Australian cricket team in England in 1886
The Australian cricket team in England in 1886 played 27 first-class matches including 3 Tests which were all won by England.
Test match summary[]
First Test[]
5–7 July 1886
Scorecard |
Australia
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v
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England
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223 (157.2 overs)
WW Read 51 FR Spofforth 4/82 (53 overs) | ||
107/6 (77.2 overs)
RG Barlow 30 G Giffen 2/31 (24 overs) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- GA Lohmann (ENG) made his Test debut.
Second Test[]
19–21 July 1886
Scorecard |
England
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v
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Australia
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353 (259 overs)
A Shrewsbury 164 FR Spofforth 4/73 (56 overs) |
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
Third Test[]
12–14 August 1886
Scorecard |
England
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v
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Australia
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434 (304.1 overs)
WG Grace 170 FR Spofforth 4/65 (30.1 overs) |
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- J McIlwraith (AUS) made his Test debut.
Annual reviews[]
- James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly) 1887
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1887
Further reading[]
- Derek Birley, A Social History of English Cricket, Aurum Press, 1999
- 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
External links[]
- Australia in England 1886 at CricketArchive
- Australia in England, 1886 at Cricinfo
- Australia to England 1886 at Test Cricket Tours
Categories:
- 1886 in Australian cricket
- 1886 in English cricket
- International cricket competitions from 1844 to 1888
- Australian cricket tours of England
- English cricket seasons from 1864 to 1889
- The Ashes
- International cricket tour of England stubs