Doug Ring was a member of the Australian cricket team that toured England in 1948. Ring played under captain Donald Bradman, whose 1948 team went undefeated in their 34 matches, earning them the sobriquet "The Invincibles". A leg spinner, Ring was not prominent in the series, playing in only the Fifth Test, taking one wicket for 44 runs and scoring nine runs in his only innings. Ring took 60 first-class wickets at a bowling average of 21.81, the most expensive among Australia's frontline bowlers. As England agreed to have a new ball available at intervals of 55 overs after the start of each innings, fast bowling dominated over spin in the Tests, and Ring was used primarily in the non-Test tour matches. Ring scored 150 first-class runs at a batting average of 16.66 during the tour, and a top-score of 53 was his only effort beyond 50. (This article is part of a featured topic: Australian cricket team in England in 1948.).

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1888:

French inventor Louis Le Prince filmed Roundhay Garden Scene (featured), the earliest surviving motion picture, in Leeds, England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundhay_Garden_Scene

1926:

The first book featuring English author A. A. Milne's fictional bear Winnie-the-Pooh was first published. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie-the-Pooh_%28book%29

1943:

The Holocaust: Prisoners at Sobibor extermination camp revolted, killing 11 SS officers and staging a mass escape. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobibor_extermination_camp

1964:

Members of the Politburo voted to remove Nikita Khrushchev as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and replace him with Leonid Brezhnev. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Brezhnev

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Woozle effect: The phenomenon whereby frequent citation of earlier publications leads to a mistaken public belief in something for which there is no evidence, giving rise to an urban myth. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Woozle_effect

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