The team of Australian aboriginals which visited England in 1868 under the captaincy of Charles Lawrence, played forty-seven matches, and its all-rounder, Johnny Mullagh, made 1698 runs, averaging 23.8, and took 245 wickets, averaging 10. A comparison with the figures of the first white team (Gregory’s) to visit England proves Mullagh a real champion (says a Sydney writer). C. Bannerman, who topped the batting list, made 723 runs, averaging 24, no one else averaging 20: and Boyle, the most successful bowler,, took 6S >vickcts, averaging 9.6.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17833, 29 April 1926, Page 5
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