Neil Harvey with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 age of 19, Harvey was the youngest player of the touring party—more than six and half years younger than all the other members of the squad. An attacking left-handed middle-order batsman, Harvey had become the youngest Australian to score a Test century, by making 153 in the Fifth Test against India in the preceding Australian summer. However, Harvey struggled early in the tour and had difficulty adapting to English conditions. After being omitted from the first-choice team in the early part of the tour, Harvey's performances improved with increasing familiarity with local conditions, and he was called into the team
Softball in the Australian Capital Territory to grow indigenous Australian participation, a programme has been set up in the territory called whISPers which make it easier for people to participate in the sport. The territory hosted the Mack Gilley Shield in Canberra in 1965. Between 1947 and 1968, the Territory did not win the Mack Gilley Shield. They finally broke their losing streak by winning in 1978, 1979 and 1980. They did not win again between 1981 and 1994. Women's open team members who represented the Australian Capital Territory at the 2011 Mack Gilley Shield include Brenda De Blaes. Women's open team members who represented the