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FAMOUS TROPHIES SOLD. BALL FETCHES £SOO/ ■Melbourne, January 22. Under the auspices of the Cricket Association, a sale was held of relics ot famous matches, the proceeds being in aid of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund. The ball which marked the famous victory of Australia over England, by seven runs, at Lords in 1872, and which was donated by -1. M. Blackburn, brought £SOO. It 'was then put aside for further mictions, and it will finally go to the National Gallery. The late W. L. Murdoch's bat brought £7O, and the lute Victor Taimper'- bats fetched .'ls to 55 guineas.
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Taranaki Daily News, 25 January 1916, Page 7
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100CRICKET. Taranaki Daily News, 25 January 1916, Page 7
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