Australian cricket team in England in 1893

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
Scorecard

England	v	Australia
334 (125 overs) A Shrewsbury 106 CTB Turner 6/67 (36 overs)		269 (114.1 overs) H Graham 107 WH Lockwood 6/101 (45 overs)
234/8 (116.4 overs) A Shrewsbury 81 G Giffen 5/43 (26.4 overs)

Match drawn
Lord's, London
Umpires: W Hearn (ENG) and J Phillips (AUS)

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
Scorecard

England	v	Australia
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 by an innings and 43 runs
The Oval, London
Umpires: CK Pullin (ENG) and H Draper (ENG)

England won the toss and elected to bat.
A Ward (ENG) made his Test debut.

Third Test[]

24–26 August 1893
Scorecard

Australia	v	England
204 (96.4 overs) W Bruce 68 T Richardson 5/49 (23.4 overs)		243 (140.2 overs) W Gunn 102* G Giffen 4/113 (67 overs)
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)

Match drawn
Old Trafford, Manchester
Umpires: C Clements (ENG) and J Phillips (AUS)

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[]

CricketArchive – tour summaries

Annual reviews[]

James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly) 1894
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1894