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).

The 1890 Australian national cricket team

Test series summary

England won the Test series 2-0.

First Test
21–23 July 1890
Scorecard
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132 (86 overs)
JJ Lyons 55
W Attewell 4/42 (32 overs)
173 (110.1 overs)
G Ulyett 74
JJ Lyons 5/30 (20.1 overs)
176 (140.2 overs)
JE Barrett 67*
GA Lohmann 3/28 (29 overs)
137/3 (75 overs)
WG Grace 75*
JJ Ferris 2/42 (25 overs)
England won by 7 wickets
Lord's, London
Umpires: A Hill and CK Pullin

Second Test
11–12 August 1890
Scorecard
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92 (65.2 overs)
GHS Trott 39
F Martin 6/50 (27 overs)
100 (55 overs)
W Gunn 32
JJ Ferris 4/25 (25 overs)
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
25–27 August 1890
Scorecard
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Match abandoned
Old Trafford, Manchester
  • No toss made

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
  1. "Australia in England 1890". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2014.

Annual reviews

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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