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The Aboriginal Cricket Tour of England 1868

on BBC Radio 4 FM

The extraordinary story of the first overseas cricketers ever to visit England - a team of Australian Aborigines who toured in 1868. They were among the few remaining members of their clans - most had already been wiped out by white settlers and imported diseases. The quality of their cricket surprised the English crowds, but it was, primarily, a commercial tour. At the end of each match they had to put on exhibitions of boomerang- and spear-throwing. They were never paid and only three of them ever played again. They were the first cricketers to represent Australia overseas, yet no Aborigine has played for his country since. Presented by Mark Whitaker.

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