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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[edit]
England won the Test series 2-0.
First Test[edit]
21–23 July 1890 Scorecard |
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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[edit]
11–12 August 1890 Scorecard |
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102 (60.2 overs) GHS Trott 25 F Martin 6/52 (30.2 overs) | 95/8 (51 overs) JM Read 35 JJ Ferris 5/49 (23 overs) |
England won by 2 wickets The Oval, London Umpires: CK Pullin and J Street |
- 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[edit]
25–27 August 1890 Scorecard |
England | v | Australia |
Match abandoned Old Trafford, Manchester |
- No toss made
Ceylon[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ "Australia in England 1890". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
External links[edit]
- CricketArchive – tour summaries
Annual reviews[edit]
- James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly) 1891
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1891
Further reading[edit]
- 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