Australia in Sunderland

Download or read book Australia in Sunderland written by Keith Gregson and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2013-07-30 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the 9th August 2013 the Australian cricket team will step onto the Emirates Durham International Cricket Ground for a history making Ashes Test - the first ever on Durham soil. However there is a already a solid historical link between Australia and the county and nowhere is this more obvious than in ten matches arranged between Australia and a variety of sides in Sunderland between 1878 and 1977. Sports historian and archivist Keith Gregson has unearthed some remarkable documents and photographs in order to tell the tale of these games as part of the celebrations for this ground-breaking sporting event.