Australian cricket team in England in 1896
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The Australian cricket team in England in 1896 played 34 first-class matches including 3 Tests.
Contents
Test series summary
England won the Test series 2-1:
- 1st Test (Lord's Cricket Ground) – England won by 6 wickets
- 2nd Test (Old Trafford Cricket Ground) – Australia won by 3 wickets
- 3rd Test (The Oval) – England won by 66 runs
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
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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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- 1896 in Ceylon
- International cricket competitions from 1888–89 to 1918
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- English cricket seasons from 1890 to 1918
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