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England in Australia 1901/2

This was the last privately run England tour of Australia. The

Melbourne Cricket Club The Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) is a sports club based in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 1838 and is one of the oldest sports clubs in Australia. The MCC is responsible for management and development of the Melbourne Cricket Ground ...

invited MCC to send a side, but they declined.

Archie MacLaren Archibald Campbell MacLaren (1 December 1871 – 17 November 1944) was an English cricketer who captained the English cricket team, England cricket team at various times between 1898 and 1909. A right-handed Batting (cricket), batsman, he ...

was therefore invited instead, and accepted.

George Hirst George Herbert Hirst (7 September 1871 – 10 May 1954) was a professional English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1891 and 1921, with a further appearance in 1929. One of the best all-r ...

Wilfred Rhodes Wilfred Rhodes (29 October 1877 – 8 July 1973) was an English professional cricketer who played 58 Test matches for England between 1899 and 1930. In Tests, Rhodes took 127 wickets and scored 2,325 runs, becoming the first Englishman t ...

, KS Ranjitsinjhi,

Stanley Jackson Sir Francis Stanley Jackson Jackson's obituary in the 1948 ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack''. This gives his full name as ''Francis'' Stanley Jackson, whereas Cricinfo and CricketArchive both give his full name as ''Frank'' Stanley Jackson. This ...

and

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were not available. Maclaren's great coup was to select

Sydney Barnes Sydney Francis Barnes (19 April 1873 – 26 December 1967) was an English professional cricketer who is regarded as one of the greatest bowlers of all time. He was right-handed and bowled at a pace that varied from medium to fast-medium with ...

, who had been playing in the Lancashire League and had played only a handful of games for

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.Ralph Barker and Irving Rosenwater: ''England v Australia: A Compendium of Test Cricket between the countries 1877–1968'', 1969, . ''Match length: Timeless. Balls per over: 6. Series result: Australia won 4–1.''

Australia in England 1902

''Match length: 3 days. Balls per over: 6. Series result: Australia won 2–1.''

Australia in South Africa 1902/3

''Match length: 3 days. Balls per over: 6. Series result: Australia won 2–0.''

England in Australia 1903/4

This was the first touring party to be selected and managed by MCC. ''Match length: Timeless. Balls per over: 6. Series result: England won 3–2.''

Australia in England 1905

''Match length: 3 days. Balls per over: 6. Series result: England won 2–0.''

England in South Africa 1905/6

''Match length: 4 days. Balls per over: 6. Series result: South Africa won 4–1.''

South Africa in England 1907

''Match length: 3 days. Balls per over: 6. Series result: England won 1–0.''

England in Australia 1907/8

''Match length: Timeless. Balls per over: 6. Series result: Australia won 4–1.''

Australia in England 1909

''Match length: 3 days. Balls per over: 6. Series result: Australia won 2–1.''

England in South Africa 1909/10

''Match length: 5 days. Balls per over: 6. Series result: South Africa won 3–2.''

South Africa in Australia 1910/11

''Match length: Timeless. Balls per over: 6. Series result: Australia won 4–1.''

England in Australia 1911/12

''Match length: Timeless. Balls per over: 6. Series result: England won 4–1.''

Triangular tournament: Australia and South Africa in 1912

''Match length: 3 days (except last game: Timeless). Balls per over: 6. Series result: England won the triangular tournament.''

England in South Africa 1913/4

''Match length: 4 days. Balls per over: 6. Series result: England won 4–0.''

Notes

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