The team, captained by W. G. Grace, was organised, financed and managed by Lord Sheffield, who later donated the Sheffield Shield to Australian domestic first-class cricket.[1]
29 matches were played in total, of which 12 were won, two lost and 15 drawn. Eight of the games were first-class games, including three Tests against Australia. Australia won the Test series 2–1. It marked Australia's first Ashes victory, with the first eight being won by England.
The team used Colombo as a stopover during its long sea voyage and played a match in October 1891 on Galle Face Green against a local side that was not first-class. This was the third time that an English cricket team had visited Ceylon.[2]
Referencesedit
^The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket, Oxford, Melbourne, 1996, p. 250.
^"Ceylon v Lord Sheffield's XI 1891". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
External linksedit
Lord Sheffield's XI in Australia: Nov/Mar 1892 at Cricinfo
Lord Sheffield's XI in Australia 1891/92 at CricketArchive
Further readingedit
The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978 by Bill Frindall
english, cricket, team, australia, 1891, england, national, cricket, team, toured, australia, ceylon, 1891, team, captained, grace, organised, financed, managed, lord, sheffield, later, donated, sheffield, shield, australian, domestic, first, class, cricket, m. The England national cricket team toured Australia and Ceylon in 1891 92 The team captained by W G Grace was organised financed and managed by Lord Sheffield who later donated the Sheffield Shield to Australian domestic first class cricket 1 29 matches were played in total of which 12 were won two lost and 15 drawn Eight of the games were first class games including three Tests against Australia Australia won the Test series 2 1 It marked Australia s first Ashes victory with the first eight being won by England The other five first class matches were against New South Wales twice South Australia and Victoria twice Contents 1 Test series summary 1 1 First Test 1 2 Second Test 1 3 Third Test 2 Players 3 Ceylon 4 References 5 External links 6 Further readingTest series summary editAustralia won the Test series 2 1 First Test edit 1 6 January 1892 Timeless Test Scorecard Australia nbsp v nbsp England 240 151 1 overs W Bruce 57 JW Sharpe 6 84 51 overs 264 91 4 overs WG Grace 50G Bean 50 RW McLeod 5 53 28 4 overs 236 191 5 overs JJ Lyons 51 R Peel 2 25 16 5 overs 158 82 2 overs AE Stoddart 35 CTB Turner 5 51 33 2 overs Australia won by 54 runsMelbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Umpires T Flynn and J Phillips Australia won the toss and elected to bat 3 January was taken as a rest day H Donnan RW McLeod ST Callaway all AUS and G Bean ENG made their Test debuts Second Test edit 29 January 3 February 1892 Timeless Test Scorecard Australia nbsp v nbsp England 144 94 2 overs JJ Lyons 41 GA Lohmann 8 58 43 2 overs 307 114 2 overs R Abel 132 G Giffen 4 88 28 2 overs 391 219 4 overs JJ Lyons 134 J Briggs 4 69 32 4 overs 156 66 2 overs AE Stoddart 69 G Giffen 6 72 28 overs Australia won by 72 runsSydney Cricket Ground Sydney Umpires T Flynn and JA Tooher Australia won the toss and elected to bat 31 January was taken as a rest day Third Test edit 24 28 March 1892 Timeless Test Scorecard England nbsp v nbsp Australia 499 173 1 overs AE Stoddart 134 CTB Turner 3 111 46 overs 100 42 5 overs JJ Lyons 23 J Briggs 6 49 21 5 overs 169 f o 68 overs W Bruce 37 J Briggs 6 87 28 overs England won by an innings and 230 runsAdelaide Oval Adelaide Umpires GE Downs and WO Whitridge England won the toss and elected to bat 27 March was taken as a rest day H Philipson ENG made his Test debut Players editEngland was captained by W G Grace and had Gregor MacGregor as its specialist wicket keeper the other players being Johnny Briggs Bobby Peel Andrew Stoddart Bobby Abel Maurice Read George Lohmann William Attewell John Sharpe George Bean and Hylton Philipson Australia was captained by Jack Blackham who was also its wicket keeper Other players to represent Australia were Alec Bannerman George Giffen Jack Lyons William Bruce Charlie Turner Harry Moses Harry Trott Bob McLeod Harry Donnan Sydney Callaway Walter Giffen Syd Gregory Ceylon editThe team used Colombo as a stopover during its long sea voyage and played a match in October 1891 on Galle Face Green against a local side that was not first class This was the third time that an English cricket team had visited Ceylon 2 References edit The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket Oxford Melbourne 1996 p 250 Ceylon v Lord Sheffield s XI 1891 CricketArchive Retrieved 24 June 2014 External links editLord Sheffield s XI in Australia Nov Mar 1892 at Cricinfo Lord Sheffield s XI in Australia 1891 92 at CricketArchiveFurther reading editThe Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877 1978 by Bill Frindall WG Grace His Life and Times by Eric Midwinter Wisden Cricketers Almanack 2006 Comical cricket in rhyme amp picture by Catch a catch Melbourne 1891 nbsp This article on an international cricket tour of Australia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article on an international cricket tour of Sri Lanka is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title English cricket team in Australia in 1891 92 amp oldid 1192096875, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
