Australian cricket team in England in 1896
International cricket tour
The Australian cricket team played 34 first-class matches in England in 1896, including 3 Tests.
Test series
England won the Test series 2–1.
First Test
22–24 June 1896 Scorecard |
v | England | |
53 (22.3 overs) J Darling 22 T Richardson 6/39 (11.3 overs) | 292 (107.4 overs) R Abel 94 CJ Eady 3/58 (29 overs) | |
347 (133 overs) GHS Trott 143 JT Hearne 5/76 (36 overs) | 111/4 (47.1 overs) JT Brown 36 E Jones 2/42 (23 overs) |
England won by 6 wickets Lord's, London Umpires: J Phillips (AUS) and WAJ West (ENG) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- C Hill, CJ Eady, JJ Kelly (all AUS), and AFA Lilley (ENG) made their Test debuts.
Second Test
16–18 July 1896 Scorecard |
v | England | |
412 (170 overs) FA Iredale 108 T Richardson 7/168 (68 overs) | 231 (90 overs) AFA Lilley 65 TR McKibbin 3/45 (19 overs) | |
125/7 (84.3 overs) SE Gregory 33 T Richardson 6/76 (42.3 overs) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- KS Ranjitsinhji (ENG) made his Test debut.
Third Test
10–12 August 1896 Scorecard |
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- EG Wynyard (ENG) made his Test debut.
Ceylon
As on previous voyages to England, the Australians had a stopover in Colombo and played a match on 1 April at Galle Face Green against a Ceylon team, which was drawn.[1]
References
- ^ "Ceylon v Australians 1896". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
External links
- CricketArchive – tour summaries
Annual reviews
- James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly) 1897
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1897
Further reading
- Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
- Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
- Ray Robinson, On Top Down Under, Cassell, 1975
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