The Australian cricket team in England in 1909 played 42

first-class matches First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...

, including five

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to contest

The Ashes The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. The term originated in a satirical obituary published in a British newspaper, ''The Sporting Times'', immediately after Australia's 1882 victory at The Oval, its first Te ...

. Australia was captained by Monty Noble,

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by Archie MacLaren. The third Test of the series, at Headingley, was the 100th Test match to be played by England.

Test series summary

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won the Test series 2–1, with two matches drawn.

First Test

Second Test

Third Test

Fourth Test

Fifth Test

References

External links

CricketArchive – tour summaries
1909 in Australian cricket 1909 in English cricket International cricket competitions from 1888–89 to 1918

1909 Events January–February * January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes. * January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. * Januar ...

English cricket seasons in the 20th century

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