Australian cricket team in England in 1934
Australian cricket team in England in 1934 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 8 June 1934 — 22 August 1934 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Result | Australia won the 5-Test series 2–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Australia won the 1934 Ashes series against England, winning two of the matches and losing one, with the other two tests drawn. The Australian tourists were captained by Bill Woodfull, while the home side were led by Bob Wyatt, with Cyril Walters deputising for Wyatt in the first Test.
In the second Test of the series at Lord's, known as Verity's Match, left-arm spinner Hedley Verity took 15 wickets in the match to hand England their only victory in a Lord's Ashes Test in the twentieth century. The last two Tests of the series were notable for the prodigious runscoring of Bill Ponsford and Donald Bradman, who shared partnerships of at 388 at Headingley (scoring 181 and 304 respectively) and 451 at the Oval (scoring 266 and 244 respectively) in Ponsford's final Test.
One-day: Ceylon v Australians[]
The Australians had a stopover in Colombo en route to England and played a one-day single-innings match there against the Ceylon national team, which at that time did not have Test status.[1]
4 April 1934
Scorecard |
Australians
284/6d (63 overs) |
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Ceylon
125/5 (28 overs) |
Ernest Bromley 80*
Bertram de Kretser 3/73 (14 overs) |
Sargo Jayawickreme 56
Hans Ebeling 3/24 (10 overs) |
Tour Matches[]
First-class Matches[]
2–3 May 1934
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Worcestershire
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v
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Australians
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Australians won by an innings and 297 runs
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112 (56.3 overs)
CF Walters 32 CV Grimmett 5/53 (24 overs) |
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95 (46.3 overs)
Nawab of Pataudi 27 CV Grimmett 5/27 (15.3 overs) |
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5–8 May 1934
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Leicestershire
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v
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Australians
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Match Drawn
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368/5d (140 overs)
SJ McCabe 108* G Geary 2/48 (31 overs) |
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9–11 May 1934
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Cambridge University
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v
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Australians
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Australians won by an innings and 163 runs
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158 (66.3 overs)
M Jahangir Khan 33 CV Grimmett 9/74 (28.3 overs) |
481/5d
WH Ponsford 229* JGW Davies 2/89 (39 overs) |
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160 (53.1 overs) (f/o)
HR Cox 51 LO Fleetwood-Smith 3/31 (11.1 overs) |
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12–15 May 1934
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M.C.C
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v
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Australians
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Match Drawn
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362 (121.3 overs)
EH Hendren 135 TW Wall 6/74 (32.3 overs) |
559/6 (161 overs)
WH Ponsford 281* FR Brown 4/134 (37 overs) |
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182/8 (72 overs)
RES Wyatt 102* CV Grimmett 4/90 (32 overs) |
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16–18 May 1934
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Essex
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v
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Australians
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Australians won by an innings and 93 runs
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438 (101.2 overs)
AG Chipperfield 175 K Farnes 3/111 (24 overs) |
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19–21 May 1934
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Oxford University
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v
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Australians
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Australians won by an innings and 33 runs
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70 (24.3 overs)
RG Tindall 18 LO Fleetwood-Smith 5/30 (9.3 overs) |
319 (89.4 overs)
LS Darling 100 RG Tindall 5/94 (24 overs) |
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216 (84.3 overs) (f/o)
FC de Saram 128 CV Grimmett 7/109 (36.3 overs) |
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23–25 May 1934
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Hampshire
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v
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Australians
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Match Drawn
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420 (131.1 overs)
WGLF Lowndes 140 SJ McCabe 4/79 (25 overs) |
433 (100.5 overs)
AG Chipperfield 116 AEG Baring 5/121 (26 overs) |
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10/1 (4.1 overs)
AG Chipperfield 5* WGLF Lowndes 0/1 (1.1 overs) | |||||
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26–28 May 1934
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Middlesex
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v
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Australians
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Australians won by 10 wickets
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258 (75.2 overs)
EH Hendren 115 TW Wall 3/41 (16 overs) |
345 (70.2 overs)
DG Bradman 160 HJ Enthoven 4/59 (16 overs) |
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114 (43.4 overs)
EH Hendren 35 CV Grimmett 5/27 (12.4 overs) |
29/0 (3.4 overs)
BA Barnett 14* | ||||
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30 May-1 June 1934
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Surrey
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v
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Australians
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Match Drawn
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629 (128.2 overs)
SJ McCabe 240 AR Gover 5/147 (34 overs) |
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162/2 (42 overs)
RJ Gregory 59* CV Grimmett 1/16 (8 overs) |
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2–5 June 1934
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Lancashire
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v
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Australians
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Match Drawn
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285 (107.5 overs)
GE Tyldesley 107 LO Fleetwood-Smith 5/107 (38 overs) |
367 (120 overs)
SJ McCabe 142 AD Baxter 3/38 (15 overs) |
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13–15 June 1934
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Australians
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v
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Northamptonshire
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Match drawn
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16–19 June 1934
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v
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Australians
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Australians won by 8 wickets
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177 (62.4 overs)
WGLF Lowndes 44 CV Grimmett 4/76 (17.4 overs) |
230 (61 overs)
LS Darling 42 ERT Holmes 3/31 (14 overs) |
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287 (88.3 overs)
BH Lyon 67 ERT Holmes 67 CV Grimmett 4/71 (27.3 overs) |
235/2 (57 overs)
SJ McCabe 105* FR Brown 1/28 (8 overs) | ||||
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Test Matches[]
First Test[]
8–12 June 1934
Scorecard |
England
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v
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Australia
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268 (138.3 overs)
EH Hendren 79 (247) CV Grimmett 5/81 (58.3 overs) |
374 (152.2 overs)
AG Chipperfield 99 (208) K Farnes 5/102 (40.2 overs) | |
273/8d (90 overs)
SJ McCabe 88 (121) K Farnes 5/77 (25 overs) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat
- Test debut: WA Brown, AG Chipperfield (Aus) and K Farnes (Eng)
Second Test[]
22–25 June 1934
Scorecard |
England
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v
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Australia
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440 (198.3 overs)
Les Ames 120 (325) Tim Wall 4/108 (49 overs) |
284 (109 overs)
Bill Brown 105 (202) Hedley Verity 7/61 (36 overs) | |
118 (53.3 overs)
Bill Woodfull 43 (118) Hedley Verity 8/43 (22.3 overs) |
- England won the toss and elected to bat
Third Test[]
6–10 July 1934
Scorecard |
England
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v
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Australia
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491 (190.3 overs)
Stan McCabe 137 (204) Hedley Verity 4/78 (53 overs) | ||
123/0d (52 overs)
Herbert Sutcliffe 69 (161) |
66/1 (27 overs)
Stan McCabe 33 (74) Gubby Allen 1/23 (6 overs) |
- England won the toss and elected to bat
- Test debut: JL Hopwood (England)
Fourth Test[]
20–24 July 1934
Scorecard |
England
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v
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Australia
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584 (183.5 overs)
Donald Bradman 304 (473) Bill Bowes 6/142 (50 overs) | ||
229/6 (135.5 overs)
Maurice Leyland 49 (186) Clarrie Grimmett 3/72 (56.5 overs) |
- England won the toss and elected to bat
- Test debut: WW Keeton (Eng)
Fifth Test[]
England
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v
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Australia
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321 (117.3 overs)
Maurice Leyland 110 (171) Hans Ebeling 3/74 (21 overs) |
701 (171.2 overs)
Bill Ponsford 266 (422) Bill Bowes 4/164 (38 overs) | |
145 (63.3 overs)
Wally Hammond 43 (113) Clarrie Grimmett 5/64 (26.3 overs) |
327 (68.3 overs)
Donald Bradman 77 (106) Bill Bowes 5/55 (11.3 overs) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat
- Test debut: HI Ebeling (Aus)
References[]
- ^ "Ceylon v Australia 1934". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
External links[]
Annual reviews[]
Further reading[]
- Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
- Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
- 1934 in Australian cricket
- 1934 in English cricket
- 1934 in Ceylon
- Australian cricket tours of England
- Australian cricket tours of Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankan cricket seasons from 1880–81 to 1971–72
- International cricket competitions from 1918–19 to 1945
- The Ashes