Another superb article has been submitted to the Blueseum, this one a copy of a match report from 1888.
Just six years after the cricket Ashes came into existence, Carlton experienced their own version when they became the first Aussie rules team to play England.
Now England were a bunch of rugby players from the motherland but they acquited themselves manfully eventually winning more than they lost in their tour around the colonies.
Here is the article in all its glory, it is beautifully written.
http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-read_artic ... ticleId=95
Another related article from 1888 and a game between Carlton and Geelong, with some behind the scenes descroptions.
http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-read_artic ... ticleId=96
Love this bit:
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The game is too often described by those who know nothing about it as a mere vehicle for the release of passions otherwise dangerously conserved.
Sounds like me!
