English cricket team in Australia in 1928–29


Date	18 October 1928 — 23 March 1929
Location	Australia
Result	England won the 5-Test series 4-1

Teams

Australia

England

Captains

J Ryder

APF Chapman

Most runs

WM Woodfull (511)
J Ryder (492)
DG Bradman (468)

WR Hammond (905)
EH Hendren (472)
JB Hobbs (451)

Most wickets

CV Grimmett (23)
DD Blackie (14)

JC White (25)
G Geary (19)
H Larwood (18)
MW Tate (17)

The England cricket team toured Australia in 1928–29. England, known as the MCC in matches outside the Tests, retained The Ashes, winning the first four Tests and losing the last for a 4–1 series victory.

Writing in the 1930 Wisden, SJ Southerton wrote:^[1]

England were stronger in batting, more reliable and consistent in bowling and very definitely superior in fielding.

The series was defined by the prodigious runscoring of Walter Hammond, playing his maiden Ashes series, who with a run of scores of 251 at Sydney, 200 and 32 at Melbourne, and 119 not out and 177 at Adelaide, scored a then-record series aggregate of 905 runs at an average of 113.12; the record has only been surpassed once, by Donald Bradman in the 1930 Ashes.^[2]

The MCC team

Percy Chapman leads out his powerful 1928-29 England team out onto the field

Larwood bowling to Beckett at 6-342 in Australia's first innings in the Third Test at Melbourne.

The MCC touring party was:^[1]

Percy Chapman (Kent) (captain)
Jack White (Somerset) (vice-captain)
Douglas Jardine (Surrey)
Jack Hobbs (Surrey)
Herbert Sutcliffe (Yorkshire)
Wally Hammond (Gloucestershire)
Patsy Hendren (Middlesex)
Ernest Tyldesley (Lancashire)
Phil Mead (Hampshire)
Maurice Leyland (Yorkshire)
Maurice Tate (Sussex)
George Geary (Leicestershire)
George Duckworth (Lancashire) (wicketkeeper)
Les Ames (Kent) (wicketkeeper)
Harold Larwood (Nottinghamshire)
"Tich" Freeman (Kent)
Sam Staples (Nottinghamshire)

Tests

First Test (Brisbane)

30 Nov - 5 Dec
Scorecard

England	v	Australia
521 (175.3 overs) EH Hendren 169 (314) H Larwood 70 (132) JM Gregory 3/142 (42 overs) CV Grimmett 3/167 (40 overs)		122 (50.4 overs) J Ryder 33 H Larwood 6/32 (14.4 overs)
8/342 (dec) (135.1 overs) CP Mead 73 (263) DR Jardine 65* (194) CV Grimmett 6/131 (44.1 overs)		66 (25.3 overs) WM Woodfull 30 (73) JC White 4/7 (6.3 overs)

England won by 675 runs
Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane, Australia
Umpires: DA Elder (Aus) and GA Hele (Aus)

Second Test (Sydney)

14 - 20 Dec
Scorecard

Australia	v	England
253 (108.2 overs) WM Woodfull 68 (216) G Geary 5/35 (18 overs)		636 (272.1 overs) WR Hammond 251 (605) DD Blackie 4/148 (59 overs)
397 (151.4 overs) HSTL Hendry 112 (305) WM Woodfull 111 (286) MW Tate 4/99 (46 overs)		2/16 (7 overs) G Geary 8 (21) HSTL Hendry 2/4 (3 overs)

England won by eight wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia
Umpires: DA Elder (Aus) and GA Hele (Aus)

Third Test (Melbourne)

29 Dec - 5 Jan
Scorecard

Australia	v	England
397 (180.5 overs) J Ryder 112 (219) AL Kippax 100 (255) G Geary 3/83 (31.5 overs) H Larwood 3/127 (37 overs)		417 (195 overs) WR Hammond 200 (472) DD Blackie 6/94 (44 overs)
351 (165.5 overs) DG Bradman 112 (281) WM Woodfull 107 (309) JC White 5/107 (56.5 overs)		7/332 (159.5 overs) H Sutcliffe 135 (462) CV Grimmett 2/96 (42 overs)

England won by three wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
Umpires: DA Elder (Aus) and GA Hele (Aus)

Fourth Test (Adelaide)

1 - 8 Feb
Scorecard

England	v	Australia
334 (183.1 overs) WR Hammond 119* (374) CV Grimmett 5/102 (52.1 overs)		369 (160 overs) A Jackson 164 (331) JC White 5/130 (60 overs) MW Tate 4/77 (42 overs)
383 (200.4 overs) WR Hammond 177 (603) DR Jardine 98 (378) RK Oxenham 4/67 (47.4 overs)		336 (151.5 overs) J Ryder 87 (155) JC White 8/126 (64.5 overs)

England won by 12 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia
Umpires: DA Elder (Aus) and GA Hele (Aus)

Fifth Test (Melbourne)

8–16 March
Scorecard

England	v	Australia
519 (215.1 overs) JB Hobbs 142 (301) M Leyland 137 (330) TW Wall 3/123 (49 overs) PM Hornibrook 3/142 (48 overs)		491 (271.3 overs) DG Bradman 123 (247) WM Woodfull 102 (381) G Geary 5/105 (81 overs)
257 (86.3 overs) JB Hobbs 65 (126) MW Tate 54 (57) M Leyland 53 (138) TW Wall 5/66 (26 overs)		5/287 (134.1 overs) J Ryder 57 (172) WAS Oldfield 48 (156) A Jackson 46 (75) WR Hammond 3/53 (26 overs)

Australia won by five wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
Umpires: GA Hele (Aus) and AC Jones (Aus)

Ceylon

The English team had a stopover in Colombo en route to Australia and played a one-day single-innings match there against the Ceylon national team, which at that time did not have Test status.^[3]

References

1 2 http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/155207.html?from=login
↑ Test records: most runs in a series
↑ "Ceylon v MCC 1928". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 July 2014.

Ralph Barker & Irving Rosenwater, England v Australia: A compendium of Test cricket between the countries 1877-1968, Batsford, 1969, ISBN 0-7134-0317-9.
Percy Fender, The Turn of the Wheel: MCC Team in Australia 1928-29, London, 1929
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
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1930

The Ashes

List of Ashes series (white – in England, yellow – in Australia)

1850

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												1882–83		1884–85		1886–87		1887–88				1891–92		1894–95		1897–98

1900

	1902		1905		1909		1912		World War I			1921		1926		1930		1934		1938		World War II			1948
1901–02		1903–04		1907–08		1911–12					1920–21		1924–25		1928–29		1932–33		1936–37					1946–47

1950

	1953		1956		1961		1964		1968		1972		1975		1977		1981		1985		1989		1993		1997
1950–51		1954–55		1958–59		1962–63		1965–66		1970–71		1974–75				1978–79		1982–83		1986–87		1990–91		1994–95		1998–99

2000

	2001		2005		2009		2013		2015
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Non-Ashes Australia v England Test series

1876–77 1878–79 1880 1881–82 1882 1945 1976–77 1979–80 1980 1987–88

International cricket tours of Australia

Test and LOI tours

Bangladesh	2003 2008

England	1876–77 1878–79 1881–82 1882–83 1884–85 1886–87 1887–88 1891–92 1894–95 1897–98 1901–02 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 1977 1978–79 1979–80 1982–83 1986–87 1987–88 1990–91 1994–95 1998–99 2002–03 2006–07 2010–11 2013–14 2017–18

India	1947–48 1967–68 1977–78 1980–81 1985–86 1991–92 1999–2000 2003–04 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2015–16 2017-18 2019-20 2020 2022-23

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 2015–16 2016–17

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 2016–17 2019–20

South Africa	1910–11 1931–32 1952–53 1963–64 1971-72 (cancelled) 1993–94 1997–98 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2012–13 2014–15 2016–17

Sri Lanka	1982–83 1987–88 1989–90 1995–96 1998–99 2002–03 2004 2007–08 2010–11 2012–13 2016-17 2018-19 2022-23

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 2012–13 2015–16 2019–20

Zimbabwe	1994–95 2000–01 2003–04

Tournaments hosted

Multiple Teams	1985 1992 2015

Tri-series	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15

Other tours

Afghanistan	2014

Australian Forces	1919–20 1945–46

English	1861–62 1863–64 1873–74 1902–03 1922–23 1929–30 1935–36 1979–80

Fijian	1907–08 1959–60

Multi-national	1971–72 2005–06

New Zealand	1898–99 1913–14 1925–26 1927–28 1937–38 1953–54 1961–62 1967–68 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1974–75

PNG	2014

UAE	2014

West Indies (WSC)	1977–78

International cricket tours of Sri Lanka

Test and LOI tours

Australia	1982–83 1992 1999 2003–04 2011 2016

Bangladesh	2002 2005–06 2007 2012–13

England	1981–82 1992–93 2000–01 2003–04 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15

India	1985 1993 1997 2001 2006 2008 2008–09 2010 2012 2015

New Zealand	1983–84 1984–85 1986–87 1992–93 1998 2003 2009 2012–13 2013–14

Pakistan	1985–86 1994 1996–97 2000 2005–06 2009 2012 2014 2015

South Africa	1993 2000 2004 2006 2013 2014

West Indies	1993–94 2001–02 2005 2010–11 2015-16

Zimbabwe	1983–84 1996–97 1997–98 2001–02

Tournaments hosted

Multiple teams	1986 1994 1996 1996 1997 2000 2001–02 2002 2004 2010 2011 2012

Other tours

Afghan	2009–10

Australian	1884 1890 1893 1896 1912 1926 1930 1934 1935–36 1938 1945 1948 1953 1961 1964 1969 1981

Bangladeshi	1985–86

Canadian	2000–01 2009–10 2011–12

English	1882–83 1889–90 1891–92 1892–93 1894–95 1911–12 1920–21 1922–23 1924–25 1926–27 1928–29 1929–30 1932–33 1933–34 1935–36 1936–37 1936–37 1950–51 1951–52 1954–55 1958–59 1961–62 1962–63 1965–66 1968–69 1969–70 1972–73 1976–77 1977–78 1984–85 2000–01

Indian	1925–26 1944–45 1956–57 1973–74 1975–76

Kenyan	2001–02 2013–14

Malaysian	1893–94 1971–72

Multi-national	1930–31 1949–50 1950–51 1967–68

New Zealand	1927 1937–38

Pakistani	1948–49 1972–73 1975–76 1978–79

Scottish	2011–12 2013–14

West Indian	1948–49 1966–67 1974–75 1978–79

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