Australia won the 1934 Ashes series against England, winning two of the matches and losing one, with the other two tests drawn. The Australian tourists were captained by Bill Woodfull, while the home side were led by Bob Wyatt, with Cyril Walters deputising for Wyatt in the first Test.
In the second Test of the series at Lord's, known as Verity's Match, left-arm spinner Hedley Verity took 15 wickets in the match to hand England their only victory in a Lord's Ashes Test in the twentieth century. The last two Tests of the series were notable for the prodigious runscoring of Bill Ponsford and Donald Bradman, who shared partnerships of at 388 at Headingley (scoring 181 and 304 respectively) and 451 at the Oval (scoring 266 and 244 respectively) in Ponsford's final Test.
The Australians had a stopover in Colomboen route to England and played a one-day single-innings match there against the Ceylon national team, which at that time did not have Test status.[1]
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Australia won the 1934 Ashes series against England winning two of the matches and losing one with the other two tests drawn The Australian tourists were captained by Bill Woodfull while the home side were led by Bob Wyatt with Cyril Walters deputising for Wyatt in the first Test Australian cricket team in England in 1934Date8 June 1934 22 August 1934LocationEnglandResultAustralia won the 5 Test series 2 1Teams England AustraliaCaptainsRES Wyatt CF Walters deputised WM WoodfullMost runsM Leyland 478 CF Walters 401 H Sutcliffe 304 DG Bradman 758 WH Ponsford 569 SJ McCabe 483 Most wicketsH Verity 24 WE Bowes 19 K Farnes 10 WJ O Reilly 28 CV Grimmett 25 TW Wall 6 In the second Test of the series at Lord s known as Verity s Match left arm spinner Hedley Verity took 15 wickets in the match to hand England their only victory in a Lord s Ashes Test in the twentieth century The last two Tests of the series were notable for the prodigious runscoring of Bill Ponsford and Donald Bradman who shared partnerships of at 388 at Headingley scoring 181 and 304 respectively and 451 at the Oval scoring 266 and 244 respectively in Ponsford s final Test Contents 1 One day Ceylon v Australians 2 Tour Matches 2 1 First class Matches 3 Test Matches 3 1 First Test 3 2 Second Test 3 3 Third Test 3 4 Fourth Test 3 5 Fifth Test 4 References 5 External links 6 Annual reviews 7 Further readingOne day Ceylon v Australians editThe Australians had a stopover in Colombo en route to England and played a one day single innings match there against the Ceylon national team which at that time did not have Test status 1 4 April 1934 ScorecardAustralians nbsp 284 6d 63 overs v nbsp Ceylon125 5 28 overs Ernest Bromley 80 Bertram de Kretser 3 73 14 overs Sargo Jayawickreme 56 Hans Ebeling 3 24 10 overs Match DrawnNondescripts Cricket Club Colombo Umpires WS Flindall and VR SchokmanTour Matches editFirst class Matches edit 2 3 May 1934 Worcestershire v nbsp Australians Australians won by an innings and 297 runs Scorecard 112 56 3 overs CF Walters 32CV Grimmett 5 53 24 overs 504 115 overs DG Bradman 206R Howorth 4 135 23 overs New Road WorcesterUmpires A Dolphin and TW Oates95 46 3 overs Nawab of Pataudi 27CV Grimmett 5 27 15 3 overs Worcestershire won the toss and elected to bat Match was scheduled for three days5 8 May 1934 Leicestershire v nbsp Australians Match Drawn Scorecard 152 67 5 overs AW Shipman 30WJ O Reilly 7 39 24 overs 368 5d 140 overs SJ McCabe 108 G Geary 2 48 31 overs Aylestone Road LeicesterUmpires F Chester and J Stone263 9 99 5 overs EW Dawson 91WJ O Reilly 4 40 28 overs Leicestershire won the toss and elected to bat9 11 May 1934 Cambridge University v nbsp Australians Australians won by an innings and 163 runs Scorecard 158 66 3 overs M Jahangir Khan 33CV Grimmett 9 74 28 3 overs 481 5dWH Ponsford 229 JGW Davies 2 89 39 overs FP Fenner s Ground CambridgeUmpires LC Braund and A Morton160 53 1 overs f o HR Cox 51LO Fleetwood Smith 3 31 11 1 overs Australians won the toss and elected to bat12 15 May 1934 M C C nbsp v nbsp Australians Match Drawn Scorecard 362 121 3 overs EH Hendren 135TW Wall 6 74 32 3 overs 559 6 161 overs WH Ponsford 281 FR Brown 4 134 37 overs Lord s LondonUmpires J Hardstaff and A Morton182 8 72 overs RES Wyatt 102 CV Grimmett 4 90 32 overs Marylebone Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat16 18 May 1934 Essex v nbsp Australians Australians won by an innings and 93 runs Scorecard 220 92 2 overs M Nichols 62WJ O Reilly 6 79 31 2 overs 438 101 2 overs AG Chipperfield 175K Farnes 3 111 24 overs County Ground ChelmsfordUmpires HG Baldwin and J Hardstaff125 56 2 overs JA Cutmore 31CV Grimmett 5 54 26 overs Essex won the toss and elected to bat19 21 May 1934 Oxford University v nbsp Australians Australians won by an innings and 33 runs Scorecard 70 24 3 overs RG Tindall 18LO Fleetwood Smith 5 30 9 3 overs 319 89 4 overs LS Darling 100RG Tindall 5 94 24 overs Christ Church Ground OxfordUmpires JH King and AH Stoner216 84 3 overs f o FC de Saram 128CV Grimmett 7 109 36 3 overs Australians won the toss and elected to bat23 25 May 1934 Hampshire v nbsp Australians Match Drawn Report 420 131 1 overs WGLF Lowndes 140SJ McCabe 4 79 25 overs 433 100 5 overs AG Chipperfield 116AEG Baring 5 121 26 overs County Ground SouthamptonUmpires D Hendren and W Reeves169 7d 75 overs J Arnold 109 WJ O Reilly 4 34 24 overs 10 1 4 1 overs AG Chipperfield 5 WGLF Lowndes 0 1 1 1 overs Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat26 28 May 1934 Middlesex v nbsp Australians Australians won by 10 wickets Scorecard 258 75 2 overs EH Hendren 115TW Wall 3 41 16 overs 345 70 2 overs DG Bradman 160HJ Enthoven 4 59 16 overs Lord s LondonUmpires WA Buswell and A Skelding114 43 4 overs EH Hendren 35CV Grimmett 5 27 12 4 overs 29 0 3 4 overs BA Barnett 14 Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat30 May 1 June 1934 Surrey v nbsp Australians Match Drawn Scorecard 475 7d 145 overs A Sandham 219AG Chipperfield 2 48 15 overs 629 128 2 overs SJ McCabe 240AR Gover 5 147 34 overs Kennington Oval LondonUmpires F Chester and FI Walden162 2 42 overs RJ Gregory 59 CV Grimmett 1 16 8 overs Surrey won the toss and elected to bat2 5 June 1934 Lancashire v nbsp Australians Match Drawn Scorecard 285 107 5 overs GE Tyldesley 107LO Fleetwood Smith 5 107 38 overs 367 120 overs SJ McCabe 142AD Baxter 3 38 15 overs Old Trafford ManchesterUmpires G Beet and JA Newman338 3 115 overs WM Woodfull 172 FS Booth 1 60 20 overs Australians won the toss and elected to bat13 15 June 1934 nbsp Australians v Northamptonshire Match drawn Scorecard 284 88 1 overs AG Chipperfield 71ADG Matthews 4 71 23 overs 187 83 2 overs AW Snowden 105LO Fleetwood Smith 5 63 27 overs County Ground NorthamptonUmpires W Reeves and J Stone234 78 5 overs WA Brown 113ADG Matthews 5 87 26 5 overs 133 9 62 overs AH Bakewell 53LO Fleetwood Smith 5 29 20 overs Australians won the toss and elected to bat16 19 June 1934 Gentlemen of England v nbsp Australians Australians won by 8 wickets Scorecard 177 62 4 overs WGLF Lowndes 44CV Grimmett 4 76 17 4 overs 230 61 overs LS Darling 42ERT Holmes 3 31 14 overs Lord s LondonUmpires J Hardstaff and JA Newman287 88 3 overs BH Lyon 67ERT Holmes 67CV Grimmett 4 71 27 3 overs 235 2 57 overs SJ McCabe 105 FR Brown 1 28 8 overs Gentlemen of England won the toss and elected to batTest Matches editFirst Test edit 8 12 June 1934 ScorecardEngland nbsp v nbsp Australia268 138 3 overs EH Hendren 79 247 CV Grimmett 5 81 58 3 overs 374 152 2 overs AG Chipperfield 99 208 K Farnes 5 102 40 2 overs 141 107 4 overs CF Walters 46 153 WJ O Reilly 7 54 41 4 overs 273 8d 90 overs SJ McCabe 88 121 K Farnes 5 77 25 overs Australia won by 238 runsTrent Bridge Nottingham Umpires F Chester and A DolphinAustralia won the toss and elected to bat Test debut WA Brown AG Chipperfield Aus and K Farnes Eng Second Test edit 22 25 June 1934 ScorecardEngland nbsp v nbsp Australia440 198 3 overs Les Ames 120 325 Tim Wall 4 108 49 overs 284 109 overs Bill Brown 105 202 Hedley Verity 7 61 36 overs 118 53 3 overs Bill Woodfull 43 118 Hedley Verity 8 43 22 3 overs England won by an innings and 38 runsLord s London Umpires Frank Chester and Joe Hardstaff Sr England won the toss and elected to bat Third Test edit 6 10 July 1934 ScorecardEngland nbsp v nbsp Australia627 9d 201 overs Maurice Leyland 153 309 Bill O Reilly 7 189 59 overs 491 190 3 overs Stan McCabe 137 204 Hedley Verity 4 78 53 overs 123 0d 52 overs Herbert Sutcliffe 69 161 66 1 27 overs Stan McCabe 33 74 Gubby Allen 1 23 6 overs Match DrawnOld Trafford Manchester Umpires Joe Hardstaff Sr and Fanny WaldenEngland won the toss and elected to bat Test debut JL Hopwood England Fourth Test edit 20 24 July 1934 ScorecardEngland nbsp v nbsp Australia200 105 4 overs Cyril Walters 44 114 Clarrie Grimmett 4 57 30 4 overs 584 183 5 overs Donald Bradman 304 473 Bill Bowes 6 142 50 overs 229 6 135 5 overs Maurice Leyland 49 186 Clarrie Grimmett 3 72 56 5 overs Match DrawnHeadingley Leeds Umpires Arthur Dolphin and Joe Hardstaff Sr England won the toss and elected to bat Test debut WW Keeton Eng Fifth Test edit 18 22 August 1934 Timeless Test ScorecardEngland nbsp v nbsp Australia321 117 3 overs Maurice Leyland 110 171 Hans Ebeling 3 74 21 overs 701 171 2 overs Bill Ponsford 266 422 Bill Bowes 4 164 38 overs 145 63 3 overs Wally Hammond 43 113 Clarrie Grimmett 5 64 26 3 overs 327 68 3 overs Donald Bradman 77 106 Bill Bowes 5 55 11 3 overs Australia won by 562 runsKennington Oval London Umpires Frank Chester and Fanny WaldenAustralia won the toss and elected to bat Test debut HI Ebeling Aus References edit Ceylon v Australia 1934 CricketArchive Retrieved 30 June 2014 External links editCricketArchive tour summariesAnnual reviews editWisden Cricketers Almanack 1935Further reading editBill Frindall The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877 1978 Wisden 1979 Chris Harte A History of Australian Cricket Andre Deutsch 1993 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 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