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British newspaper in the 19th century. "Nothing of interest comes from Australia except gold and black cricketers", proclaimed the
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good fortune in the English press, with the Manchester Guardian saying the Aussies' "nippiness and grit got them through, but their football... was rarely removed from the commonplace".
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fans' audacity in travelling to Australia in the near-certain knowledge that their team would lose, and the fact that they kept on chanting even when England were losing quite badly.
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final. Australia would win the encounter 3-2 and in doing so captured their first ever Davis Cup title. The most recent Davis Cup meeting between the two nations took place at the
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