Historical information

Published: The Age, 10 November 1936, p. 13.
Published title: CENTURY MAKERS AT THE M.C.G.
Published caption: In spite of an impressive cordon in the slips. Lee (Vic.) cuts a ball through a gap and scores four in the match against England yesterday. Lee was eventually bowled by Farnes after making 160 run.
Trove article identifier: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205939431

Cricket: Victoria vs. England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, November 1936. Lee, the left handed Victorian batsman, plays a cut shot. The ball is visible.

Victorian ROSS GREGORY scores one of his 11 boundaries, on his way to making a game-saving 128 runs. The bowler is MCC all-rounder, Jim Sims.

During a chanceless time at the crease, ROSS GREGORY was in command of a full range of shots, dealing with short balls by hooking proficiently and demonstrating a perfect pull shot technique.

Sadly this shot was also his downfall, as he pulled a short one from paceman Ken Farnes onto his stumps, ending his innings.

After publishing the full photo the next day, The Age used this cropped action photo of Gregory twice more to accompany future stories about him.

Featured in "Newsworthy : Melbourne in photographs 1933-1936", an exhibition held at East Melbourne Library from October to December 2023. Exhibition caption by project volunteer, Ernie Ward.

Physical description

Glass plate negative

Inscriptions & markings

Photographer notations on slide: "Lee (Vict) bats against Eng at MCG Nov 1936".