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Issue Details: First known date: 1936... 1936 The Test Match Murder
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'Mr. Batchelor's book opens dramatically with three English batsmen out for eight runs in a Test match. Then comes the sudden collapse and death of England's star batsman as he walks to the wicket. The high standard of the first chapter Is retained throughout the book, and leads from a vaudeville show to a Chinese opium den, from police headquarters to the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and to a thrilling and extraordinary ending.'

Source: 'Clever Mystery Story', Telegraph, 23 January 1937, p.18.

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The Australian Crime Novel, 1830-1950 Rachel Franks , 2023 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Cambridge History of the Australian Novel 2023;
New Australian Work Frederick T. Macartney , 1937 single work review
— Appears in: All About Books , 15 January vol. 9 no. 1 1937; (p. 5-7)

— Review of Come Home at Last Jack Lindsay , 1936 selected work short story ; Lucid Intervals Walter Murdoch , 1936 single work prose ; Children of the Dark People : An Australian Story for Young Folk Frank Dalby Davison , 1936 single work children's fiction ; The Test Match Murder Denzil Batchelor , 1936 single work novel ; Threepence to Marble Arch Paul McGuire , 1936 single work novel ; Australian Rhodes Review periodical (4 issues); Australian National Review 1937 periodical (31 issues)
Macartney casts doubts on any continued claim Jack Lindsay may have on being regarded as an Australian writer.
New Australian Work Frederick T. Macartney , 1937 single work review
— Appears in: All About Books , 15 January vol. 9 no. 1 1937; (p. 5-7)

— Review of Come Home at Last Jack Lindsay , 1936 selected work short story ; Lucid Intervals Walter Murdoch , 1936 single work prose ; Children of the Dark People : An Australian Story for Young Folk Frank Dalby Davison , 1936 single work children's fiction ; The Test Match Murder Denzil Batchelor , 1936 single work novel ; Threepence to Marble Arch Paul McGuire , 1936 single work novel ; Australian Rhodes Review periodical (4 issues); Australian National Review 1937 periodical (31 issues)
Macartney casts doubts on any continued claim Jack Lindsay may have on being regarded as an Australian writer.
The Australian Crime Novel, 1830-1950 Rachel Franks , 2023 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Cambridge History of the Australian Novel 2023;
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