1895 newspaper article describing the fifth day of the final deciding Ashes match
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.
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.
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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 1895 newspaper article describing the fifth day of the final deciding Ashes matchFive 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 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 Players 3 Ceylon 4 References 5 External links 6 Further readingTest series summary editFirst Test edit 14 20 December 1894 Timeless Test ScorecardAustralia nbsp v nbsp England586 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 runsSydney Cricket Ground Sydney Umpires C Bannerman and J PhillipsAustralia 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 edit 29 December 1894 3 January 1895 Timeless Test ScorecardEngland nbsp v nbsp Australia75 40 1 overs A Ward 30 CTB Turner 5 32 20 overs 123 55 5 overs G Giffen 32J 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 runsMelbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Umpires T Flynn and J PhillipsAustralia won the toss and elected to field 30 December was taken as a rest day A Coningham AUS made his Test debut Third Test edit 11 15 January 1895 Timeless Test ScorecardAustralia nbsp v nbsp England238 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 runsAdelaide Oval Adelaide Umpires J Phillips and GHG SearcyAustralia 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 edit 1 4 February 1895 Timeless Test ScorecardAustralia nbsp v nbsp England284 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 runsSydney Cricket Ground Sydney Umpires C Bannerman and J PhillipsEngland 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 edit 1 6 March 1895 Timeless Test ScorecardAustralia nbsp v nbsp England414 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 wicketsMelbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Umpires T Flynn and J PhillipsAustralia won the toss and elected to bat 3 March was taken as a rest day TR McKibbin AUS made his Test debut Players edit nbsp 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 editThe 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 editExternal links editAE Stoddart s XI in Australia at Cricinfo AE Stoddart s XI in Australia 1894 95 at CricketArchiveFurther reading editThe Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877 1978 by Bill Frindall My Dear Victorious Stod by David Frith Wisden Cricketers Almanack 2006 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title English cricket team in Australia in 1894 95 amp oldid 1132358339, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
