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The Australian cricket team in England in 1880 played nine
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including one
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, which was the first ever played in England. They were captained by
W.L. Murdoch William Lloyd Murdoch (18 October 1854 – 18 February 1911) was an Australian cricketer who captained the Australian national side in 16 Test matches between 1880 and 1890. This included four tours of England, one of which, in 1882, gave ri ...
. The team had difficulty in arranging fixtures against the counties, and prior to the Test match in early September had played only four matches that are now rated as first-class (as well as many fixtures against weaker opposition), despite having already been in England for almost four months. The Test was a late addition to the programme, being arranged at the instigation of the Surrey secretary,
C. W. Alcock Charles William Alcock (2 December 1842 – 26 February 1907) was an English sportsman, administrator, author and editor. He was a major instigator in the development of both international football and cricket, as well as being the creator of ...
, who asked
Lord Harris Colonel George Robert Canning Harris, 4th Baron Harris, (3 February 1851 – 24 March 1932), generally known as Lord Harris, was a British colonial administrator and Governor of Bombay. He was also an English amateur cricketer, mainly active ...
to put together a side.
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,
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and
George Ulyett George Ulyett (21 October 1851 – 18 June 1898) was an English cricketer, noted particularly for his very aggressive batsmanship. A well-liked man (who, in later years, kept a pub in his native Sheffield), Ulyett was popularly known as "Happy ...
refused to play, having unpleasant memories of the
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, but Australia were also seriously handicapped, being without their star bowler,
Fred Spofforth Frederick Robert Spofforth (9 September 1853 – 4 June 1926), also known as "The Demon Bowler", was arguably the Australian cricket team's finest pace bowler of the nineteenth century. He was the first bowler to take 50 Test wickets, and the fi ...
. The Australians won 4, drew 3 and lost 2 of their first-class fixtures. Their only loss other than to England was to
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. That defeat was by only one wicket and came in a match in which they played a man short.


Australian tour party

The Australian party consisted of:
W.L. Murdoch William Lloyd Murdoch (18 October 1854 – 18 February 1911) was an Australian cricketer who captained the Australian national side in 16 Test matches between 1880 and 1890. This included four tours of England, one of which, in 1882, gave ri ...
(captain), A.C. Bannerman, J.McC. Blackham, G.J. Bonnor, H.F. Boyle, T.U. Groube, A.H. Jarvis, P.S. McDonnell, W.H. Moule, G.E. Palmer, J. Slight, F.R. Spofforth, G. Alexander (player-manager).


Tour matches

*17 May 1880
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v Australians County Ground, Derby - Australia won by 8 wickets in two days, and a fill-in match was played on the third day which ended in a draw *10 Jun 1880
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v Australians Dewsbury and Savile Ground - Australia won by 5 wickets *22 Jul 1880
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v Australians Fartown, Huddersfield - Match drawn *02 Aug 1880
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v Australians Clifton College Close Ground - Australia won by 68 runs *13 Sep 1880 Sussex v Australians County Ground, Hove - Match drawn *20 Sep 1880 Players of the North v Australians Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford - Match drawn *23 Sep 1880
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v Australians Trent Bridge, Nottingham - Nottinghamshire won by 1 wicket *27 Sep 1880 Players v Australians Crystal Palace Park - Australia won by 2 wickets In addition the Australian tourists played 45 minor matches that were not of
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status.


Test match


See also

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History of Test cricket from 1877 to 1883 Test matches in the period 1877 to 1883 were organised somewhat differently from international cricket matches today. All were between Australian and English sides, the teams were rarely representative, and the lengthy boat trip required was o ...


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External sources




Annual reviews

* ''James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual'' (Red Lilly) 1881 * ''John Lillywhite's Cricketer's Companion'' (Green Lilly) 1881 *
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1881


Further reading

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Derek Birley Sir Derek Birley (31 May 1926 – 14 May 2002) was a distinguished English educationalist and a prize-winning writer on the social history of sport, particularly cricket. Life and career Born in a mining community in West Yorkshire, Birley attend ...
, ''A Social History of English Cricket'', Aurum, 1999 *
Bill Frindall William Howard Frindall, (3 March 1939 – 29 January 2009) was an English cricket scorer and statistician, who was familiar to cricket followers as a member of the Test Match Special commentary team on BBC radio. He was nicknamed the Bearded ...
, ''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 * Ralph Barker &
Irving Rosenwater Irving Rosenwater (11 September 1932 – 30 January 2006) was an English people, English cricket researcher and author whose best-known work was ''Sir Donald Bradman - A Biography'' (1978). Born in the East End of London to Jews, jewish par ...
, ''England v Australia: A compendium of Test cricket between the countries 1877-1968'', Batsford, 1969, , pp6–7. {{International cricket tours of England 1880 in Australian cricket 1880 in English cricket International cricket competitions from 1844 to 1888
1880 Events January–March * January 22 – Toowong State School is founded in Queensland, Australia. * January – The international White slave trade affair scandal in Brussels is exposed and attracts international infamy. * February †...
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