Australia won the 1934Ashes series against England, winning two of the matches and losing one, with the other two tests drawn. The Australian tourists were captained byBill Woodfull, while the home side were led byBob Wyatt, withCyril Walters deputising for Wyatt in the first Test.
In the second Test of the series at Lord's, known asVerity's Match, left-arm spinnerHedley Verity took 15 wickets in the match to hand England their only victory in a Lord's Ashes Test in the twentieth century. The last two Tests of the series were notable for the prodigious runscoring ofBill Ponsford andDonald Bradman, who shared partnerships of at 388 at Headingley (scoring 181 and 304 respectively) and 451 at the Oval (scoring 266 and 244 respectively) in Ponsford's final Test.
The Australians had a stopover inColomboen route to England and played a one-day single-innings match there against the Ceylon national team, which at that time did not have Test status.[1]
