australian cricket team england australia national cricket team toured england team officially termed fourth australians following previous tours seasons tour private venture thirteen players invested agreed sum provide funding australia colonial cricket associations involved captained team acted player manager australians played total matches england recognised class english season feature single test match match series scheduled included inaugural tests old lord test played oval staged tests england won test series innings victory second test lord tests drawn series ashes series england following publication mock ashes obituary test tour financial controversy australians accused british press interested money allegations refuted australian press later clear england team arrived australia following winter financial dispute alexander english team manager resulting teams dispute evident team england completed scheduled fixtures winning eighteen matches losing seven seven drawn australian squad australia man squad captained player manager squad details state player colonial team time age beginning tour batting hand type bowling squad similar squad scott replacing cooper scott making visit england australia players tests scott making debut test majority class matches alexander effectively reserve appearances tour cooper appearances suffered long term injury selections england selected total players tests players grace steel played matches brien test second test test debuts captained england test harris details england players include ages beginning season batting bowling styles county club represented tour preparations fourth australian team selected christmas time victoria playing new_south_wales match ended new year eve wicket win victoria match arranged start new year day fourth australians combined tour selections playing scott played combined scored career high total result draw return match arranged february association ground sydney scott played fourth australians replacing alexander played fourth australians winning wickets unlike australian touring teams team organised project private business venture involved australian colonial cricket associations players invested agreed sums fund travel cover losses final match adelaide time south_australia needed odds extra men compete tourists left melbourne march aboard steamer arrived plymouth april programme fixtures arranged game england began game completed september team travelled home reached melbourne early november enjoyed romance return voyage called married victoria december weeks outward bound voyage short australians played drawn game face green ceylon day match april return voyage stopped team played odds match face green drawn october tour following list matches played fourth australians recognised class fixtures test series test inaugural old test described time match importance staged outside london selection england home test team 19th century privilege host club lancashire selected local players squad missed twelfth man steel played believed presence boost gate receipts commented match origin reputation wet weather game drawn rain day match reduced days play reported wicket dried quicker expected conditions difficult batting england innings taking wickets runs conceded medium paced spin displaying technique scored save team real embarrassment innings australia hit confidence opponents scored lead scorer wicket dried final day england able bat time secure draw scoring loss wickets grace scorer patient best australian controlled leg second test inaugural lord test england won innings century fine bowling game ended lunch day recorded main elements england success magnificent batting bowling batting australia reduced despite innings scott added final wicket reporting scott played cool confident cricket innings close play day england match evenly lucas steel commenced innings second morning shared successful partnerships steel runs added including thirteen boundaries highest score australians season close play australia lost wickets second innings runs later recorded score went join steel recalled lord harris england captain saying heaven sake stop steel added sixth wicket despite good effort scott final day australia failed avoid innings defeat bowled helped state ground best remembered match taking called historic catches cricket caught bowled noted powerful hitting warner recorded steel innings talked enthusiastically late conversation adelaide scott dismissed australian innings caught captain bowling steel substitute injured english player time test cricket batsman dismissed catch taken substitute fielder soon london press reported entire proceeds match sum awarded australians agreed alexander harris enable tourists cover costs press disapproved accused australians mercenary acting outside spirit game commented extreme bias press games australians received share gate money arrangement appreciated county clubs visitors popularity boosted test final test oval played hot weather created record score double century test cricket helped missed chances bowling england followed lost wickets time ran match drawn scott completed double century partnership test cricket england score mounted time test cricket entire team including called bowl occasion successful bowler taking grace keeping wicket took catch dismiss main features england innings read batting number hard rapid hitting hours read enabled england reach respectable follow runs time taken innings left australia time bowl england result draw matches tour began australians innings victory opening match team chosen lord sheffield included playing australian bowling performed took wickets match key performance conditions helped bowling innings sheffield innings total australians mixed success matches winning surrey england losing oxford gentlemen innings low scoring match key defeating surrey wickets centuries barnes gave innings victory lord warner described feat remarkable matches prior played mainly north england australians period june early july lost north innings old batting struggled good scores barnes ensured north victory memorable game australians played lancashire old taking hat trick lancashire innings scoring match drawn australians defeated yorkshire wicket margin dominated match runs scored total trent bridge bowling enabled australians recover innings deficit win return match gentlemen oval english batsmen including lord harris second tests australian victory middlesex batting cope win matches lord australians struggled drawn game sussex scored centuries wickets innings low scoring match australians track easily defeated strong players oval innings lord harris helped kent recover innings deficit australians batting collapsed lose runs canterbury match gloucestershire drawn scoring county australians won second match convincingly innings total dismissing gloucestershire began good finish tour australians won seven matches following test twice defeated south innings taking total wickets matches beaten north scored century took wickets match statistical summary scored runs australians season scott topped scored centuries including oval scott apiece outstanding bowler previous tours took wickets australians average best performance took wickets main wickets took wickets players bowled occasionally wicket keeper class matches standing held catches completed held catches putting australian performances perspective runs harris scored completed centuries apiece easily highest wicket beating best english bowler overall seven managed wickets season history wrote australians team disagreed assessment added considered england team final test strongest nineteenth century controversy aftermath bad feeling proceeds lord test end tour fourth australians faced british press things accused introducing spirit playing obviously money sake criticism countered october cricket writer supporter team objected criticism certain portions english press pointed narrow minded insulting abuse australian history lord warner stated australians evidently come favour rows past happily problems australian season english team formed toured disagreement alexander led members fourth australians refusing play tourists certain matches banned colonial authorities playing having agreed contracts matches colonial authorities offered alexander gate receipts tests rest team insisted outcome australia changes team second test terms agreed fourth australians fourth australians team test refused play second test necessary alongside fifth australians toured england team selected managed past controversy result omitted despite leading batsmen unavailable toured alexander cooper longer contention places scott appointed captain survivors
Australian cricket team in England in 1884