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A Tree, a Park, and a Historic Cricket Match in Witham

2025-06-16

Amelia (age 2 and 11 months in the blue and pink flowery coat) and nursery planting a tree on 16 March 2016 in Maldon Road Park. Keep meaning to see if the tree made it, and always forget... if anyone's going through…

Amelia (age 2 and 11 months in the blue and pink flowery coat) and nursery planting a tree on 16 March 2016 in Maldon Road Park. Keep meaning to see if the tree made it, and always forget... if anyone's going through Witham park could you look?... the cricket ground is to the right, and you can see the old Park Keepers cottage in the far distance... In July 1868, Maldon Road Park (then a local cricket ground) hosted a match during the first-ever Australian cricket tour to England. This team ... made up entirely of Aboriginal Australian players ... played a local Witham side right here as part of their 47-match tour. It wasn’t the first match of the tour, but it was part of a historic moment ... the first international cricket tour from Australia...

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