Australian cricket team in England in 1896

The Australian cricket team played 34 first-class matches in England in 1896, including 3 Tests.

Test series

England won the Test series 2–1.

First Test

Second Test

Third Test

Ceylon

As on previous voyages to England, the Australians had a stopover in Colombo and played a match on 1 April at Galle Face Green against a Ceylon team, which was drawn.

References

External links

• CricketArchive – tour summaries

Annual reviews

• James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly) 1897
• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1897

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