Australian cricket team in England in 1896

The Australian cricket team in England in 1896 played 34 first-class matches including 3 Tests.

England won the Test series 2-1:

• 1st Test (Lord's Cricket Ground) – England won by 6 wickets
• 2nd Test (Old Trafford Cricket Ground) – Australia won by 3 wickets
• 3rd Test (The Oval) – England won by 66 runs

External sources

• CricketArchive – tour summaries

Annual reviews

• James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly) 1897
• Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1897

Further reading

• 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