the West Indies to become the ICC world cup champions.
Edward Wally was the 37th person to fill the chairman of Cricket Australia's seat.
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