Aboriginal cricket icon Johnny Mullagh joins Hall of Fame – NEWS.com.au

The best player in the Boxing Day Test will win a medal named after the newest member of the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame, Indigenous cricket icon Johnny Mullagh. Considered one of the best players of his era, the Mullagh Medal was established to honour a player who dominated Australia’s first ever tour of England in 1868.
That team consisted entirely of Aboriginal players and Mullagh, an all-rounder as gifted as any Australia has produced, was the standout player.
Playing a staggering 45 of…

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