A LOS Angeles cricket team will clash with Johnny Mullagh XI as part of its tour of Australia on Monday. Compton Cricket Club, known as the Homies and the POPz, is an American side made up of Latinos and African Americans who come from varying backgrounds. The club is touring Australia for the first time and as part of its visit will play a Johnny Mullagh XI side at Harrow. Johnny Mullagh XI representative Wayne Bell said the American side had similarities to that of the original Johnny Mullagh XI. "When they first said Compton Cricket Club was coming to Australia to play cricket, I likened it to the first Aboriginal team which left the shores and played in England in 1868," Mr Bell said. Bell, who will play against the Homies and the POPz, said the twilight twenty20 game was an exciting opportunity to learn about other backgrounds. "Cricket can be a tool to get us talking about culture," Mr Bell said. "We will also be asking questions about how they developed their cricket over there. "We will probably never get a team over there to play but it's something we'd like because it's the right thing to do." Horsham's Adrian Rigney, Phillip Harrison and Robbie Marks will represent Johnny Mullagh XI. Bell said the side would play to win. "We'll have a team of cricketers with some older men and we'll throw a few young ones in as well," Mr Bell said. Johnny Mullagh Centre's Ange Newton said the Compton team would tour the Johnny Mullagh Cricket Muesum on Tuesday morning and visit surrounding schools. "Their stories are truly inspirational given the 'drive-by' background some of this group of blokes have come from," she said. The match is at Johnny Mullagh Oval at Harrow on Monday. It starts at 5pm and a barbecue will be available.
HARROW BOUND: Compton Cricket Club, known as the Homies, will play a twenty20 match against Johnny Mullagh XI at Harrow on Monday. The Homies, including Isaac Hayes, pictured, is a team comprised of African Americans and Latinos from Compton, a city notorious for gang violence, and was formed to find an alternative to the gang lifestyle. Picture: GETTY IMAGES
A LOS Angeles cricket team will clash with Johnny Mullagh XI as part of its tour of Australia on Monday.
Compton Cricket Club, known as the Homies and the POPz, is an American side made up of Latinos and African Americans who come from varying backgrounds.
The club is touring Australia for the first time and as part of its visit will play a Johnny Mullagh XI side at Harrow.
Johnny Mullagh XI representative Wayne Bell said the American side had similarities to that of the original Johnny Mullagh XI.
"When they first said Compton Cricket Club was coming to Australia to play cricket, I likened it to the first Aboriginal team which left the shores and played in England in 1868," Mr Bell said.
Bell, who will play against the Homies and the POPz, said the twilight twenty20 game was an exciting opportunity to learn about other backgrounds.
"Cricket can be a tool to get us talking about culture," Mr Bell said.
"We will also be asking questions about how they developed their cricket over there.
"We will probably never get a team over there to play but it's something we'd like because it's the right thing to do."
Horsham's Adrian Rigney, Phillip Harrison and Robbie Marks will represent Johnny Mullagh XI.
Bell said the side would play to win.
"We'll have a team of cricketers with some older men and we'll throw a few young ones in as well," Mr Bell said.
Johnny Mullagh Centre's Ange Newton said the Compton team would tour the Johnny Mullagh Cricket Muesum on Tuesday morning and visit surrounding schools.
"Their stories are truly inspirational given the 'drive-by' background some of this group of blokes have come from," she said.
The match is at Johnny Mullagh Oval at Harrow on Monday.
It starts at 5pm and a barbecue will be available.
