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The Australian Cricket Hall of Fame is a part of the Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum in the Australian Sports Museum at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. [1] This hall of fame commemorates the greatest Australian cricketers of all time, as the "selection philosophy for the hall of fame focuses on the players' status as sporting ...
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Australian Cricket Hall of Fame [17] Melbourne: Cricket: Hall of Fame Located at the National Sports Museum. Managed by Cricket Australia: Bradman Museum and International Cricket Hall of Fame [18] Bowral, New South Wales: Cricket: Museum Incorporates the International Cricket Hall of Fame. Bradman Collection [19] Adelaide: Cricket: Museum
There are exhibits for sports such as cricket, Australian rules football, the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, tennis, rugby league, rugby union, soccer, basketball, boxing and netball. The Australian Sports Hall of Fame is also located within the museum along with the Australian Racing Museum and the Melbourne Cricket Club Museum.
William Lloyd Murdoch (18 October 1854 – 18 February 1911) was an Australian cricketer who captained the Australian national side in 16 Test matches between 1880 and 1890. This included four tours of England, one of which, in 1882, gave rise to The Ashes. In 2019 Murdoch was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame. [2]
In a Sheffield Shield match against Western Australia at Brisbane in 1960, he took 8 catches in an innings, [2] setting a world record. He died suddenly from a heart attack at the age of 41, only 3 years after ending his playing career. On 27 January 2016 Wally was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame. [3]
From May 2012 to March 2015, Fitzpatrick served as head coach of the Australian women's team, overseeing three successful world championship campaigns. [14] In 2019, Fitzpatrick was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame. [15] Later that year, she was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. [16]
The Sport Australia Hall of Fame was established on 10 December 1985 to recognise the achievements of Australian sportsmen and sportswomen. [1] The inaugural induction included 120 members with Sir Don Bradman as the first inductee and Dawn Fraser the first female inductee.