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Cricket, Classics To Go

Excerpt: "Steel played in the first ever Test Match in England at The Oval in 1880, then in the famous Test which England narrowly lost in 1882. The mock obituary was published in The Sporting Times saying "R.I.P. English Cricket...the body will be cremated and the Ashes will be taken to Australia."

A. G. Steel

Allan Gibson "AG" Steel (registered at birth as Alan Gibson Steel) (1858 –1914) was a Lancashire and England cricketer, who was reckoned by many in his day to be the equal of the legendary W G Grace. (Wikipedia)

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