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When the Canadians tricked Australians to defeat in 1975...

<p>Australia's shocking loss to Eastern Canada here in 1975 followed a night when the tourists were tricked into partying hard, recalls a senior cricket official</p>

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Dennis Lillee (left), Ian Chappell and Greg Chappell (right) were a part of the 1975 Australian team that lost to Canada

Dennis Lillee (left), Ian Chappell and Greg Chappell (right) were a part of the 1975 Australian team that lost to Canada

Toronto: Australia's shocking loss to Eastern Canada here in 1975 followed a night when the tourists were tricked into partying hard, recalls a senior cricket official.

Dennis Lillee (left), Ian Chappell and Greg Chappell (right) were a part of the 1975 Australian team that lost to Canada
Dennis Lillee (left), Ian Chappell and Greg Chappell (right) were a part of the 1975 Australian team that lost to Canada 

Howard Petrook, Chairman of cricket of the Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club (TCSCC), says the team boasting the Chappell brothers, Dennis Lillee and Rod Marsh to name a few, were made to party the whole night on the eve of the match in the summer of 1975.

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