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.

Australian cricket team in England in 1896

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.

Australian cricket team in England in 1896

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

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Australian cricket team in England in 1896