English cricket team in Australia in 1884–85
The England cricket team in Australia in 1884–85 was generally known as Alfred Shaw's XI after its main organiser. The team played 8 first-class matches, including the five matches in the Test series, winning 6 and losing 2.
Squads
The party comprised 13 players, all of them professionals: Arthur Shrewsbury, Billy Barnes, William Attewell, William Scotton, Wilfred Flowers and Alfred Shaw (all Nottinghamshire); Billy Bates, Joe Hunter, Bobby Peel and George Ulyett (all Yorkshire); Johnny Briggs (Lancashire); Maurice Read (Surrey); and James Lillywhite (Sussex).
Australia's team for the second Test showed eleven changes as a result of the 1884 touring team (who had contested the 1st Test) demanding fifty per cent of the gate money for this match. This ended Jack Blackham's run as a player in each of Australia's first 17 Test matches.
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Matches
First Test
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369 (243.2 overs) Billy Barnes 134 Eugene Palmer 5/81 (73 overs) | ||
67/2 (31 overs) Billy Barnes 28 Harry Boyle 1/21 (9 overs) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat
- 14 December was taken as a rest day
- 4 balls per over
Second Test
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England won by 10 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Edward Elliott (Aus) and James Lillywhite (Eng) |
- England won the toss and elected to bat
- 4 January was taken as a rest day
- 4 balls per over
Third Test
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Australia won by 6 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: Edward Elliott (Aus) and John Payne (Aus) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat
- 22 February was taken as a rest day
- 4 balls per over
Fourth Test
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Australia won by 8 wickets Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: Edward Elliott (Aus) and Patrick McShane (Aus) |
- England won the toss and elected to bat
- 15 March was taken as a rest day
- 4 balls per over
- The match was played on two different pitches, with each team having the choice of which pitch to use for their second innings.[1]
Fifth Test
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England won by an innings and 98 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: George Hodges and James Philips (Aus) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat
- 22 March was taken as a rest day
- 4 balls per over
References
- ^ "India's 36 all out, and other dramatic finishes to Tests". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
Bibliography
- Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1886
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