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Boxing Day Test man of the match to be presented the Mullagh Medal – ABC News
Johnny Mullagh was the best player from the 1868 Aboriginal team that became the first sporting team from Australia to tour internationally.
There is a new award for the man of the match in the Boxing Day Test and it honours an Indigenous Australian with statistics hardly conceivable.
Cricket Australia announced the best player of the Melbourne Test match will receive the Mullagh Medal, named after Johnny Mullagh.
He was the best player from the 1868 Aboriginal team that became the first sporting team from Australia to tour internationally.
The medal is part of Cricket Australia’s Reconciliation Action Plan, but it is more than reflecting…
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