page_title: New Norcia Cricket Team
hierarchical_section_title: New Norcia Cricket Team
caption_attribution_description: The New Norcia Cricket Team
context_page_description: The New Norcia Cricket Team was a team of indigenous Australian cricketers captained by a pastoralist, who played in Western Australia between about 1879 and 1906. The team was established by the Abbot of the New Norcia missionary settlement, Rosendo Salvado who was a regular cricket watcher and believed that the formation of the team was "one more humanising and Christianising element" in his mission to Aboriginal people.
context_section_description: The New Norcia Cricket Team was a team of indigenous Australian cricketers captained by a pastoralist, who played in Western Australia between about 1879 and 1906.  The team was established by the Abbot of the New Norcia missionary settlement, Rosendo Salvado who was a regular cricket watcher and believed that the formation of the team was "one more humanising and Christianising element" in his mission to Aboriginal people.
caption: The New Norcia Cricket Team, early 1880s, captained by Henry Lefroy who would later become the 11th Premier of Western Australia.  The star player was Johnny Blurton, back row, second from the right.  Johnny Walley is back row, extreme right.  Front row right and seated is Felix Jackimarra.
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