 The team repaired to their hotel for toasts of Champagne "To England – and to Freddie Brown" and to read the congratulatory telegrams that poured in from all over the world.England beat Australia by 8 wickets, but still lost the series 4–1.It was the first Test England had won since the First Test vs the West Indies at Old Trafford in 1950, having lost the 7 intervening Tests.