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The Ashes cricket series, performed out between Britain and Australia, is the oldest and arguably the most keenly contested rivalry in international sport. The majority of the first agent Australian cricket team to travel Britain in 1878 in simple fact regarded as themselves as Englishmen. IN-MAY of that time, the SS City of Berlin docked at Liverpool, and the Australians stepped onto English ground to begin the inaugural first-class cricket travel of England with a representative international team. Because they made their way south toward Lord's to experiment with the MCC in the next match of the travel, the intrepid holidaymakers, or "the strangers", as these were referred to in the press, came across arrogance and ignorance, cheating umpires, and miserable weather. But by defeating a robust MCC side that included W.G. Sophistication himself within a afternoon's play, they converted English cricket on its head. The Lord's crowd, having openly laughed at the holidaymakers, wildly celebrated a victory that is referred to as "arguably the most momentous six hours in cricket record" and said the Australians as their own. The Strangers Who Arrived Home is a convincing social record that brings that momentous summer season to life, revealing to the story of these extraordinary men who travelled a large number of kilometers, risking life and limb, playing 43 complements in Britain (as well as several in Philadelphia, America, on their return trip) during a demanding but ultimately triumphant homecoming; how their glorious achievements on the field of play threw wide open the gates to international athletics touring; and how these men from the colonies provided the stimulus for Australian nationhood through their having success and helped bring unprecedented vitality to international cricket.
