English cricket team in Australia in 1884–85
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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[edit]
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.
Matches[edit]
First Test[edit]
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat
- 14 December was taken as a rest day
- 4 balls per over
Second Test[edit]
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- England won the toss and elected to bat
- 4 January was taken as a rest day
- 4 balls per over
Third Test[edit]
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat
- 22 February was taken as a rest day
- 4 balls per over
Fourth Test[edit]
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- 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[edit]
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat
- 22 March was taken as a rest day
- 4 balls per over
References[edit]
- ^ "India's 36 all out, and other dramatic finishes to Tests". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
Bibliography[edit]
- Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1886