Australian cricket team in England in 1934 explained

Series:Australian cricket team in England in 1934
Date:8 June 1934 - 22 August 1934
Place:England
Result:Australia won the 5-Test series 2–1
Captain1:RES Wyatt
(CF Walters deputised)
Captain2:WM Woodfull
Runs1:M Leyland (478)
CF Walters (401)
H Sutcliffe (304)
Runs2:DG Bradman (758)
WH Ponsford (569)
SJ McCabe (483)
Wickets1:H Verity (24)
WE Bowes (19)
K Farnes (10)
Wickets2:WJ O'Reilly (28)
CV Grimmett (25)
TW Wall (6)

Australia won the 1934 Ashes series against England, winning two of the matches and losing one, with the other two tests drawn. The Australian tourists were captained by Bill Woodfull, while the home side were led by Bob Wyatt, with Cyril Walters deputising for Wyatt in the first Test.

In the second Test of the series at Lord's, known as Verity's Match, left-arm spinner Hedley Verity took 15 wickets in the match to hand England their only victory in a Lord's Ashes Test in the twentieth century. The last two Tests of the series were notable for the prodigious runscoring of Bill Ponsford and Donald Bradman, who shared partnerships of at 388 at Headingley (scoring 181 and 304 respectively) and 451 at the Oval (scoring 266 and 244 respectively) in Ponsford's final Test.

One-day: Ceylon v Australians

The Australians had a stopover in Colombo en route to England and played a one-day single-innings match there against the Ceylon national team, which at that time did not have Test status.[1]

Tour Matches

First-class Matches

Test Matches

Fifth Test

External links

Annual reviews

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: subscription . Ceylon v Australia 1934 . CricketArchive . 30 June 2014.