Australian cricket team in England in 1886

The Australian cricket team in England in 1886 played 27 first-class matches including 3 Tests which were all won by England:

• 1st Test (Old Trafford) – England won by 4 wickets
• 2nd Test (Lord's) – England won by an innings and 106 runs
• 3rd Test (The Oval) – England won by an innings and 217 runs

External sources

• CricketArchive – season summaries

Annual reviews

• James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly) 1887
• Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1887

Further reading

• 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