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Ron Hamence played for the Australian cricket team in 1948, dubbed
the "Invincibles", when they went undefeated for an unprecedented
34matches on a tour of England. He was not instrumental in the team's
success, and his selection was a subject of controversy because many
batsmen who had scored more runs in the preceding Australian season had
been overlooked. Hamence played in only non-Test tour matches to allow
the leading batsmen to conserve energy for the Tests, as play was
scheduled for six days a week. Because the team captain Donald Bradman
was reluctant to risk the team's unbeaten record, Hamence did not receive
many opportunities to bat high in the order, and scored only 582runs at a
batting average of 32.33, with a top-score of 99. He was the only frontline
Australian batsman not to score a century. The remaining eight frontline
batsmen each scored at least 973runs and all averaged no less than 47.30.
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The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak is an 1863 oil painting by the painter Albert Bierstadt. Based on sketches made during Bierstadt's
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foreground. It has been compared to, and exhibited with, The Heart of the Andes by Frederic Edwin Church. Lander's Peak was an
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