Australian cricket team in England in 1890

The 1890 Australian national cricket team

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[]

England won the Test series 2-0.

First Test[]

21–23 July 1890
Scorecard

Australia	v	England
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

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[]

11–12 August 1890
Scorecard

Australia	v	England
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

England	v	Australia

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[]

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

External links[]

CricketArchive – tour summaries

Annual reviews[]

James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly) 1891
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1891