Dreaming Of Lords is a film of the pilgrimage to the home of cricket Lords in England by 17 Aboriginal cricketers exactly 120 years after their predecessors in 1868 and pays tribute to that. Hosted by Ernie Dingo it takes in matches at The Oval, Old Trafford with a number of English county teams and a number of celebrated cricketers such as Clive Lloyd, Ian Chappell, Dennis Lillee, Dean Jones the late great commentator John Arlott and a number of rock star celebrities throwing their enthusiasm and time into the journey Jimmy Barnes, Bill Wyman, Michael Hutchence, David Essex not to mention Glen Eller of rugby fame and a couple of ex prime ministers in John Howard and Bob Hawke. The film has been made with great warmth and humour and is a extraordinary story of two tours to England by our Aboriginal cricketers.
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