Gerry Gomez was still five months shy of his 17th birthday when his name first appeared in a published scorecard from a cricket match.
The cynosure of all eyes was Neil Harvey (178 in 237 minutes with 16 fours).
With the development of the local game at a rapid and encouraging pace, Tasmania soon felt confident enough to undertake a tour to New Zealand in early 1884.
No story of the early days of cricket in Australia would ever be complete without mention of the colourful indigenous cricketers, who formed an integral part of the cricket milieu in Australia in the old days.
The Pentangular remained an annual event till the newly-formed BCCI made the announcement in 1946 that the Pentangular would be discontinued following the 1945-46 contest.
It was the year of our Lord 1905, and Australia were about to embark on an Ashes tour to England.
Bob Appleyard had taken 4 for 7 to bring about this sorry end to the New Zealand second innings.
In a First-Class career span of 1903 to 1926, George Dennett played 401 matches, scoring 4,102 runs.
WIlliam Ward made his First-Class debut for a team entitled England against Surrey at Lord’s in July 1810.
Jimmy Binks would later develop into something of a rarity, a Yorkshire cricketer born at Hull.