English cricket team in Australia in 1884–85

International cricket tour

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.

Squads

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).

Australia's team for the second Test showed eleven changes as a result of the 1884 touring team (who had contested the 1st Test) demanding fifty per cent of the gate money for this match. This ended Jack Blackham's run as a player in each of Australia's first 17 Test matches.

England	Australia
Arthur Shrewsbury(c) Billy Barnes William Attewell William Scotton Wilfred Flowers Alfred Shaw Billy Bates Joe Hunter (wk) Bobby Peel George Ulyett Johnny Briggs Maurice Read James Lillywhite	William Murdoch(c) Alec Bannerman Percy McDonnell Henry Scott Jack Blackham (wk) George Giffen George Bonnor George Palmer Harry Boyle George Alexander William Cooper Sammy Jones Sam Morris Tom Horan (c) Billy Trumble Affie Jarvis (wk) Roland Pope Percy Marr Harry Musgrove Jack Worrall William Bruce William Robertson Hugh Massie (c) Edwin Evans Frank Walters

Matches

First Test

12–16 December 1884
(Timeless Test)
Scorecard

Australia	v	England
243 (149.1 overs) Percy McDonnell 124 Billy Bates 5/31 (24.1 overs)		369 (243.2 overs) Billy Barnes 134 Eugene Palmer 5/81 (73 overs)
191 (116.1 overs) Percy McDonnell 83 Bobby Peel 5/51 (40.1 overs)		67/2 (31 overs) Billy Barnes 28 Harry Boyle 1/21 (9 overs)

England won by 8 wickets
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: Tom Cole (Aus) and Isaac Fisher (Aus)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat
14 December was taken as a rest day
4 balls per over

Second Test

1–5 January 1885
(Timeless Test)
Scorecard

England	v	Australia
401 (216.2 overs) Johnny Briggs 121 Sammy Jones 4/47 (25.2 overs)		279 (274.1 overs) Affie Jarvis 82 Billy Barnes 3/50 (50 overs)
7/0 (1.1 overs) William Scotton 7* Alfred Marr 0/3 (1 over)		126 (114.3 overs) (f/o) William Bruce 45 Billy Barnes 6/31 (38.3 overs)

England won by 10 wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: Edward Elliott (Aus) and James Lillywhite (Eng)

England won the toss and elected to bat
4 January was taken as a rest day
4 balls per over

Third Test

20–24 February 1885
(Timeless Test)
Scorecard

Australia	v	England
181 (167.2 overs) Tom Garrett 51 Wilfred Flowers 5/46 (46 overs)		133 (95.1 overs) Wilfred Flowers 24 Tom Horan 6/40 (37.1 overs)
165 (157 overs) Tom Horan 36 Billy Bates 5/24 (20 overs)		207 (111.1 overs) Wilfred Flowers, Maurice Read 56 Fred Spofforth 6/90 (48.1 overs)

Australia won by 6 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: Edward Elliott (Aus) and John Payne (Aus)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat
22 February was taken as a rest day
4 balls per over

Fourth Test

14–17 March 1885
(Timeless Test)
Scorecard

England	v	Australia
269 (126 overs) Billy Bates 64 George Giffen 7/117 (52 overs)		309 (169.3 overs) George Bonnor 128 Billy Barnes 4/61 (35.3 overs)
77 (39.1 overs) Billy Barnes 20 Fred Spofforth 5/30 (20 overs)		38/2 (24.3 overs) Sammy Jones 15* Billy Barnes 1/15 (9 overs)

Australia won by 8 wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: Edward Elliott (Aus) and Patrick McShane (Aus)

England won the toss and elected to bat
15 March was taken as a rest day
4 balls per over
The match was played on two different pitches, with each team having the choice of which pitch to use for their second innings.

Fifth Test

21–25 March 1885
(Timeless Test)
Scorecard

Australia	v	England
163 (106 overs) Fred Spofforth 50 George Ulyett 4/52 (23 overs)		386 (221.3 overs) Arthur Shrewsbury 105* John Trumble 3/29 (28 overs)
125 (102.1 overs) William Bruce 35 William Attewell 3/24 (36.1 overs)

England won by an innings and 98 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: George Hodges and James Philips (Aus)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat
22 March was taken as a rest day
4 balls per over

References

"India's 36 all out, and other dramatic finishes to Tests". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 May 2022.

Bibliography

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

The Ashes

List of Ashes series

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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 2027

Matches in white background were played in England, yellow – in Australia.

v t e Australia squad – Ashes 1884–85
Horan (c) Alexander Bannerman Bonnor Boyle Blackham (c)* (†) Bruce Cooper Evans Garrett Giffen Jarvis (†) Jones Marr Massie (c) McDonnell McShane Morris Murdoch (c)* Musgrove Palmer Pope Robertson Scott Spofforth Trumble Walters Worrall
(c)* denotes acting captain for 1st Test
(c)** denotes acting captain for 3rd Test
(c)*** denotes acting captain for 4th Test

v t e England squad – Ashes 1884–85 (3rd series win)
Shrewbury (c) Attewell Barnes Bates Briggs Flowers Hunter (†) Peel Read Scotton Ulyett
Lillywhite Shaw
Italics denotes player was selected for squad however did not play in any games

International cricket tours of Australia

Test and LOI tours
Afghanistan	2021–22 (cancelled)
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 2021–22 2022–23
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 2018–19 2020–21 2024–25
New Zealand	1973–74 1980–81 1982–83 1985–86 1987–88 1989–90 1993–94 1997–98 2001–02 2004–05 2008–09 2011–12 2015–16 2016–17 2019–20 2022–23
Pakistan	1964–65§ 1972–73§ 1976–77 1978–79§ 1981–82 1983–84 1989–90 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 1999–2000 2002 2004–05 2009–10 2016–17 2019–20 2023–24 2024–25
South Africa	1910–11 1931–32§ 1952–53§ 1963–64§ 1971–72 (cancelled) 1993–94 1997–98 2000 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2012–13 2014–15 2016–17 2018–19 2022–23
Sri Lanka	1987–88 1989–90 1995–96 2004 2007–08 2010–11 2012–13 2016–17 2018–19 2019–20 2021–22
West Indies	1930–31 1951–52§ 1960–61 1968–69§ 1975–76 1979–80§ 1981–82 1984–85 1988–89 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 2000–01 2005–06 2009–10 2012–13 2015–16 2020–21 2022–23 2023–24
Zimbabwe	1994–95 2003–04 2022

Tournaments hosted
World Cup	1992 2015
T20 World Cup	2022
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 2017–18
Other multi-team tournaments	1985 1987

Other tours
Afghanistan	2014–15
Australian Forces	1919–20 1945–46
English	1861–62 1863–64 1873–74 1902–03 1922–23 1929–30 1935–36 1979–80
England Lions	2012–13 2021
Fijian	1907–08
Ireland	2014–15
Multi-national	1971–72 2005–06
Nepal	2023–24
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	2014–15
Scotland	2014–15
Sri Lanka	1982–83
UAE	2014–15
World Series Cricket (West Indies & World XI)	1977-78 1978-79
Pakistan A	2024

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