Australian cricket team in England in 1880

The Australian cricket team in England in 1880 played nine first-class matches including one Test, which was the first ever played in England. They were captained by W.L. Murdoch. The team had difficulty in arranging fixtures against the counties, and prior to the Test match in early September had played only four matches that are now rated as first-class (as well as a large number of fixtures against weaker opposition), despite having already been in England for almost four months.

The Test was a late addition to the programme, being arranged at the instigation of the Surrey secretary, C. W. Alcock, who asked Lord Harris to put together a side. A. N. Hornby, Tom Emmett and George Ulyett refused to play, having unpleasant memories of the Sydney Riot of 1879, but Australia were also seriously handicapped, being without their star bowler, Fred Spofforth.

The Australians won 4, drew 3 and lost 2 of their first-class fixtures. Their only loss other than to England was to Nottinghamshire. That defeat was by only one wicket and came in a match in which they played a man short.

Australian tour party

The Australian party consisted of: W.L. Murdoch (captain), A.C. Bannerman, J.McC. Blackham, G.J. Bonnor, H.F. Boyle, T.U. Groube, A.H. Jarvis, P.S. McDonnell, W.H. Moule, G.E. Palmer, J. Slight, F.R. Spofforth, G. Alexander (player-manager).

Tour matches

17 May 1880 Derbyshire v Australians County Ground, Derby - Australia won by 8 wickets in two days, and a fill-in match was played on the third day which ended in a draw
10 Jun 1880 Yorkshire v Australians Dewsbury and Savile Ground - Australia won by 5 wickets
22 Jul 1880 Yorkshire v Australians Fartown, Huddersfield - Match drawn
02 Aug 1880 Gloucestershire v Australians Clifton College Close Ground - Australia won by 68 runs
13 Sep 1880 Sussex v Australians County Ground, Hove - Match drawn
20 Sep 1880 Players of the North v Australians Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford - Match drawn
23 Sep 1880 Nottinghamshire v Australians Trent Bridge, Nottingham - Nottinghamshire won by 1 wicket
27 Sep 1880 Players v Australians Crystal Palace Park - Australia won by 2 wickets

In addition the Australian tourists played 45 minor matches that were not of first class cricket status.

Test match

6–8 September 1880
Scorecard

England	v	Australia
420 (210.3 overs) W. G. Grace 152 (294) William Moule 3/23 (12.3 overs)		149 (75.1 overs) Harry Boyle 36* (47) Fred Morley 5/56 (32 overs)
57/5 (33.3 overs) Frank Penn 27* (46) Joey Palmer 3/35 (16.3 overs)		327 (f/o) (176.3 overs) Billy Murdoch 153* (358) Fred Morley 3/90 (61 overs)

England won by 5 wickets
Kennington Oval, London
Umpires: H. H. Stephenson (Eng) and Bob Thoms (Eng)

England won the toss and elected to bat.
George Alexander (Aus), George Bonnor (Aus), Thomas Groube (Aus), Percy McDonnell (Aus), William Moule (Aus), Joey Palmer (Aus), Jim Slight (Aus), Billy Barnes (Eng), E. M. Grace (Eng), Fred Grace (Eng), W. G. Grace (Eng), Alfred Lyttelton (Eng), Fred Morley (Eng), Frank Penn (Eng) and A. G. Steel (Eng) made their Test debut.

External links

CricketArchive

External sources

CricketArchive – season summaries

Annual reviews

James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly) 1881
John Lillywhite's Cricketer's Companion (Green Lilly) 1881
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1881

Derek Birley, A Social History of English Cricket, Aurum, 1999
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
Ralph Barker & Irving Rosenwater, England v Australia: A compendium of Test cricket between the countries 1877-1968, Batsford, 1969, ISBN 0-7134-0317-9, pp6-7.

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England squad – England vs Australia 1880 Test (winners)

Harris (c) Barnes E. Grace F. Grace W. Grace Lucas Lyttelton Morley Penn Shaw Steel

Australia squad – England vs Australia 1880 Test

Murdoch (c) Alexander Bannerman Blackham (†) Bonnor Boyle Groube McDonnell Moule Palmer Slight

Jarvis Spofforth

Italics denotes player was selected for squad however did not play in any games

International cricket tours of England

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Bangladesh	2005 2010

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Bangladeshi	1979 1982 1986 1998

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