Ashes Tour 1884

The Ashes Tour 1884 was the tour of the Australian national cricket team that included the 2nd edition of the Ashes , and was held between July 10 and August 13, 1884. The international cricket tour was part of the 1884 international cricket season and included three test matches . England won the series 1–0.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in Australia in the 1882/83 season .

London (Lord's)

London (oval)

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
The oval	London	23,500	3rd test
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	2nd test
Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	19,000	1st test

The teams named the following squads.

test
England	Australia
Graham Barlow Sydney Barnes Stanley Christopherson Flat share Grace Lord Harris Monkey Hornby Bunny Lucas Alfred Lyttelton Tim O'Brien Ted Peate Dick Pilling Walter Read William Scotton Arthur Shrewsbury Allan Steel George Ulyett	Alec Bannerman Jack Blackham George Bonnor Harry Boyle George Giffen Percy McDonnell Billy Midwinter Billy Murdoch Joey Palmer Tup Scott Frederick Spofforth

July 10-12 scorecard	Manchester	England 95 (63) & 180-9 (130)	-	Australia 182 (130)
		draw

July 21-23 Scorecard	London (Lord's)	Australia 229 (105.2) & 145 (94.1)	-	England 379 (184.1)
		England wins with one innings and 5 runs

11-13 August Scorecard	London (oval)	Australia 551 (311)	-	England 346 (198) & 85-2 (26)
		draw