when did 'five-for' become official cricketspeak for five wickets?

Have been watching cricket for years and don't remember it ever being used. Until the last year or two, when it seems to have been everywhere, and people even now talk about three-fors etc

Did I just miss it for all those years? Or did we nick it from the Aussies recently or something?

Posted By: Tricky Hawes on August 26th 2008 at 16:01:22

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5 for (n/m) (Other Sports) - fareastcanary, Aug 26, 15:59:23
- a pound gaslighters (Other Sports) - pants, Aug 26, 16:01:22
  - .... (Other Sports) - CB41, Aug 26, 16:39:35
    - When did you pose for that? (n/m) (Other Sports) - yarmyyarmy, Aug 26, 16:43:29
      - lol (n/m) (Other Sports) - pants, Aug 26, 17:36:41
      - half 8 (n/m) (Other Sports) - blindasabat, Aug 26, 16:51:10
- when did 'five-for' become official cricketspeak for five wickets? (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Aug 26, 16:01:22
  - Has been about for ages hasn't it? Suspect it is probably an Aussie term originally (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jim, Aug 26, 16:08:03
  - 8.30 (n/m) (Other Sports) - Brom, Aug 26, 16:05:36
  - About a gazillion years ago..... (n/m) (Other Sports) - Johnny Comecardiff, Aug 26, 16:05:15

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