PM's XIs of the past

It's a match with a grand sense of tradition and history ... and here are just a few of the PM's XI teams to have taken the field in years gone by. 

You'll remember plenty, and have forgotten plenty more. 

Take the lead shot, above, from the 1996 team. Recognise a couple of champion keepers, and a pair of burly Queenslanders, among many others? Here is the full side: 1996 (seated, l-r): A Gilchrist, A Symonds, A Border (c), J Howard (PM), S Bernard (Mgr), D Hills, D Thornton. (standing, l-r): T Prue (umpire), M Di Venuto, I Harvey, S MacGill, M Hayden, A Stuart, B Young, B Haddin, B Thornton (umpire).

Above is the 1990 side. Plenty more familiar faces here, including one you'd be more used to seeing without hair!

1990 (seated, l-r): R Tucker, J Scuderi, A Border (c), R Hawke (PM), R Simpson (Mgr), M Veletta, M Bevan. (standing, l-r): T Bayliss, S McNamee (12th man), M McPhee, G Robertson, C McDermott, P Reiffel, D Lehmann.

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Amazingly, one of many stars in the above pic is playing again today, 17 years on. 

1997: (seated, l-r): M Higgs, D Berry, T Hohns (Mgr), J Howard (PM), M Slater (c), S Young, M Dawn. (standing, l-r): B Lawrence (umpire), J Hannaford (umpire), B Young, J Maher, M Love, P Wilson, B Lee, B Williams, M Hussey, S Taufel (umpire).

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And above, we wind the clock back 51 years. A host of legends, including the greatest of all time.

1963 (seated, l-r): M Cowdrey, S Loxton, E Dexter (Capt MCC), R Menzies (PM), D Bradman (Capt PM’s XI), Duke of Norfolk (Mgr MCC), J Statham, G Smith, A Benaud, R Bedser, T Graveney. (standing, l-r): R Flockton, K Mackay, C Guest, R Cowper, D Sheppard, A Grout, D Allen, B Knight, P Parfitt, A Smith, S Smith, G Connelly (umpire).