English cricket team in Australia in 1894–95

International cricket tour

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

14–20 December 1894
(Timeless Test)
Scorecard

Australia	v	England
586 (172.3 overs) SE Gregory 201 T Richardson 5/181 (55.3 overs)		325 (140.3 overs) A Ward 75 G Giffen 4/75 (43 overs)
166 (68 overs) J Darling 53 R Peel 6/67 (30 overs)		437 (f/o) (181.4 overs) A Ward 117 G Giffen 4/164 (75 overs)

England won by 10 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: C Bannerman and J Phillips

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 Test

29 December 1894–3 January 1895
(Timeless Test)
Scorecard

England	v	Australia
75 (40.1 overs) A Ward 30 CTB Turner 5/32 (20 overs)		123 (55.5 overs) G Giffen 32 J Darling 32 T Richardson 5/57 (23 overs)
475 (202.2 overs) AE Stoddart 173 G Giffen 6/155 (78.2 overs)		333 (136.1 overs) GHS Trott 95 R Peel 4/77 (40.1 overs)

England won by 94 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: T Flynn and J Phillips

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

11–15 January 1895
(Timeless Test)
Scorecard

Australia	v	England
238 (81.1 overs) G Giffen 58 T Richardson 5/75 (21.1 overs)		124 (57.3 overs) JT Brown 39* ST Callaway 5/37 (26.3 overs)
411 (115.2 overs) FA Iredale 140 R Peel 4/96 (34 overs)		143 (67.1 overs) AC MacLaren 35 AE Trott 8/43 (27 overs)

Australia won by 382 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: J Phillips and GHG Searcy

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

1–4 February 1895
(Timeless Test)
Scorecard

Australia	v	England
284 (83.5 overs) H Graham 105 J Briggs 4/65 (22 overs)		65 (38.5 overs) JT Brown 20* G Giffen 3/14 (5.5 overs)
		72 (f/o) (29.1 overs) W Brockwell 17 G Giffen 5/26 (15 overs)

Australia won by an innings and 147 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: C Bannerman and J Phillips

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

1–6 March 1895
(Timeless Test)
Scorecard

Australia	v	England
414 (148.4 overs) J Darling 74 R Peel 4/114 (48 overs)		385 (133 overs) AC MacLaren 120 GHS Trott 4/71 (24 overs)
267 (123.2 overs) G Giffen 51 T Richardson 6/104 (45.2 overs)		298/4 (88.1 overs) JT Brown 140 GHS Trott 2/63 (20.1 overs)

England won by 6 wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: T Flynn and J Phillips

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

AE Stoddart's XI in Australia at Cricinfo
AE Stoddart's XI in Australia 1894–95 at CricketArchive

Non-Ashes Australia v England Test series
1876–77 1878–79 1880 1881–82 1882 1945 1976–77 1979–80 1980 1987–88 2027

v t e Australia squad – Ashes 1894–95
Giffen (c) Blackham (c)* (†) Callaway Coningham Darling Gregory Harry Iredale Jarvis (†) Jones Lyons McKibbin McLeod Moses Reedman A. Trott H. Trott Trumble Turner Worrall
(c)* denotes acting captain for 1st test

v t e England squad – Ashes 1894–95 (10th series win)
Stoddart (c) Attewell Briggs Brockwell Brown Ford Gay Lockwood MacLaren Peel Philipson (†) Richardson Ward

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Zimbabwe	1994–95 2003–04 2022

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World Cup	1992 2015
T20 World Cup	2022
Tri-series	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2017–18
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Australian Forces	1919–20 1945–46
English	1861–62 1863–64 1873–74 1902–03 1922–23 1929–30 1935–36 1979–80
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Ireland	2014–15
Multi-national	1971–72 2005–06
Nepal	2023–24
New Zealand	1898–99 1913–14 1925–26 1927–28 1937–38 1953–54 1961–62 1967–68 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1974–75
PNG	2014–15
Scotland	2014–15
Sri Lanka	1982–83
UAE	2014–15
World Series Cricket (West Indies & World XI)	1977-78 1978-79

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Australian	1884 1890 1893 1896 1912 1926 1930 1934 1935–36 1938 1945 1948 1953 1961 1964 1969 1981
Bangladeshi	1985–86
Canadian	2000–01 2009–10 2011–12
English	1882–83 1889–90 1891–92 1892–93 1894–95 1911–12 1920–21 1922–23 1924–25 1926–27 1928–29 1929–30 1932–33 1933–34 1935–36 1936–37 1936–37 1950–51 1951–52 1954–55 1958–59 1961–62 1962–63 1965–66 1968–69 1969–70 1972–73 1976–77 1977–78 1984–85 2000–01
Indian	1925–26 1944–45 1956–57 1973–74 1975–76
Kenyan	2001–02 2013–14
Malaysian	1893–94 1971–72
Multi-national	1930–31 1949–50 1950–51 1967–68
New Zealand	1927 1937–38
Pakistani	1948–49 1972–73 1975–76 1978–79
Scottish	2011–12 2013–14
West Indian	1948–49 1966–67 1974–75 1978–79
Irish	2020–21
South Africa A	2023

English cricket team in Australia in 1894–95

Test series summary

First Test

Second Test

Third Test

Fourth Test

Fifth Test

Players

Ceylon

References

External links

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