Cricket
3rd Test Match
England v Australia
at Melbourne
on
Sunday 1st Nov. 1942
England Team:-
Leornard William Curtis (Capt) - Lieutenant, 134181, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Eric Pryke, Lieutenant, 164502 - 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
Geofrey Arthur Edrich - Sergeant, 5776667, 5th Royal Norfolk Regiment (Professional cricketer for Lancashire)
Cpl. Roy Arthur William High - Corporal, 5777170, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Eric Adrian Milne - Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 5774789, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Geoffrey Allan Porter - Lance Corporal, 5773804, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Edward John Miller - Corporal, 5777125, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Albert Edward Braines - Lance Corporal, 5777215, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regimen
Harold Arthur Milligan - Private, 5779613, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Cyril Beaty Bix - Lance Corporal, 5774743, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Maurice Mason, Private, 5772223, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Twelfth man:-
Frederick Bagley - Private, 5776715, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Umpire:-
Frank William Walter Kettley, Lieutenant, 160496, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Scorer:-
N.F. Robinson, Lance Corporal, 2577365, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
(Geoff Edrich was asked to visit India not long after the war to represent England but declined, his reason was it too soon after the war where he had experienced malaria and other the tropical diseases as a Far East POW.)
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