First Test, Brisbane, December 1-5 1950: Australia 228 & 7/32 dec, England 7/68 dec & 122. Australia won by 70 runs.
But first, an assurance by England captain Freddie Brown that all is well in the touring party:
England captain on eve of First Test denies reports of "team dissensions, petty jealousies and team troubles". Freddie Brown, #Ashes1950 pic.twitter.com/BxIFOZzrwV
— Rick Eyre (@rickeyrecricket.com on Bluesky) (@rickeyrecricket) November 22, 2017
On the eve of the First Test of 1950-51 at The Gabba, England named a squad of 14 with two wicketkeepers. #Ashes1950 https://t.co/sD3xNWTbfM
— Rick Eyre (@rickeyrecricket.com on Bluesky) (@rickeyrecricket) November 22, 2017
Dick Whitington's preview of the Gabba Test of 1950. Play was set for six days, five hours per day. Admission for adults was grandstand 5/11 (59c), outer 2/6 (25c) https://t.co/DEjfaY0maL
— Rick Eyre (@rickeyrecricket.com on Bluesky) (@rickeyrecricket) November 22, 2017
Opening day at The Gabba 1 Dec 1950. Lindsay Hassett won the toss, batted. Stumps, Australia all out 228. Alec Bedser 4/45. #Ashes1950 https://t.co/Bk15WYthXO
— Rick Eyre (@rickeyrecricket.com on Bluesky) (@rickeyrecricket) November 22, 2017
"Earlier a crowd of 12,000 outside the ground staged a
demonstration against the Queensland Cricket Association, counted out the captains, and threw hot pies at the turnstiles."#Ashes1950 https://t.co/u6GoPMKMYc— Rick Eyre (@rickeyrecricket.com on Bluesky) (@rickeyrecricket) November 22, 2017
Plenty to read on the rest day of the 1950 Brisbane Test. Columns by Bill O'Reilly and Harold Larwood, and the eternal question "Should Brisbane get a Test?" #Ashes1950 https://t.co/lSuFUhSakO
— Rick Eyre (@rickeyrecricket.com on Bluesky) (@rickeyrecricket) November 22, 2017
Day 3 at the Gabba #Ashes1950 on a "gluepot", England declared at 7/68 https://t.co/Jdse9dRuOE
— Rick Eyre (@rickeyrecricket.com on Bluesky) (@rickeyrecricket) November 22, 2017
"Batsmen were like fish on land" – Arthur Mailey. #Ashes1950 https://t.co/FXaxMOckZI
— Rick Eyre (@rickeyrecricket.com on Bluesky) (@rickeyrecricket) November 22, 2017
#Ashes1950 Len Hutton 62 not out on day 4 at the Gabba but England lost by 70 runs. https://t.co/XFQ8MGvx0h
— Rick Eyre (@rickeyrecricket.com on Bluesky) (@rickeyrecricket) November 22, 2017