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Q: When a Canadian Club Cricket Team Played Australia Led by Greg Chappell and Dennis Lillee in 1975
This was going to be a game against The Australian National Team comprised of some of the most accomplished cricketers ever to play Down Under who were visiting our ground at Armour Heights. It was their third game in three days in Toronto. Many of these Aussies had lost on the same ground two days before: Greg Chappell, Lillee, Higgs, Marsh, Walker, Laird, Turner and McCosker.
It was their last game before heading off for the headline series, the Inaugural World Cup which would take place in England in a few days.
Australia was going to bat first. I had the honour of being one of the opening bowlers along with Basil Peters. And it wasn’t just an honour. I knew if the captain was giving me the new ball that I had a job to do.
This was going to be a game against The Australian National Team comprised of some of the most accomplished cricketers ever to play Down Under who were visiting our ground at Armour Heights. It was their third game in three days in Toronto. Many of these Aussies had lost on the same ground two days before: Greg Chappell, Lillee, Higgs, Marsh, Walker, Laird, Turner and McCosker.
It was their last game before heading off for the headline series, the Inaugural World Cup which would take place in England in a few days.
Australia was going to bat first. I had the honour of being one of the opening bowlers along with Basil Peters. And it wasn’t just an honour. I knew if the captain was giving me the new ball that I had a job to do.
https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1829/patrick-pisani/blog/3125/when-a-canadian-club-cricket-team-played-australia-led-by-greg-chappell-and-dennis-lillee-in-1975
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If you do some research on the internet about this game you will find a third-hand report which meekly appraises a meaningless game. What really occurred was far more intense, far more important, f ...
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Q: Ontario v Australia at Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club – 25 May 1975
Some people think the next two games of the Australian visit to Toronto were anti-climactic. That view is not accurate at all. For the players on the Ontario Team on Sunday, and then the Toronto Cricket Skating & Curling Club Team on Monday, these were the greatest of opportunities, a chance of a lifetime, days to remember always.
The preamble to second game, after Eastern Canada ‘s dramatic victory over the Australian national team on Saturday, was imbued with tension.
Some people think the next two games of the Australian visit to Toronto were anti-climactic. That view is not accurate at all. For the players on the Ontario Team on Sunday, and then the Toronto Cricket Skating & Curling Club Team on Monday, these were the greatest of opportunities, a chance of a lifetime, days to remember always.
The preamble to second game, after Eastern Canada ‘s dramatic victory over the Australian national team on Saturday, was imbued with tension.
https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1829/patrick-pisani/blog/3068/ontario-v-australia-at-toronto-cricket-skating-and-curling-club-ndash-25-may-1975
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Some people think the next two games of the Australian visit to Toronto were anti-climactic. That view is not accurate at all. For the players on the Ontario Team on Sunday, and then th ...
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Q: When Canada Defeated Australia - Chappell, Lillee, Marsh and Co in 1975.
The Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club were very happy and fortunate to host the Australian National Cricket team for three games on their beautiful grounds in May 1975. The weather was ideal, the anticipation was high and, in the end, the event was the greatest episode in Canadian cricket in the decade of the seventies.
We all know the results of the first match when Australia met the Eastern Canada representative team. It made news worldwide.
The Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club were very happy and fortunate to host the Australian National Cricket team for three games on their beautiful grounds in May 1975. The weather was ideal, the anticipation was high and, in the end, the event was the greatest episode in Canadian cricket in the decade of the seventies.
We all know the results of the first match when Australia met the Eastern Canada representative team. It made news worldwide.
https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1829/patrick-pisani/blog/3048/when-canada-defeated-australia-chappell-lillee-marsh-and-co-in-1975
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The Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club were very happy and fortunate to host the Australian National Cricket team for three games on their beautiful grounds in May 1975. The weather was ideal ...