Cricket
ABC-TV at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
Colour photo shows three blue and white transport vehicles clearly labelled as belonging to ABC Channel 2. They are parked outside the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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East Melbourne Cricket Club in Warrnambool
East Melbourne Cricket Club players listed on page with letterhead of The Royal Hotel, Warrnambool. Proprietor A.W. Walsh. Cricketers listed are A. Seitz, E. Healey, J. Healey, E. Gourlay, Geo. Horsburgh, S.T. Howlett, Wm. Gallery, F. Smith, A. McNaughton.
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East Melbourne Cricket Club medallions
The photo shows two East Melbourne Cricket Club medallions. The earlier, 1912-1913, is on the right. The medallion on the left is for the Hawthorn-East Melbourne Cricket Club. The two clubs merged after the closure of the East Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1921.
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East Melbourne, 121 Powlett Street
Newspaper clippings and auction brochure about sale of Hazelwell, 121 Powlett Street. The house was once the home of Ivo Bligh and his wife Florence (nee Morphy). Bligh was the captain of the English cricket team to whom The Ashes were originally presented. Michael and Elizabeth Albrecht were the successful bidders. Photos.
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Glorious Innings: Treasures from the Melbourne Cricket Club Collection
Items in the collection of the Melbourne Cricket Club. Many photos. Index.
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Melbourne Cricket Club Museum
Newspaper clippings about opening of new sporting museum within the new MCG stand. 2006.
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Reflections
Selected images reproduced from the book, Reflections, 150 Years of The Age, published by Transworld Publishers, 2004. Includes photos of city by James Noone in 1871 from a high point, possibly Parliament House roof. Sporting identities at East Melbourne sporting grounds. Pope Paul VI's visit at Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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Shire link to cricket's Ashes
Newspaper clipping about the life of Janet, Lady Clarke and particularly about the story of The Ashes which took place at Rupertswood, her home near Sunbury. A cricket match was played between the Clarke household and the visiting English team. The English team lost and Lady Clarke, as a joke, is said to have presented the captain, Ivo Bligh, with the little urn containing some
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The Ashes - local connection
Newspaper clippings about Ivo Bligh's and Florence Morphy's role in creation of The Ashes. They lived at 121 Powlett Street Photos. December 2002 to January 2003.
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