Australian cricket team in England in 1896
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The 1896 Australian national cricket team
The Australian cricket team in England in 1896 played 34 first-class matches including 3 Tests.
Test series[]
England won the Test series 2-1.
First Test[]
22–24 June 1896
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Australia
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53 (22.3 overs)
J Darling 22 T Richardson 6/39 (11.3 overs) |
292 (107.4 overs)
R Abel 94 CJ Eady 3/58 (29 overs) | |
111/4 (47.1 overs)
JT Brown 36 E Jones 2/42 (23 overs) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- C Hill, CJ Eady, JJ Kelly (all AUS), and AFA Lilley (ENG) made their Test debuts.
Second Test[]
16–18 July 1896
Scorecard |
Australia
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412 (170 overs)
FA Iredale 108 T Richardson 7/168 (68 overs) |
231 (90 overs)
AFA Lilley 65 TR McKibbin 3/45 (19 overs) | |
125/7 (84.3 overs)
SE Gregory 33 T Richardson 6/76 (42.3 overs) |
305 (f/o) (90.1 overs)
KS Ranjitsinhji 154* TR McKibbin 3/61 (21 overs) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- KS Ranjitsinhji (ENG) made his Test debut.
Third Test[]
10–12 August 1896
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England
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145 (81.3 overs)
FS Jackson 45 H Trumble 6/59 (40 overs) |
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84 (49 overs)
R Abel 21 H Trumble 6/30 (25 overs) |
- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- EG Wynyard (ENG) made his Test debut.
Ceylon[]
As on previous voyages to England, the Australians had a stopover in Colombo and played a match on 1 April at Galle Face Green against a Ceylon team, which was drawn.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Ceylon v Australians 1896". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
External links[]
Annual reviews[]
- James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly) 1897
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1897
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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