Australian cricket team in England in 1934
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Date | 8 June 1934 — 22 August 1934 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Result | Australia won the 5-Test series 2–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
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
2–3 May 1934
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112 (56.3 overs)
CF Walters 32 5/53 (24 overs)CV Grimmett |
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5–8 May 1934
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9–11 May 1934
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Australians won by an innings and 163 runs
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12–15 May 1934
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Match Drawn
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16–18 May 1934
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Australians won by an innings and 93 runs
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19–21 May 1934
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Australians won by an innings and 33 runs
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23–25 May 1934
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Match Drawn
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26–28 May 1934
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Australians won by 10 wickets
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30 May-1 June 1934
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Match Drawn
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162/2 (42 overs)
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2–5 June 1934
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Match Drawn
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367 (120 overs)
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13–15 June 1934
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Match drawn
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16–19 June 1934
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Australians won by 8 wickets
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Test Matches
First Test
8–12 June 1934
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat
- Test debut: WA Brown, AG Chipperfield (Aus) and K Farnes (Eng)
Second Test
Third Test
Fourth Test
20–24 July 1934
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584 (183.5 overs)
Donald Bradman 304 (473) 6/142 (50 overs)Bill Bowes | ||
- England won the toss and elected to bat
- Test debut: WW Keeton (Eng)
Fifth Test
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327 (68.3 overs)
Donald Bradman 77 (106) 5/55 (11.3 overs)Bill Bowes |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat
- Test debut: HI Ebeling (Aus)
References
- ^ "Ceylon v Australia 1934". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
External links
Annual reviews
Further reading
- Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
- Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993