Australian cricket team in England in 1893
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1893 Australian national cricket team
The Australian cricket team in England in 1893 played 31 first-class matches including 3 Tests.
Test series summary[]
England won the Test series 1-0 with two matches drawn.
First Test[]
17–19 July 1893
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England
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334 (125 overs)
A Shrewsbury 106 CTB Turner 6/67 (36 overs) |
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234/8 (116.4 overs)
A Shrewsbury 81 G Giffen 5/43 (26.4 overs) |
- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- FS Jackson, E Wainwright, WH Lockwood, AW Mold (all ENG), and H Graham (AUS) made their Test debuts.
Second Test[]
14–16 August 1893
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England
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483 (187 overs)
FS Jackson 103 G Giffen 7/128 (54 overs) |
91 (37.3 overs)
JJ Lyons 19 J Briggs 5/34 (14.3 overs) | |
349 (f/o) (98 overs)
GHS Trott 92 J Briggs 5/114 (35 overs) |
- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- A Ward (ENG) made his Test debut.
Third Test[]
24–26 August 1893
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Australia
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204 (96.4 overs)
W Bruce 68 T Richardson 5/49 (23.4 overs) |
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236 (95.3 overs)
AC Bannerman 60 T Richardson 5/107 (44 overs) |
118/4 (63 overs)
WG Grace 45 H Trumble 3/49 (25 overs) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- W Brockwell and T Richardson (both ENG) made their Test debuts.
Ceylon[]
As on previous voyages to England, the Australians had a stopover in Colombo and played a match on 5 April against a Ceylon team, which was drawn.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Ceylon v Australians 1893". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
External links[]
Annual reviews[]
- James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly) 1894
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1894
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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