<Li> blue and gold, and </Li> <Li> green and gold . </Li> <P> According to the Australian government, "green and gold have been popularly embraced as Australia's national sporting colours" since the late 1800s . Nearly every current Australian national sports team wears them (although the hues and proportions of the colours may vary between teams and across eras). Australia's cricket team first wore the colours in 1899, in the form of the baggy green, the cap presented to Australian cricket players . </P> <P> The first Australian national sporting team to wear green and gold was the Australian cricket team that toured England in 1899 . Their clothes were the traditional white, but the captain Joe Darling arranged for green and gold caps and blazers to be worn for the opening match of the Ashes series . Previously, the team had had no uniform cap or blazer colours but wore an assortment of club or state colours . The Australian cricket team continued to use the colours thereafter, and in 1908 the colours were ratified as the official team colours for future Australian cricket teams . During subsequent discussions by members of the New South Wales Cricket Association, the colours were reportedly referred to as "gum - tree green" and "wattle - gold". </P>

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