At the ‘Boxing Day Test’, Scott Boland, the only 2nd male Aborigine, after Jason Gillespie, skittled the Englishmen running through the side in a devastating spell of 4 - 1 - 7 - 6 in the 2nd inning. It was a treat to watch. Every wicket was purchased — with immaculate line, length and bounce — than anything given away. Befittingly, he received the ‘Player of the Match’ and the Johnny Mullagh Medal commemorating 1868 tour of Aborigines to England. Incidentally, Mullagh was a fine Victorian all-rounder on that tour and was inducted into ‘Australian Cricket Hall of Fame’ in the year 2020; posthumously.
It is apt to mention here that Andrew Symonds is/ was mistaken to be an Aborigine and the 1st to have represented the OZs. In fact, Symonds history traces its root to the Carribbean; where an English couple seemed to have adopted him while he was a baby. Well, on to cricket now.
