Cricket Gallery

The Night Lights of Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia and Oceania. The name Melbourne refers to the area of urban agglomeration spanning 9, 900 km2 (3, 800 sq mi) which comprises the broader metropolitan area, as well as being the common name for its city centre. The metropolis is located on the large natural bay of Port Phillip and expands into the hinterlands towards the Dandenong and Macedon mountain ranges, Mornington Peninsula and Yarra Valley. Melbourne consists of 31 municipalities. It has a population of 4, 347, 955 as of 2013, and its inhabitants are called Melburnians

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Cricket at The Oval c1855

A cricket match taking place at The Oval cricket ground in Kennington, London. The Oval is the home of Surrey County Cricket Club and was the first ground in England to host a test match in 1880. The ground was a market garden until the club was able to persuade the owner (the Duchy of Cornwall) to allow them to change its use to a cricket ground. From The Boy's Own Paper 1879-80, a British newspaper for boys which was at that time published by the Religious Tract Society and which featured stories, heroic deeds, facts, educational items and illustrations

© Linda Steward

Overarm Trial

July 1842: A cricket match at Lord's in London at which the new technique of overarm bowling was tested against the old underarm method. After two innings, the team which had bowled overarm had scored 194 runs against the opposing team's 147. (Photo by HultonArchive/Illustrated London News/Getty Images)