Australia number Cup stars

Australia's cricketers famed for wearing the baggy green have long since issued numbers to their Test players to signifiy the order they were selected. This weekend Tennis Australia will follow cricket's lead in their Davis Cup match against Morocco with

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Sir Norman Brookes was Australia's first representative to be selected back in 1905, Rod Laver, the two-time Grand Slam champion in 1962 and 1969, is numbered 47.
Hewitt, the country's most successful Davis Cup singles player, will wear the number 89 on his shirt.
Todd Reid will have No.92 stitched on his team tracksuit.
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