English cricket team in Australia in 1891–92
The England national cricket team toured Australia and Ceylon in 1891–92.
The team, captained by W. G. Grace, was organised, financed and managed by Lord Sheffield, who later donated the Sheffield Shield to Australian domestic first-class cricket.[1]
29 matches were played in total, of which 12 were won, two lost and 15 drawn. Eight of the games were first-class games, including three Tests against Australia. Australia won the Test series 2–1. It marked Australia's first Ashes victory, with the first eight being won by England.
The other five first-class matches were against New South Wales (twice), South Australia and Victoria (twice).
Test series summary
Australia won the Test series 2–1.
First Test
1–6 January 1892 (Timeless Test) Scorecard |
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240 (151.1 overs) W Bruce 57 JW Sharpe 6/84 (51 overs) | 264 (91.4 overs) WG Grace 50 G Bean 50 RW McLeod 5/53 (28.4 overs) | |
236 (191.5 overs) JJ Lyons 51 R Peel 2/25 (16.5 overs) | 158 (82.2 overs) AE Stoddart 35 CTB Turner 5/51 (33.2 overs) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- 3 January was taken as a rest day.
- H Donnan, RW McLeod, ST Callaway (all AUS), and G Bean (ENG) made their Test debuts.
Second Test
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391 (219.4 overs) JJ Lyons 134 J Briggs 4/69 (32.4 overs) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- 31 January was taken as a rest day.
Third Test
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100 (42.5 overs) JJ Lyons 23 J Briggs 6/49 (21.5 overs) | ||
- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- 27 March was taken as a rest day.
- H Philipson (ENG) made his Test debut.
Players
England was captained by W. G. Grace and had Gregor MacGregor as its specialist wicket-keeper, the other players being Johnny Briggs, Bobby Peel, Andrew Stoddart, Bobby Abel, Maurice Read, George Lohmann, William Attewell, John Sharpe, George Bean and Hylton Philipson.
Australia was captained by Jack Blackham, who was also its wicket-keeper. Other players to represent Australia were Alec Bannerman, George Giffen, Jack Lyons, William Bruce, Charlie Turner, Harry Moses, Harry Trott, Bob McLeod, Harry Donnan, Sydney Callaway, Walter Giffen, Syd Gregory.
Ceylon
The team used Colombo as a stopover during its long sea voyage and played a match in October 1891 on Galle Face Green against a local side that was not first-class. This was the third time that an English cricket team had visited Ceylon.[2]
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Non-Ashes Australia v England Test series | |
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- Matches in white background were played in England, yellow – in Australia.
References
External links
- Lord Sheffield's XI in Australia: Nov/Mar 1892 at Cricinfo
- Lord Sheffield's XI in Australia 1891/92 at CricketArchive
Further reading
- The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978 by Bill Frindall
- WG Grace: His Life and Times by Eric Midwinter
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack 2006
- Comical cricket in rhyme & picture by Catch-a-catch. Melbourne 1891.
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