Australian cricket team in England in 1890

The 1890 Australian national cricket team

The Australian cricket team played 34 first-class matches in England in 1890, including three Test matches, the third of which was postponed due to rain and, when played, resulted in a draw.

Test series summary

England won the Test series 2–0.

First Test

21–23 July 1890 Scorecard

Australia	v	England
132 (86 overs) JJ Lyons 55 W Attewell 4/42 (32 overs)		173 (110.1 overs) G Ulyett 74 JJ Lyons 5/30 (20.1 overs)
176 (140.2 overs) JE Barrett 67* GA Lohmann 3/28 (29 overs)		137/3 (75 overs) WG Grace 75* JJ Ferris 2/42 (25 overs)

England won by 7 wickets Lord's, London Umpires: A Hill and CK Pullin

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
• JE Barrett, SE Gregory, PC Charlton, EJK Burn and H Trumble (all AUS), and G MacGregor (ENG) made their Test debuts.

Second Test

11–12 August 1890 Scorecard

Australia	v	England
92 (65.2 overs) GHS Trott 39 F Martin 6/50 (27 overs)		100 (55 overs) W Gunn 32 JJ Ferris 4/25 (25 overs)
102 (60.2 overs) GHS Trott 25 F Martin 6/52 (30.2 overs)		95/8 (51 overs) JM Read 35 JJ Ferris 5/49 (23 overs)

England won by 2 wickets The Oval, London Umpires: CK Pullin and J Street

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
• The match finished on the second day.
  J Cranston, JW Sharpe and F Martin (all ENG) made their Test debuts.

Third Test

25–27 August 1890 Scorecard

England	v	Australia

Match postponed Old Trafford, Manchester

• No toss.

19–20 September 1890 Report

England	v	Australia

Drawn Old Trafford, Manchester

External links

• CricketArchive – tour summaries

Annual reviews

• James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly) 1891
• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1891

Further reading

• Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
• Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
• Ray Robinson, On Top Down Under, Cassell, 1975