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Australian cricket team in England in 1888

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The Australian cricket team in England in 1888 played 37 first-class matches including three Tests. England won the series 2–1, after losing the first Test. The next time England would come back from one down to win a three-match Test series at home was 132 years later, in July 2020, when they beat the West Indies 2–1.

Touring party

  • Alick Bannerman
  • Jack Blackham (wicket-keeper)
  • George Bonnor
  • Harry Boyle
  • Jack Edwards
  • John Ferris
  • Affie Jarvis (wicket-keeper)
  • Sammy Jones
  • John Lyons
  • Percy McDonnell (captain)
  • Harry Trott
  • Charlie Turner
  • Sammy Woods
  • Jack Worrall
The 1888 [[Australia national cricket team

Test matches

First Test

Australian captain Percy McDonnell won the toss and chose to bat first. The visitors scored 116 runs in their innings, during which only Percy McDonnell, Jack Blackham and Test debutant Jack Edwards scored 20 runs or more. The English bowlers, led by Bobby Peel, who claimed four wickets and Johnny Briggs, who took three, ran through the Australian batting line-up. At the close of play on the opening day, England had scored eighteen runs for the loss of three wickets (18/3).

Resuming at 11.30 on day two, the score was lifted to 22, on which score England lost Walter Read, W. G. Grace (failing to add to his overnight ten), and Tim O'Brien. When Steel fell four runs later, England were seven wickets down and still eleven runs short of avoiding the follow-on. Thanks to Briggs, who top-scored for England with seventeen runs, the hosts managed to reach 53 from exactly fifty overs, after 55 minutes of play on the second day. The famous combination of John Ferris and Charlie Turner took eight of the wickets to fall, Turner picking up a five-for.

When Ferris and Turner arrived at the wicket in Australia's second innings, they found their side on eighteen for seven, with Lohmann and Peel demolishing the top- and middle-order. Turner scored a dozen and Ferris twelve, but The Daily Telegraph remarked that "it has to be said that never in the annals of cricket has such a fortunate innings as that of Ferris been compiled".

England needed 124 to win, but it managed to get only halfway. Of the home team's second innings of 62, Grace scored 24, "far and away the best batting display of the match," said the Daily Telegraph. Allan Steel, the captain, also chipped in with an unbeaten ten, but he was the only other batsman to reach double figures. Turner and Ferris claimed five wickets each, making for match figures of ten for 63 and eight for 45 respectively. The aforementioned newspaper, however, believed that Peel's first innings' four for 36 was a far better performance, as the wicket had been easier than at any other stage of the match.

This win was Australia's first over England since that at Sydney three years earlier. After that, the Antipodeans had been defeated on seven successive occasions. In the eight years since the 1880 visit, this was only Australia's second win in England, the other being the famous Test at the Oval in 1882.

| score-team1-inns1 = 116 (71.2 overs) | runs-team1-inns1 = Percy McDonnell & Jack Blackham 22 | wickets-team1-inns1 = Bobby Peel 4/36 | score-team2-inns1 = 53 (50 overs) | runs-team2-inns1 = Johnny Briggs 17 | wickets-team2-inns1 = Charlie Turner 5/27 | score-team1-inns2 = 60 (29.2 overs) | runs-team1-inns2 = John Ferris 20* | wickets-team1-inns2 = Bobby Peel 4/14 | score-team2-inns2 = 62 (47 overs) | runs-team2-inns2 = W. G. Grace 24 | wickets-team2-inns2 = John Ferris 5/26

Second Test

| score-team1-inns1 = 80 (90.3 overs) | runs-team1-inns1 = Jack Edwards 26 | wickets-team1-inns1 = Johnny Briggs 5/25 | score-team2-inns1 = 317 (138.2 overs) | runs-team2-inns1 = Bobby Abel 70 | wickets-team2-inns1 = Charlie Turner 6/112 | score-team1-inns2 = 100 (69.2 overs) | runs-team1-inns2 = Percy McDonnell 32 | wickets-team1-inns2 = Billy Barnes 5/32

Third Test

| score-team1-inns1 = 172 (113.1 overs) | runs-team1-inns1 = W. G. Grace 38 | wickets-team1-inns1 = Charlie Turner 5/86 | score-team2-inns1 = 81 (52.2 overs) | runs-team2-inns1 = John Lyons 22 | wickets-team2-inns1 = Bobby Peel 7/31 | score-team2-inns2 = 70 (31.1 overs) | runs-team2-inns2 = John Lyons 32 | wickets-team2-inns2 = Bobby Peel 4/37

Other first-class matches

No.DateOpponentsVenueResultRef
17–8 MayCI Thornton's XIJW Hobbs Ground, NorburyWon by six wickets
214–15 MaySurreyThe Oval, LondonWon by an innings and 154 runs
317–19 MayOxford UniversityChrist Church Ground, OxfordWon by an innings and 19 runs
421–22 MayYorkshireBramall Lane, SheffieldWon by an innings and 64 runs
524–25 MayLancashireOld Trafford, ManchesterWon by 23 runs
628–29 MayGentlemen of EnglandLord's, LondonDrawn
731 May–1 JunePlayersThe Oval, LondonLost by ten wickets
84–5 JuneNottinghamshireTrent Bridge, NottinghamLost by ten wickets
97–9 JuneCambridge UniversityFenner's, CambridgeDrawn
1011–13 JuneOxford University Past and PresentCounty Ground, LeytonWon by 74 runs
1114–16 JuneMiddlesexLord's, LondonWon by eight wickets
1218–20 JuneEngland XIEdgbaston, BirminghamWon by ten wickets
1321–23 JuneMarylebone Cricket ClubLord's, LondonWon by 14 runs
1425–27 JuneYorkshirePark Avenue, BradfordDrawn
1528–30 JuneNorthOld Trafford, ManchesterWon by five wickets
162–4 JulyLiverpool and DistrictAigburth, LiverpoolWon by 130 runs
1712–13 JulyEngland XICounty Ground, Stoke-on-TrentWon by an innings and 135 runs
1819–21 JulySussexCounty Ground, HoveLost by 58 runs
1923–25 JulyCambridge University Past and PresentCounty Ground, LeytonDrawn
2026–28 JulyYorkshireFartown, HuddersfieldDrawn
2130 July–1 AugustSurreyThe Oval, LondonDrawn
222–4 AugustEngland XICentral Recreation Ground, HastingsWon by an innings and 27 runs
236–8 AugustKentSt Lawrence Ground, CanterburyWon by 81 runs
249–11 AugustGloucestershireClifton College Close Ground, BristolLost by 257 runs
2516–18 AugustNottinghamshireTrent Bridge, NottinghamLost by an innings and 199 runs
2620–22 AugustGloucestershireCollege Ground, CheltenhamLost by eight wickets
2723–25 AugustEngland XICrystal Palace Park, LondonLost by 78 runs
2827–29 AugustOxford and Cambridge Universities Past and PresentUnited Services Recreation Ground, PortsmouthDrawn
293–4 SeptemberEngland XISt George's Road, HarrogateWon by 56 runs
306–8 SeptemberLord Londesborough's XINorth Marine Road Ground, ScarboroughLost by 155 runs
3110–12 SeptemberA Shrewsbury's Australian TeamRecreation Ground, HolbeckLost by four wickets
3213–14 SeptemberA Shrewsbury's Australian TeamOld Trafford, ManchesterLost by nine wickets
3317–19 SeptemberSouthCentral Recreation Ground, HastingsWon by nine wickets
3420–22 SeptemberSurreyThe Oval, LondonWon by 34 runs

Results

PlayedWon by
AustraliaLost by
AustraliaDrawn
3417 (50.0%)10 (29.4%)7 (20.6%)

Batting averages

PlayerMatchesInningsRunsAverageHighest Score100s50s
35581,33116
36601,15525
36611,08103
335988703
365678911
314856900
365751700
Qualification: 500 runs. Source: CricketArchive.

Bowling averages

PlayerMatchesBallsWicketsAverageBBI5wi
369,70228312
378,3211993
361,916431
Qualification: 40 wickets. Source: CricketArchive.

References

References

  1. (28 July 2020). "Stuart Broad celebrates 500th Test wicket with a perfect 10 and series win". The National.
  2. ''Daily Telegraph'' 18 July 1882
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  6. "Yorkshire v Australians". CricketArchive.
  7. "Lancashire v Australians". CricketArchive.
  8. "Gentlemen of England v Australians". CricketArchive.
  9. "Players v Australians". CricketArchive.
  10. "Nottinghamshire v Australians". CricketArchive.
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  12. "Oxford University Past and Present v Australians". CricketArchive.
  13. "Middlesex v Australians". CricketArchive.
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  17. "North v Australians". CricketArchive.
  18. "Liverpool and District v Australians". CricketArchive.
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  25. "Kent v Australians". CricketArchive.
  26. "Gloucestershire v Australians". CricketArchive.
  27. "Nottinghamshire v Australians". CricketArchive.
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  33. "A Shrewsbury's Australian Team v Australians". CricketArchive.
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  35. "South v Australians". CricketArchive.
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  37. "First-class Batting and Fielding for Australians: Australia in England 1888". CricketArchive.
  38. "First-class Bowling for Australians: Australia in England 1888". CricketArchive.
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