Thousands of spectators, a six-week boat voyage and baggy skorts marked the start of women's international test cricket as we know it.
Australia in the 1930s was in the grip of the Great Depression, and a controversial bowling technique in the men's Ashes, known as the "bodyline series", saw sporting relations between Australia and England plummet to an all-time low.
"Australia was dealing with trade tariff protections, they borrowed a lot of money from England during the Depression and a lot of people were saying, 'Well, let's not pay that back,' said author Marion Stell.
