Australian cricket team in England in 1890

The Australian cricket team played 34 first-class matches in England in 1890, including two Test matches (a third Test was abandoned due to bad weather without play ever starting).

The 1890 Australian national cricket team

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 abandoned Old Trafford, Manchester

• No toss.

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