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toured Australia in the 1936–37 season to play a five-match

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series against

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for

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. The tour was organised by the

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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.

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Third Test

Fourth Test

Fifth Test

Ceylon and New Zealand

The English team had a stopover in

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''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. At the end of the tour the team visited New Zealand, playing three first-class matches, but no Tests.

References

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CricketArchive tour itinerary
;Annual reviews *

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1937 ;Further reading *

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, ''The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877–1978'', Wisden, 1979 * Chris Harte, ''A History of Australian Cricket'', Andre Deutsch, 1993 * Ray Robinson, ''On Top Down Under'', Cassell, 1975

External links

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