Group portrait of the Australian Army cricket team in Korea, prior to the commencement of play ...

Group portrait of the Australian Army cricket team in Korea, prior to the commencement of play in the annual Test match between Australian and British army teams for the 'Korean Ashes'. Back row, left to right: 34393 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Reginal James Collinson of Richmond, Vic, (12th man); 25163 Private (Pte) Clive Vernon Pollett, of Narromine, NSW; L Cpl Bartley, of Bondi, NSW; 1742 Corporal (Cpl) Mervyn James Denney, of Lucinda Point, Qld; 2397 Captain Arthur David Elbourne, of Strathfield, NSW; 28416 Pte Geoffrey Batiste, of Hunters Hill, NSW; and Lieutenant (Lt) C Green, of Beaumaris, Vic. Front row, left to right: 31909 Staff Sergeant Arthur Bowden Searle, of Tamworth, NSW; 22300 Sergeant Peter Geoffrey Jackson, of Gosford, NSW; Lt I G McLellan, of East Malvern, Vic, (Captain); Cpl H W Brown, of Campsie, NSW; and 240080 Captain Maxwell Brame, of Vaucluse, NSW. The 'Korean Ashes' were played in Korea on the weekend of 15-16 October 1955. Australia lost the match to England. The Australian captain, Lt I G McLellan, of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), won the toss from the England captain, Major K M Goodall, of the 19th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, but his team was defeated by 43 runs in a tense finish. Lt McLellan captained the Duntroon eleven last year.