History of Australian cricket from 1900–01 to 1918
This article describes the history of Australian cricket from the
Notable Australian players during this period include
Domestic cricket
The 1900–01 season was notable for
When South Africa toured in 1910–11, Australia relied on the outstanding bowling of Bill Whitty who was the season's leading wicket-taker with 70 wickets @ 20.27 (BB 6/17). The top runscorer was Aubrey Faulkner of South Africa with 1534 runs @ 59.00 (HS 204); the leading home batsman was Victor Trumper with 1246 @ 69.22 (HS 214*).
The 1914–15 season was the last to be played before the
Sheffield Shield winners
- 1900–01 – Victoria
- 1901–02 – New South Wales
- 1902–03 – New South Wales
- 1903–04 – New South Wales
- 1904–05 – New South Wales
- 1905–06 – New South Wales
- 1906–07 – New South Wales
- 1907–08 – Victoria
- 1908–09 – New South Wales
- 1909–10 – South Australia
- 1910–11 – New South Wales
- 1911–12 – New South Wales
- 1912–13 – South Australia
- 1913–14 – New South Wales
- 1914–15 – Victoria
- 1915–18 – no competition due to World War I
International tours of Australia
England 1901–02
- 1st Test at Sydney Cricket Ground – England won by an innings and 124 runs
- 2nd Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground – Australia won by 229 runs
- 3rd Test at Adelaide Oval – Australia won by 4 wickets
- 4th Test at Sydney Cricket Ground – Australia won by 7 wickets
- 5th Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground – Australia won by 32 runs
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England 1902–03
An English team managed by
England 1903–04
- 1st Test at Sydney Cricket Ground – England won by 5 wickets
- 2nd Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground – England won by 185 runs
- 3rd Test at Adelaide Oval – Australia won by 216 runs
- 4th Test at Sydney Cricket Ground – England won by 157 runs
- 5th Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground – Australia won by 218 runs
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England 1907–08
- 1st Test at Sydney Cricket Ground – Australia won by 2 wickets
- 2nd Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground – England won by 1 wicket
- 3rd Test at Adelaide Oval – Australia won by 245 runs
- 4th Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground – Australia won by 308 runs
- 5th Test at Sydney Cricket Ground – Australia won by 49 runs
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South Africa 1910–11
- 1st Test at Sydney Cricket Ground – Australia won by an innings and 114 runs
- 2nd Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground – Australia won by 89 runs
- 3rd Test at Adelaide Oval – South Africa won by 38 runs
- 4th Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground – Australia won by 530 runs
- 5th Test at Sydney Cricket Ground – Australia won by 7 wickets
England 1911–12
- 1st Test at Sydney Cricket Ground – Australia won by 146 runs
- 2nd Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground – England won by 8 wickets
- 3rd Test at Adelaide Oval – England won by 7 wickets
- 4th Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground – England won by an innings and 225 runs
- 5th Test at Sydney Cricket Ground – England won by 70 runs
For more information about this tour, see:
New Zealand 1913–14
This was New Zealand's second tour of Australia. Four matches were played in December 1913 and January 1914. New Zealand played each of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.
New Zealand secured its first victory in Australia by winning the opening game against Queensland at
New Zealand lost to both New South Wales and Victoria by an innings but managed a draw against South Australia.
References
External sources
Further reading
- Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877–1978, Wisden, 1979
- David Frith, The Golden Age of Cricket 1890–1914, Lutterworth, 1978
- Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993