The England national cricket team toured

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and

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in 1891–92. The team, captained by W. G. Grace, was organised, financed and managed by Lord Sheffield, who later donated the

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to Australian domestic first-class cricket. 29 matches were played in total, of which 12 were won, two lost and 15 drawn. Eight of the games were first-class games, including three

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against

. Australia won the Test series 2–1. It marked Australia's first Ashes victory, with the first eight being won by England. The other five first-class matches were against

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(twice),

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and Victoria (twice).

Test series summary

won the Test series 2–1.

First Test

Second Test

Third Test

Players

England was captained by W. G. Grace and had Gregor MacGregor as its specialist wicket-keeper, the other players being Johnny Briggs, Bobby Peel,

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, Bobby Abel, Maurice Read, George Lohmann, William Attewell, John Sharpe, George Bean and Hylton Philipson. Australia was captained by Jack Blackham, who was also its wicket-keeper. Other players to represent Australia were Alec Bannerman, George Giffen, Jack Lyons, William Bruce, Charlie Turner, Harry Moses, Harry Trott, Bob McLeod, Harry Donnan, Sydney Callaway, Walter Giffen, Syd Gregory.

Ceylon

The team used

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as a stopover during its long sea voyage and played a match in October 1891 on

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against a local side that was not first-class. This was the third time that an English cricket team had visited

References

External links

Lord Sheffield's XI in Australia: Nov/Mar 1892
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Lord Sheffield's XI in Australia 1891/92
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