Australian cricket team in New Zealand and Fiji in 1904–05
An Australia national cricket team toured New Zealand and Fiji from February to April 1905 to play four first-class matches including two against the New Zealand national cricket team which had not then attained Test status. The Australians played first-class matches against provincial teams Canterbury and Otago. The other games were non-first-class against Auckland, Wellington and the Fiji national cricket team.[1]
The Australian team was captained by Monty Noble and included several more significant Test players such as Warwick Armstrong, Tibby Cotter, Clem Hill and Victor Trumper. They won the matches against Canterbury and Otago but were held to a draw in the first match against New Zealand. However, they won the second international by an innings and 358 runs.
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