Group portrait of the Australian cricket team, 1884
- Bib ID:
- 7578631
- Format:
- Picture
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- 1884
- 1 photograph : albumen ; 19.3 x 24.5 cm on board 31.3 x 25.7 cm
- Summary:
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Group portrait of the Australian cricket team that toured England in 1884 and played in the second Ashes series. This was the fourth Australian team, sometimes referred to as the Fourth Australians, following three previous tours in 1878, 1880 and 1882. The 1884 tour was a private venture by the players who each invested an agreed sum to provide funding.
This photograph includes the following players: John McCarthy (Jack) Blackham, Henry James Herbert (Tup) Scott, William Evans (Billy) Midwinter, Percy Stanislaus McDonnell, George Alexander, William Lloyd (Billy) Murdoch, George John Bonnor, George Eugene (Joey) Palmer, George Giffen, Henry Frederick (Harry) Boyle, Alexander Chalmers Bannerman and Frederick Robert (Fred) Spofforth. William Henry Cooper was also a member of the 1884 Australian cricket team but is not included in this group portrait.
- Notes:
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- Title devised by cataloguer from inscriptions.
- Inscriptions: "Australian Team 1884"--In ink above image; "Blackham. Scott. L. Greenwood (umpire). Midwinter. McDonnell. Alexander. Murdoch. Bonnor. Palmer. Giffen. Boyle. Bannerman. Spofforth"--In ink below image.
- Condition: Faded, yellowing, creases, tears.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-610953836
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from Michael Graham-Stewart, 2018.
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Cricketers
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Created/Published Date is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Photograph
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1884
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