The Fourth Test of the 1948 Ashes series was one of five Tests in a
cricket series between Australia and England. Played at Headingley
Stadium at Leeds from 22 to 27 July, for the third time in a row the
match set a new record for the highest attendance at a Test in England.
On the last day, Australia, captained by Don Bradman (pictured), had a
target of 404 to make up, and England had used a heavy roller to break
up the pitch to make batting harder. Although many observers predicted
that England would win easily on a deteriorating surface, Australia put
together a stand of 301 in only 217 minutes, aided by erratic bowling
and several missed catches and stumpings. Australia won the match by
seven wickets with 15 minutes remaining to take an unassailable 3–0
series lead. In successfully chasing a target of 404, they set a new
world record for the highest victorious runchase in Test history.
(This article is part of a featured topic: Australian cricket team in
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1691:
Williamite War: The forces of William III of England defeated
the Jacobites at the Battle of Aughrim, the bloodiest ever fought on
Irish soil, with over 7,000 people killed.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Aughrim>
1894:
Jules-Albert de Dion finished first in the world's first motor
race, but did not win as his steam-powered car was against the rules.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules-Albert_de_Dion>
1944:
World War II: In opposition to the London-based government-in-
exile, the Polish Committee of National Liberation was proclaimed to
govern territory recaptured from Nazi Germany.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Committee_of_National_Liberation>
1997:
Written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda, One Piece, the best-
selling manga series in history, debuted in Weekly Shōnen Jump.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Piece>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
radiole:
1. (zoology) The spine of a sea urchin.
2. (zoology) A heavily ciliated feather-like tentacle occuring in
clusters on the crowns of certain tubeworms, especially those of the
order Canalipalpata (the fan-head worms), used for feeding and
respiration.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/radiole>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won’t adhere to any rules.
The most any of us can do is to sign on as its accomplice.
--Tom Robbins
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