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Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 Backyard Ashes
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'Dougie Waters loves nothing more than a weekend barbie and cricket match with his mates. But his paradise on earth is destroyed when his best mate and neighbour Norm is forced to leave town and their new boss, a pompous English administrator named Edward Lords, moves in.

'The animosity between the two peaks during one fateful backyard cricket match when Dougie hits a ball that accidentally stuns Edward’s prize winning cat, Dexter. The cat falls into the roaring BBQ and is instantly incinerated, leaving only ashes.

'Dougie’s son captures footage of the unfortunate event on camera and it is uploaded onto the internet where the video instantly goes viral! The idea of a backyard cricketing challenge is hatched, with the winner keeping the ashes of Edward’s deceased cat, Dexter. The two teams battle it out in the greatest game of backyard cricket ever for the Backyard Ashes. ' (Publisher's blurb)

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Works about this Work

It's Pitch Perfect Comedy Paul Byrnes , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 1 February 2014; (p. 25)

— Review of Backyard Ashes Peter Cox , Mark Grentell , 2013 single work film/TV
Backyard Ashes Battlers Hit the Big Guys for Six Melissa Adams , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 January 2014; (p. 5)

— Review of Backyard Ashes Peter Cox , Mark Grentell , 2013 single work film/TV
Hat-Trick as Community Film Delivers Ron Cerabona , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 January 2014; (p. 7)

— Review of Backyard Ashes Peter Cox , Mark Grentell , 2013 single work film/TV
Filmmaker's Debut a Fine Innings Paul Byrnes , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23 January 2014; (p. 16-17)

— Review of Backyard Ashes Peter Cox , Mark Grentell , 2013 single work film/TV
Short Cuts Garry Maddox , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 14 November 2013; (p. 32)
Filmmaker's Debut a Fine Innings Paul Byrnes , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23 January 2014; (p. 16-17)

— Review of Backyard Ashes Peter Cox , Mark Grentell , 2013 single work film/TV
Hat-Trick as Community Film Delivers Ron Cerabona , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 January 2014; (p. 7)

— Review of Backyard Ashes Peter Cox , Mark Grentell , 2013 single work film/TV
Backyard Ashes Battlers Hit the Big Guys for Six Melissa Adams , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 January 2014; (p. 5)

— Review of Backyard Ashes Peter Cox , Mark Grentell , 2013 single work film/TV
It's Pitch Perfect Comedy Paul Byrnes , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 1 February 2014; (p. 25)

— Review of Backyard Ashes Peter Cox , Mark Grentell , 2013 single work film/TV
Bespoke Movies Resist Cinema's Curtain Call Michael Bodey , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 30 October 2013; (p. 13)
From Backyard to Big Screen Garry Maddox , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 November 2013; (p. 7)
Backyard Ashes a Flame for Self-Funded Success Michael Bodey , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 13 November 2013; (p. 15)
Short Cuts Garry Maddox , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14 November 2013; (p. 34)
Short Cuts Garry Maddox , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 14 November 2013; (p. 32)
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