The 1948 Invincibles

In March 1948, captained by the world's greatest batsman Don Bradman, the Australian Test team sailed for England. Their tour was to end some eight months later where the Australian team, not having lost a single match, were dubbed The Invincibles - the greatest Australian side in history to leave our shores.

The 1948 team surpassed all records by winning four out of the five Tests and remaining undefeated throughout the tour. They remain the only side not to lose a match on tour.

In winning they were extremely convincing. In half their matches they won with an innings to spare, two by 10 wickets, one by 9 wickets, two by 8 wickets and one by 409 runs. Seven of the seventeen players completed 1000 runs. Eleven batsmen between them hit 50 centuries while the English batsmen could only manage 7. The Australian bowlers took 89 Test wickets while the English took 50.

PERSONALLY SIGNED BY: R.N Harvey, R. Hamence, W.A. Brown, S. Loxton, E.R.H. Toshack

Photo:Top (L to R): R.N Harvey, S.G. Barnes, R.R. Lindwall, R. Saggers, D. Ring, W.A. Johnston, E.R.H. Toshack, K.R. Miller, D. Tallon, S. LoxtonBottom (L to R): K.O.E. Johnson (Manager), R. Hamence, I.W. Johnson, A.L. Hassett (Vice Captain) D.G. Bradman (Captain) W.A. Brown, A.R. Morris, C.L. McCool, W. Ferguson (Scorer).