English cricket team loses to Australia in Melbourne

Painting of Cricket match played at Melbourne Cricket Ground on 1 Jan 1864.
map iconAustralia's cricket team defeated the English cricket team for the first time at the map iconMelbourne Cricket Ground.

Image: Melbourne Cricket Ground, 1864, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. This image is of Australian origin and is now in the public domain because its term of copyright has expired. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1924.

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19 Mar 1877

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