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International cricket tour
Newspaper article describing batting on the fifth day of the first Ashes test, with
Taylor 's 108 in the record 10th wicket partnership.
Marylebone Cricket Club organised the
England cricket team 's tour of Australia in the 1924–25 season.
Australia won the
Ashes series 4–1.
Test series summary
First Test
The first Test included a record 127 run tenth wicket partnership between
Johnny Taylor and
Arthur Mailey which stood as Australia's best for that wicket until
Phillip Hughes and
Ashton Agar set a new world record by scoring 163 for the tenth wicket against England in the
First Test at Trent Bridge in July 2013 .
Second Test
Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
4 January was taken as a rest day
AEV Hartkopf (AUS) made his Test debut.
Third Test
Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
18 January was taken as a rest day
WW Whysall (ENG) made his Test debut.
Fourth Test
England won the toss and elected to bat.
15 February was taken as a rest day.
Fifth Test
Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
1 March was taken as a rest day
AF Kippax and
CV Grimmett (both AUS) made their Test debuts.
JW Hearne and
FE Woolley batting, at 4–78 in England's first innings of the Fifth Test at Sydney, chasing Australia's 295 all out.
Ceylon
The English team had a stopover in
Colombo en route to Australia and played a one-day single-innings match there against the Ceylon national team, which at that time did not have Test status.
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References
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
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1926
1850 1900 1950 2000
Non-Ashes Australia v England Test series
Matches in white background were played in England, yellow – in Australia.
International cricket tours of Australia
Test and LOI tours
Afghanistan Bangladesh England India New Zealand Pakistan South Africa Sri Lanka West Indies Zimbabwe
Other tours
Afghanistan Australian Forces English England Lions Fijian Ireland Multi-national Nepal New Zealand PNG Scotland Sri Lanka UAE
World Series Cricket (West Indies & World XI)
International cricket tours of Sri Lanka
Test and LOI tours
Afghanistan Australia Bangladesh England India Ireland New Zealand Pakistan South Africa West Indies Zimbabwe
Tournaments hosted
Multiple teams
Other tours
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