International cricket tour
TheEngland cricket team toured Australia in the 1936–37 season to play a five-matchTest series againstAustralia forThe Ashes . The tour was organised by theMarylebone Cricket Club and matches outside the Tests were played under the MCC name.
Australia won the series 3–2, having been 2–0 down, and therefore retained The Ashes. The 1936-37 Australia side are the only team to win a five-match series after losing the first two Tests, with Bradman being the only captain to win a five-match series after losing the first two Tests.[ 1] [ 2]
Test series summary [ edit ] England won the toss and elected to bat. 20 December was taken as a rest day. Australia won the toss and elected to bat. 3 January was taken as a rest day. Bradman's second innings was rated byWisden as the best Test match innings of all time.[ 3] Australia won the toss and elected to bat. 31 January was taken as a rest day. RG Gregory (AUS) made his Test debut.Australia won the toss and elected to bat. 28 February was taken as a rest day. Ceylon and New Zealand [ edit ] The English team had a stopover inColombo 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.[ 4]
At the end of the tour theteam visited New Zealand , playing three first-class matches, but no Tests.[ 5]
Sources Annual reviews Further reading Bill Frindall ,The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877–1978 , Wisden, 1979Chris Harte,A History of Australian Cricket , Andre Deutsch, 1993 Ray Robinson,On Top Down Under , Cassell, 1975
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Non-Ashes Australia v England Test series
Matches in white background were played in England, yellow – in Australia.
International cricket tours of Australia
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