Team Members
The Aborigines returned to Victoria and a second attempt to organise a tour of England was initiated by new financial backers. The former Surrey professional cricketer Charles Lawrence, who coached the Albert Club in Sydney, became coach and manager of a team which included some from the original 1867 tour of Eastern Australia, plus a handful of new faces.
- Johnny Mullagh - traditional name: Unaarrimin
- Bullocky - traditional name: Bullchanach. A wicketkeeper, Bullocky was referred to as "at once the black Bannerman and Blackham of his team".
- Sundown - traditional name: Ballrin
- Dick-a-Dick - traditional name: Jungunjinanuke
- Johnny Cuzens - traditional name: Zellanach
- King Cole - traditional name: Bripumyarrimin
- Red Cap - traditional name: Brimbunyah
- Twopenny - traditional name: Murrumgunarriman
- Charley Dumas - traditional name: Pripumuarraman
- Jimmy Mosquito - traditional name: Grougarrong, who "could walk upright under a bar and then jump it in a stander".
- Tiger - traditional name: Boninbarngeet
- Peter
- Jim Crow
During June, King Cole died from tuberculosis and was buried in Tower Hamlets in London. Sundown and Jim Crow went home in August due to ill-health.
Read more about this topic: Australian Aboriginal Cricket Team In England In 1868
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