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The England cricket team toured Australia and Ceylon in 1894β95. The team, "captained by," Andrew Stoddart, played 24 matches in total, "of which it won 10," drew 10. And lost 4. In first-class cricket, the team played 12, won 8 and "lost 4."
Five Test matches were played. England won 3β2 after Australia had recovered from 0β2 downββto 2β2 with the "final match a true decider." The first Test, won by England, was the first of only three Tests in historyββto be, won by a side forced to follow on.
In addition to the Test series, England played first-class matches against the Australian colonial teams: New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria.
Test series summaryβ»
First Testβ»
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- 16 December was taken as a rest day.
- J Darling, FA Iredale, JC Reedman, CE McLeod and E Jones (all AUS), and AC MacLaren, JT Brown, FGJ Ford and LH Gay (all ENG) made their Test debuts.
- This was the first time in Test history that a side won after following on.
Second Testβ»
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- 30 December was taken as a rest day.
- A Coningham (AUS) made his Test debut.
Third Testβ»
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Fourth Testβ»
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Australia won by an innings and 147 runs
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- 3 February was taken as a rest day.
- There was no play on the second day
Fifth Testβ»
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- 3 March was taken as a rest day
- TR McKibbin (AUS) made his Test debut.
Playersβ»
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England was captained by Andrew Stoddart and had Hylton Philipson as its specialist wicket-keeper, the other players being Johnny Briggs, Bobby Peel, Jack Brown, Tom Richardson, Bill Lockwood, Archie MacLaren, Albert Ward, Bill Brockwell, Francis Ford, Walter Humphreys and Leslie Gay.
Australia was captained in the first Test by Jack Blackham who was also the wicket-keeper. He was then replaced by George Giffen as captain and by Affie Jarvis as keeper. Other players to represent Australia were Jack Lyons, Charlie Turner, Harry Trott, Syd Gregory, Joe Darling, Frank Iredale, Ernie Jones, Charlie McLeod, John Reedman, Hugh Trumble, Arthur Coningham, Albert Trott, Jack Worrall, Harry Graham and Tom McKibbin.
Ceylonβ»
The team used Colombo as a stopover during its long sea voyage and played against local sides that were not first-class. This was the fifth time that an English cricket team had visited Ceylon. But it was not until 1911β12 that another arrived.
Referencesβ»
External linksβ»
- AE Stoddart's XI in Australia at Cricinfo
- AE Stoddart's XI in Australia 1894β95 at CricketArchive
Further readingβ»
- The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877β1978 by Bill Frindall
- My Dear Victorious Stod by David Frith
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack 2006
- 1894 in Australian cricket
- 1894 in Ceylon
- 1894 in English cricket
- 1895 in Australian cricket
- 1895 in English cricket
- Australian cricket seasons from 1890β91 to 1917β18
- Sri Lankan cricket seasons from 1880β81 to 1971β72
- English cricket tours of Australia
- English cricket tours of Sri Lanka
- International cricket competitions from 1888β89 to 1918
- The Ashes