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The beginnings of district cricket, 1870—1940

CRICKET AT MEMORIAL PARK, 1890s: Prior to the start of play, supporters and players gather at a Myrtleford v. Buffalo River game for photographer Frank Foxcroft. Id:35878

By JOHN TAYLOR OAM,

Myrtleford and District Historical Society

FORTY years after the first permanent European settlers arrived in the Myrtleford district in 1837, the game of cricket had commenced.

Games were first hosted in the 1870s in the vicinity of where the Memorial Hall and the Co–operative Store would be built in the 1920s.

With the construction of the two–storeyed Myrtleford Hotel an...

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