England regained the Ashes by winning the final match. Because the series was at stake, the match was to be "timeless", i.e. played to a finish. Australia had a narrow first innings lead of 22. Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe took the score to 49–0 at the end of the second day, a lead of 27. Heavy rain fell overnight, and next day the pitch soon developed into a traditional sticky wicket. England seemed certain to be bowled out cheaply and to lose the match. In spite of the very difficult batting conditions, however, Hobbs and Sutcliffe took their partnership to 172 before Hobbs was out for exactly 100. Sutcliffe went on to make 161 and in the end England won the game comfortably.
Ceylon
As on some previous visits to England, the Australian team had a stopover en route in Colombo and played a one-day single-innings match against the Ceylon national team which at that time did not have first-class status. The Australians won by 37 runs.[2]
References
^"England v Australia 1926, Fourth Test Match". Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack, 1927. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
^"Ceylon v Australia 1925-26". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
australian, cricket, team, england, 1926, england, 1926, ashes, series, against, australia, winning, last, test, series, after, first, four, matches, were, drawn, contents, test, series, summary, first, test, second, test, third, test, fourth, test, fifth, tes. England won the 1926 Ashes series against Australia winning the last Test of the series after the first four matches were drawn Contents 1 Test series summary 1 1 First Test 1 2 Second Test 1 3 Third Test 1 4 Fourth Test 1 5 Fifth Test 2 Ceylon 3 References 4 External links 5 Annual reviews 6 Further readingTest series summary EditFirst Test Edit 12 15 June 1926 3 day match ScorecardEngland v Australia32 0 17 2 overs JB Hobbs 19 Match drawnTrent Bridge Nottingham Umpires RD Burrows and F ChesterEngland won the toss and elected to bat 13 June was taken as a rest day There was no play on the second or third days CF Root ENG and WM Woodfull AUS made their Test debuts Second Test Edit 26 29 June 1926 3 day match ScorecardAustralia v England383 154 5 overs W Bardsley 193 R Kilner 4 70 34 5 overs 475 3d 168 overs EH Hendren 127 J Ryder 1 70 25 overs 194 5 88 overs CG Macartney 133 CF Root 2 40 19 overs Match drawnLord s London Umpires LC Braund and AE StreetAustralia won the toss and elected to bat 27 June was taken as a rest day H Larwood ENG made his Test debut Third Test Edit 10 13 July 1926 3 day match ScorecardAustralia v England494 165 overs CG Macartney 151 MW Tate 4 99 51 overs 294 128 overs GG Macaulay 76 CV Grimmett 5 88 39 overs 254 3 f o 86 overs H Sutcliffe 94 CV Grimmett 2 59 29 overs Match drawnHeadingley Leeds Umpires HR Butt and W ReevesEngland won the toss and elected to field 11 July was taken as a rest day Fourth Test Edit 24 27 July 1926 3 day match ScorecardAustralia v England335 150 2 overs WM Woodfull 117 CF Root 4 84 52 overs 305 5 125 overs GE Tyldesley 74 AA Mailey 3 87 27 overs Match drawnOld Trafford Manchester Umpires H Chidgey and HI YoungAustralia won the toss and elected to bat 25 July was taken as a rest day There were only 1 4 overs bowled on the first day 1 Fifth Test Edit 14 18 August 1926 Timeless Test ScorecardEngland v Australia280 95 5 overs H Sutcliffe 76 AA Mailey 6 138 33 5 overs 302 152 1 overs JM Gregory 73 MW Tate 3 40 37 1 overs 436 182 5 overs H Sutcliffe 161 CV Grimmett 3 108 55 overs 125 52 3 overs WAS Oldfield 23 W Rhodes 4 44 20 overs England won by 289 runsThe Oval London Umpires F Chester and HI YoungEngland won the toss and elected to bat 15 August was taken as a rest day The match was completed in four days England regained the Ashes by winning the final match Because the series was at stake the match was to be timeless i e played to a finish Australia had a narrow first innings lead of 22 Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe took the score to 49 0 at the end of the second day a lead of 27 Heavy rain fell overnight and next day the pitch soon developed into a traditional sticky wicket England seemed certain to be bowled out cheaply and to lose the match In spite of the very difficult batting conditions however Hobbs and Sutcliffe took their partnership to 172 before Hobbs was out for exactly 100 Sutcliffe went on to make 161 and in the end England won the game comfortably Ceylon EditAs on some previous visits to England the Australian team had a stopover en route in Colombo and played a one day single innings match against the Ceylon national team which at that time did not have first class status The Australians won by 37 runs 2 References Edit England v Australia 1926 Fourth Test Match Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1927 Retrieved 18 September 2017 Ceylon v Australia 1925 26 CricketArchive Retrieved 3 July 2014 External links EditAustralia in England 1926 at Cricinfo Australia to England 1926 at Test Cricket Tours website Australia in British Isles 1926 at CricketArchive website The 1926 Australian team on YouTube on Pathe NewsAnnual reviews EditWisden Cricketers Almanack 1927Further reading EditBill Frindall The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877 1978 Wisden 1979 Chris Harte A History of Australian Cricket Andre Deutsch 1993 England v Australia A compendium of Test cricket between the countries 1877 1968 by Ralph Barker amp Irving Rosenwater Batsford 1969 ISBN 0 7134 0317 9 This article about an international cricket tour of England is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Australian cricket team in England in 1926 amp oldid 1127941213, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
