Sports historian especially passionate about cricket and the Melbourne Demons.
Melbourne, Australia
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Incorporating some recently-unearthed images, my article ‘Playing the Colonial Charade: The 1935/36 Australians in India’ is out now in The Yorker. It discusses the team’s transforming perspective towards Shikhars and other colonial pastimes.
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An unofficial cricket tour by Australia at the invitation of the then-Maharaja of Patiala is the subject of a new book by scholar @megspon. It reveals little-known details of how India was in 1935, writes @seemay. thewire.in/books/megan-ponsf…
Lovely day @melbournefc training. Dad reckons he was the only one there who saw Fred Fanning kick 18 goals (& 1 point) in 1947. I think he may be right!
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For Megan Ponsford, tracing family history meant unearthing the forgotten story of India and Australia's cricket rivalry abc.net.au/news/2023-02-26/m…
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Glad to have met Megan, granddaughter of Australian cricket great Bill Ponsford. A sports historian, she is here to promote her book on Australian cricketers first tour to India in 1935-36. It's landmark work on the little known aspects of that path breaking series ❤️❤️
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Correct link this time! So happy that this is now out in India. My book on the first Aus cricket tour to India in 1935/36. Performed rather better than the current touring team! amzn.eu/d/0z4HMf9
Delighted that this book about the first Aus cricket venture to the Subcontinent in 1935/36 is now available in India. For the record, the touring cricketers performed better than their contemporary counterparts! amazon.in/dp/949220316
Had a fantastic evening at the @AusHCIndia welcome for the Australian Test team. Hoping for some success on Friday!
Delighted to receive this review of my book The Has-beens and Never-will-bes by Ray Webster in The Yorker @MelbCCLibrary.
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Great to be featured in this series
In this episode of Stories Behind Books, Mayukh Ghosh @stock_delivery traces the tale behind The Has-Beens and Never-Will-Bes by Megan Ponsford @megspon
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Getting closer to have retraced every step of my Australian team. This was where Ryder’s XI played their first game on October 25, 1935 @sscsportsclub
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No. 3 on Amazon(Au) cricket bestsellers list.
Megan Ponsford's @megspon The Has-Beens and Never-Will-Bes
"At last, in her excellent book, we have a literary testament to that great cricketing coup" Gideon Haigh
To buy:
Aus:
amazon.com.au/dp/9492203154/
UK:
amazon.co.uk/dp/9492203154/
Frank Tarrant and the Maharaja of Patiala both required runners when battling for the Australian team in Patiala (1935/36)
Available from @routledgebooks routledge.com/The-1935-Austr…
