The First Test of the 1948 Ashes series was one of five Tests in The Ashes cricket series between Australia and England. The match was played at Trent Bridge in Nottingham from 10 to 15 June with a re
Australian captain Don Bradman scored a century in Australia's First Test win.
Hassett (pictured left in the late-1930s), scored 137 for Australia.
Barnes, pictured here in a photo at the age of 16, top-scored as Australia reached their target.
Arthur Lindsay Hassett was an Australian cricketer who played for Victoria and the Australian national team. The diminutive Hassett was an elegant middle-order batsman, described by Wisden as, "... a
Hassett in 1949
Hassett during the Second World War