English cricket team in Australia in 1884–85

The England cricket team in Australia in 1884–85 was generally known as Alfred Shaw's XI after its main organiser. The team played 8 first-class matches, including the five matches in the Test series, winning 6 and losing 2.

1 Test series summary
2 Team members
3 References
4 External links
5 Bibliography

Test series summary

England won the Test series against Australia 3-2:

1st Test at Adelaide Oval – England won by 8 wickets
2nd Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground – England won by 10 wickets
3rd Test at Sydney Cricket Ground – Australia won by 6 runs
4th Test at Sydney Cricket Ground – Australia won by 8 wickets
5th Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground – England won by an innings and 98 runs

Team members

The party comprised 13 players, all of them professionals: Arthur Shrewsbury, Billy Barnes, William Attewell, William Scotton, Wilfred Flowers and Alfred Shaw (all Nottinghamshire); Billy Bates, Joe Hunter, Bobby Peel and George Ulyett (all Yorkshire); Johnny Briggs (Lancashire); Maurice Read (Surrey); and James Lillywhite (Sussex).^[1]

References

^ Wisden Online

External links

Bibliography

Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1886

List of Ashes series

1882–83
1884
1884–85
1886
1886–87
1887–88
1888
1890
1891–92
1893
1894–95
1896
1897–98
1899
1901–02
1902
1903–04
1905
1907–08
1909
1911–12
1912
1920–21
1921
1924–25
1926
1928–29
1930
1932–33
1934
1936–37
1938
1946–47
1948
1950–51
1953
1954–55
1956
1958–59
1961
1962–63
1964
1965–66
1968
1970–71
1972
1974–75
1975
1977
1978–79
1981
1982–83
1985
1986–87
1989
1990–91
1993
1994–95
1997
1998–99
2001
2002–03
2005
2006–07
2009
2010–11
2013

Non-Ashes Australia v England Test series

1876–77 1878–79 1880 1881–82 1882 1945 1976–77 1979–80 1980 1988

International cricket tours of Australia

Test and LOI tours

Bangladesh	2003

England	1861–62 · 1863–64 · 1873–74 · 1876–77 · 1878–79 · 1881–82 · 1882–83 · 1884–85 · 1886–87 · 1887–88 · 1891–92 · 1894–95 · 1897–98 · 1901–02 · 1902–03 · 1903–04 · 1907–08 · 1911–12 · 1920–21 · 1924–25 · 1928–29 · 1932–33 · 1936–37 · 1946–47 · 1950–51 · 1954–55 · 1958–59 · 1962–63 · 1965–66 · 1970–71 · 1974–75 · 1976–77 · 1978–79 · 1979–80 · 1982–83 · 1986–87 · 1987–88 · 1990–91 · 1994–95 · 1998–99 · 2002–03 · 2006–07 · 2010–11

India	1947–48 · 1967–68 · 1977–78 · 1980–81 · 1985–86 · 1991–92 · 1999–2000 · 2003–04 · 2007–08 · 2011-12

New Zealand	1973–74 · 1980–81 · 1982–83 · 1985–86 · 1987–88 · 1989–90 · 1990–91 · 1993–94 · 1997–98 · 2001–02 · 2004–05 · 2008–09 · 2011-12

Pakistan	1964–65 · 1972–73 · 1976–77 · 1978–79 · 1981–82 · 1983–84 · 1988–89 · 1989–90 · 1991–92 · 1992–93 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 1999–2000 · 2002 · 2004–05 · 2009–10

South Africa	1910–11 · 1931–32 · 1952–53 · 1963–64 · 1993–94 · 1997–98 · 2001–02 · 2005–06 · 2008–09

Sri Lanka	1982–83 · 1984–85 · 1987–88 · 1989–90 · 1995–96 · 1998–99 · 2002–03 · 2004 · 2005–06 · 2007–08 · 2010–11

West Indies	1930–31 · 1951–52 · 1960–61 · 1968–69 · 1975–76 · 1979–80 · 1981–82 · 1984–85 · 1986–87 · 1988–89 · 1991–92 · 1992–93 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 2000–01 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2009–10

Zimbabwe	1994–95 · 2000–01 · 2003–04

Other tours

Rest of the World	1971–72 · 2005–06