Australian cricket team in England in 1890
The Australian cricket team in England in 1890 played 34 first-class matches including two Test matches (a third Test was abandoned due to bad weather without play ever starting).
Test series summary
England won the Test series 2-0.
First Test
21–23 July 1890
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- JE Barrett, SE Gregory, PC Charlton, EJK Burn and H Trumble (all AUS), and G MacGregor (ENG) made their Test debuts.
Second Test
11–12 August 1890
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match finished on the second day.
J Cranston, JW Sharpe and F Martin (all ENG) made their Test debuts.
Third Test
Ceylon
As in 1884, the Australians had stopovers in Colombo en route and on the return voyage they played a match at Galle Face Green against the Ceylon national team, though it was not a first-class fixture at that time. The match was drawn.[1]
References
- ^ "Australia in England 1890". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
External links
Annual reviews
- James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly) 1891
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1891
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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