Australian cricket team in England in 1888

The Australian cricket team in England in 1888 played 37 first-class matches including three Tests. England won the series 2–1, after losing the first Test. The next time England would come back from one down to win a three match Test series at home was in July 2020, after they beat the West Indies 2–1.[1]

Charlie Turner claimed 283 wickets in first-class matches for Australia in England during 1888.

Touring party
The 1888 Australia national cricket team

Test matches

First Test

Australian captain Percy McDonnell won the toss and chose to bat first. The visitors scored 116 runs in their innings, during which only Percy McDonnell, Jack Blackham and Test debutant Jack Edwards scored 20 runs or more. The English bowlers, led by Bobby Peel, who claimed four wickets and Johnny Briggs, who took three, ran through the Australian batting line-up. At the close of play on the opening day, England had scored eighteen runs for the loss of three wickets (18/3).

Resuming at 11.30 on day two, the score was lifted to 22, on which score England lost Walter Read, W. G. Grace (failing to add to his overnight ten), and Tim O'Brien. When Steel fell four runs later, England were seven wickets down and still eleven runs short of avoiding the follow-on. Thanks to Briggs, who top-scored for England with seventeen runs, the hosts managed to reach 53 from exactly fifty overs, after 55 minutes of play on the second day. The famous combination of John Ferris and Charlie Turner took eight of the wickets to fall, Turner picking up a five-for.

When Ferris and Turner arrived at the wicket in Australia's second innings, they found their side on eighteen for seven, with Lohmann and Peel demolishing the top- and middle-order. Turner scored a dozen and Ferris twelve, but The Daily Telegraph remarked that "it has to be said that never in the annals of cricket has such a fortunate innings as that of Ferris been compiled".

England needed 124 to win, but it managed to get only halfway. Of the home team's second innings of 62, Grace scored 24, "far and away the best batting display of the match," said the Daily Telegraph. Allan Steel, the captain, also chipped in with an unbeaten ten, but he was the only other batsman to reach double figures. Turner and Ferris claimed five wickets each, making for match figures of ten for 63 and eight for 45 respectively. The aforementioned newspaper, however, believed that Peel's first innings' four for 36 was a far better performance, as the wicket had been easier than at any other stage of the match.

This win was Australia's first over England since that at Sydney three years earlier. After that, the Antipodeans had been defeated on seven successive occasions. In the eight years since the 1880 visit, this was only Australia's second win in England, the other being the famous Test at the Oval in 1882.[2]

16 – 17 July
Scorecard
v
116 (71.2 overs)
Percy McDonnell & Jack Blackham 22
Bobby Peel 4/36
53 (50 overs)
Johnny Briggs 17
Charlie Turner 5/27
60 (29.2 overs)
John Ferris 20*
Bobby Peel 4/14
62 (47 overs)
W. G. Grace 24
John Ferris 5/26
Australia won by 61 runs
Lord's, London
Umpires: Frank Farrands and Charles Pullin
  • Australia won the toss and decided to bat.

Second Test
13 – 14 August
Scorecard
v
80 (90.3 overs)
Jack Edwards 26
Johnny Briggs 5/25
317 (138.2 overs)
Bobby Abel 70
Charlie Turner 6/112
100 (69.2 overs)
Percy McDonnell 32
Billy Barnes 5/32
England won by an innings and 137 runs
The Oval, London
Umpires: Robert Carpenter and Frank Farrands
  • Australia won the toss and decided to bat.

Third Test
30 – 31 August
Scorecard
v
172 (113.1 overs)
W. G. Grace 38
Charlie Turner 5/86
81 (52.2 overs)
John Lyons 22
Bobby Peel 7/31
70 (31.1 overs)
John Lyons 32
Bobby Peel 4/37
England won by an innings and 21 runs
Old Trafford, Manchester
Umpires: Frank Farrands and Charles Pullin
  • England won the toss and decided to bat.

Other first-class matches
No. Date Opponents Venue Result Ref
17–8 MayCI Thornton's XIJW Hobbs Ground, NorburyWon by six wickets[3]
214–15 MaySurreyThe Oval, LondonWon by an innings and 154 runs[4]
317–19 MayOxford UniversityChrist Church Ground, OxfordWon by an innings and 19 runs[5]
421–22 MayYorkshireBramall Lane, SheffieldWon by an innings and 64 runs[6]
524–25 MayLancashireOld Trafford, ManchesterWon by 23 runs[7]
628–29 MayGentlemen of EnglandLord's, LondonDrawn[8]
731 May–1 JunePlayersThe Oval, LondonLost by ten wickets[9]
84–5 JuneNottinghamshireTrent Bridge, NottinghamLost by ten wickets[10]
97–9 JuneCambridge UniversityFenner's, CambridgeDrawn[11]
1011–13 JuneOxford University Past and PresentCounty Ground, LeytonWon by 74 runs[12]
1114–16 JuneMiddlesexLord's, LondonWon by eight wickets[13]
1218–20 JuneEngland XIEdgbaston, BirminghamWon by ten wickets[14]
1321–23 JuneMarylebone Cricket ClubLord's, LondonWon by 14 runs[15]
1425–27 JuneYorkshirePark Avenue, BradfordDrawn[16]
1528–30 JuneNorthOld Trafford, ManchesterWon by five wickets[17]
162–4 JulyLiverpool and DistrictAigburth, LiverpoolWon by 130 runs[18]
1712–13 JulyEngland XICounty Ground, Stoke-on-TrentWon by an innings and 135 runs[19]
1819–21 JulySussexCounty Ground, HoveLost by 58 runs[20]
1923–25 JulyCambridge University Past and PresentCounty Ground, LeytonDrawn[21]
2026–28 JulyYorkshireFartown, HuddersfieldDrawn[22]
2130 July–1 AugustSurreyThe Oval, LondonDrawn[23]
222–4 AugustEngland XICentral Recreation Ground, HastingsWon by an innings and 27 runs[24]
236–8 AugustKentSt Lawrence Ground, CanterburyWon by 81 runs[25]
249–11 AugustGloucestershireClifton College Close Ground, BristolLost by 257 runs[26]
2516–18 AugustNottinghamshireTrent Bridge, NottinghamLost by an innings and 199 runs[27]
2620–22 AugustGloucestershireCollege Ground, CheltenhamLost by eight wickets[28]
2723–25 AugustEngland XICrystal Palace Park, LondonLost by 78 runs[29]
2827–29 AugustOxford and Cambridge Universities Past and PresentUnited Services Recreation Ground, PortsmouthDrawn[30]
293–4 SeptemberEngland XISt George's Road, HarrogateWon by 56 runs[31]
306–8 SeptemberLord Londesborough's XINorth Marine Road Ground, ScarboroughLost by 155 runs[32]
3110–12 SeptemberA Shrewsbury's Australian TeamRecreation Ground, HolbeckLost by four wickets[33]
3213–14 SeptemberA Shrewsbury's Australian TeamOld Trafford, ManchesterLost by nine wickets[34]
3317–19 SeptemberSouthCentral Recreation Ground, HastingsWon by nine wickets[35]
3420–22 SeptemberSurreyThe Oval, LondonWon by 34 runs[36]

Summary of results
First-class matches, excluding Test matches
Played Won by
Australia		 Lost by
Australia		 Drawn
34 17 (50.0%) 10 (29.4%) 7 (20.6%)

Batting averages
PlayerMatchesInningsRunsAverageHighest Score100s50s
Percy McDonnell 35581,33123.3510516
George Bonnor 36601,15520.2611925
Harry Trott 36611,08118.327303
Alick Bannerman 335988717.0593*03
Charlie Turner 365678914.6110311
Affie Jarvis 314856912.643900
Jack Worrall 365751711.004600
Qualification: 500 runs. Source: CricketArchive.[37]

Bowling averages
PlayerMatchesBallsWicketsAverageBBI5wi
Charlie Turner 369,70228311.689/1512
John Ferris 378,32119914.748/413
Harry Trott 361,9164325.835/741
Qualification: 40 wickets. Source: CricketArchive.[38]

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