Cricket : tour of the Australian Eleven, 1878 / [written and compiled] by One of Them, T. Horan
- Bib ID:
- 6335093
- Format:
- Book
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. SRq 796.3580994 C928 copy
- Description:
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- [1878-189?]
- 1 v. ; 33 cm.
- Biography/History:
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Tom Horan, cricket player and journalist who represented Victoria and Australia. His all round capabilities meant his selection into the inaugugal Australia-England Test in 1876/77 and into the 1878 and 1882 Australian teams to England playing in the famous 1882 Oval Test where the "Ashes" originated. He captained Australia twice in the second and fifth tests of the 1884/85 series. Began writing on cricket under the pseudonyms "One of Them" in 1878 and as "Felix" for the Australasian in the 1880s. His "Cricketter Chatter" column continued until his death in 1916. He also published a literary collection on cricket.
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- A scrapbook of newspaper cuttings of the first semi-representative Australian cricket team to tour England and the United States in 1878, led by David Gregory. Includes their preliminary matches in Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, New Zealand as well as the United States. Many of the articles were written by Tom Horan who is identified by Frank "Typhoon" Holmes Tyson as being the author "One of Them", and also confirmed by David Scott, known as "The Almanac" in Horan's obituary in 'The Referee' in 1916.
- Cover title.
- Acquired from speed bowler, Frank Holmes Tyson.
- SRq 796.3580994 C928 copy Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-44430913
- Cited In:
- Oxon Aust. Cricket, 252.
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- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 1986 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1916
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1899
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