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A strip from The Victor

The Aussies gave the England cricket team a good drubbing last winter (2017 / 2018), so perhaps England will get their revenge in this series. (But don't count on it).

See The Victor 639 - 646.

Note - this series was also published as text stories in The Victor under the title Trail-Blazers for the Tests - 272; (no stories 275; 276); 277; 278; (no story 279; 280); 281; (no story 282; 283); 284; (no stories 285; 286); 287; (no stories 288; 289); 290; (no story 291); 292.

Writer:- The Victor editorial team. Artist:- Vandeput picture stories; Sturrock? for text stories.

Main cast:- Jack Conway, the manager of the team.

Time period:- Summer 1878.

The following adventures of the first Australian team to tour England are from issues 639; 640; 642; 645 & 646.

***Please note that I am using a standard thumbnail image for all the full size pictures on this page. This is purely being done to save myself sometime.***

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Issue 639
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Issue 640
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Issue 642
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Issue 645
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Issue 646
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text © Adrian Banfield 2018; artwork © D.C. Thomson Co. Ltd.