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CENTENARY TEST STARS HONOURED IN MELBOURNE The Boxing Day Test at the MCG, venue for the Centenary Test 41 years ago (March 12-17, 1977), celebrated the heroes of that astounding match with laps of honour – better late than never! For those of you too young to remember, here are some Centenary Test facts that made it the famous match it was: ▄ Australia won by 45 runs, the same result and margin as that of the first-ever Test at the same venue. ▄ The great Australian ‘keeper Rod Marsh scored 110 not-out in the second innings. ▄ England’s Derek Randall made 174 in England’s chase of 463 and almost got them there. ▄ Marsh caught Randall when he was on 161 and didn’t claim the catch after Randall was…

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Inside Cricket (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2018

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