Australia defeats Britain in cricket at The Oval

On 29 August 1882, Australia‘s cricket team defeated the British team at The Oval, the international cricket ground in London.

Image: Scanned photograph from “Cricket,” by WG Grace, 1891, courtesy of the Wikimedia Commons. This image is in the public domain in the United States because its copyright has expired.

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