Bibliograph

Under the Southern Cross, the heroics and heartbreak of the Ashes in Australia, Andrew Ramsey

Type

Label

Under the Southern Cross, the heroics and heartbreak of the Ashes in Australia, Andrew Ramsey

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

portraitsillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Under the Southern Cross

Responsibility statement

Andrew Ramsey

Sub title

the heroics and heartbreak of the Ashes in Australia

Summary

This illustrated history celebrates the greatest moments of the Ashes in Australia: from Bannerman's first fending of Shaw's opening delivery in 1877, to Cowdrey's courageous defence in the face of Thomson's fastbowling almost 100 years later; from Lord Harris's near-encounter with a young Banjo Paterson, to Maclagan's all-round superiority in the inaugural Women's Ashes; and from Trumble's unsurpassed dual hat-trick at the turn of the century, to Warne's own hat-trick, bowling eyes closed, before the dawn of a new one. These are the moments where history was made, and spawn the yarns that will endure when all else has turned to ashes

Target audience

adult

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