From 1934-35, the first women’s test series in cricket was played by England against Australia and then New Zealand.
The first test was played in Brisbane from the 28th to the 31st of December, 1934.
Stars of the series included Myrtle Maclagan (above) and Betty Snowball (below).
The tour was documented in a series of photographs that are now in the collection of the National Library of Australia in Canberra.
Official England tour portrait.
The team photographed in December of 1866.
The first Australian sporting team to ever tour internationally was a cricket team from the colony of Victoria.
Tom Wills in 1857
The team was made up of Aboriginal stockmen (people who work with livestock on Australian farms), and overseen by Tom Wills from the British colony of New South Wales.
The team toured England between May and October in 1868. This newspaper article is from the 16th of May edition of The Sporting Life.
English cricketer Arthur Fagg, who played both for Kent and England, was born on the 18th of June, 1915.
After retiring from the sport, he went on to become a well-known umpire. He died in September 1977.
Essex County Cricket Club was founded at a meeting in Chelmsford‘s Shire Hall on the 14th of January, 1876.
The Essex team in 1897. X
The sport of cricket had been in the area since some time in the 16th century, but no major teams were organised until the late Victorian era. Essex CCC became First-Class in 1894.
Most of the team’s home games are played in Chelmsford, the county town of Essex.
The Stafford Cricket Club in England poses for a picture on the day of their Centenary Match. 9th May 1964.
1st January, 1937. A group of local boys look on with curiosity and amusement at Harrow schoolboys Peter Wagner and Thomas Dyson in their formal uniform at the Eton vs. Harrow cricket match, held at Lord’s cricket ground, London.
In Times Gone By... 
