Australian cricket team in England in 1896 explained

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.

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.^[1]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ceylon v Australians 1896 . CricketArchive . 24 June 2014.