International cricket tour
1895 newspaper article describing the fifth day of the final deciding Ashes match
The
England cricket team toured
Australia and
Ceylon in 1894–95. 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 3–2 after Australia had recovered from 0–2 down to 2–2 with the final match a true decider. The first Test, won by England, was the first of only three Tests in history to 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 summary
First Test
Second Test
Australia won the toss and elected to field.
30 December was taken as a rest day.
A Coningham (AUS) made his Test debut.
Third Test
Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
13 January was taken as a rest day
J Harry and
AE Trott (both AUS) made their Test debuts.
Fourth Test
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 Test
Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
3 March was taken as a rest day
TR McKibbin (AUS) made his Test debut.
Players
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 .
Ceylon
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 1911–12 that another arrived.
References
External links
Further reading
The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877–1978 by
Bill Frindall
My Dear Victorious Stod by
David Frith
Wisden Cricketers Almanack 2006
1850 1900 1950 2000
Non-Ashes Australia v England Test series
Matches in white background were played in England, yellow – in Australia.
(c)* denotes acting captain for 1st test
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