The Centenary Test 40 years on - cricket with style

By Greg Baum
March 11 2017 - 8:30pm
Centenary Test, Australia v England: March 17, 1977: David Hookes hits five consecutive fours off English bowler Tony Grieg. Photo: Fairfax Media
Centenary Test, Australia v England: March 17, 1977: David Hookes hits five consecutive fours off English bowler Tony Grieg. Photo: Fairfax Media

Forty years ago this week, in what was then the Melbourne Hilton, all bar two dozen of 244 living Ashes cricketers were gathered in anticipation of the Centenary Test, kindling such a sepia-toned atmosphere that the usually unsentimental Dennis Lillee was moved to remark: "You almost expected this big bearded figure to walk through the room. That was the feeling."

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