Looking like a gang of convicts , this is actually Australia’s first cricket team in England , and comes from the remnant of a souvenir pamphlet issued to mark the 1932-1933 MCC tour of Australia , part of the Little Darwin Ephemera Collection .
India’s obsession with cricket is impacting on Darwin . There are now five separate Indian cricket teams in the capital. The latest team is said to consist of players from the Punjab . It is another interesting indication of the changing make up of the Territory , a growing number of residents coming from the subcontinent . Warnie may be signed up to play for a team–a development which would wipe crocodiles off the front page for maybe a week.
