English cricket eleven visits Lincoln Spinning Mills, February 1925

Herald, 6 February 1925

The visiting English cricket eleven were identified as (left to right): Woolley, Toone (manager), Strudwick, Tate, Sandham, Bryan, Gilligan, Mrs Douglas, Hearne, Freeman, Chapman and Douglas. [I have assumed that Mrs Douglas is the wife of the English team captain.]

Going by the date of the newspaper article, the visit took place between the third test at the Adelaide Oval which the Aussies won by 11 runs and the fourth test held at the MCG which the English won by an innings and 29 runs. Australia won the Ashes series 4-1. (source: Wikipedia)

Lincoln Mills opened in 1920 and was a major employer in the area. Most of it is now demolished but if you've ever been to Bunnings or Officeworks in Gaffney Street, you were there on the former Mills site.

Lincoln Mills, 1922. Image courtesy Coburg Historical Society.

1947 aerial view of Lincoln Mills, Gaffney Street, Coburg. 

Courtesy Coburg Historical Society.

During demolition, June 2007. Image courtesy Coburg Historical Society. 

(Photographer Lois Williams.)