Ashes Tour 1886

The Ashes Tour 1886 was the tour of the Australian national cricket team that included the 4th edition of the Ashes , and was held between July 5 and August 14, 1886. The international cricket tour was part of the 1886 international cricket season and included three test matches . England won the series 3–0.

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 1884/85 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 Johnny Briggs Flat share Grace George Lohmann Ted Peate Dick Pilling Walter Read William Scotton Arthur Shrewsbury Allan Steel Edmund Tylecote George Ulyett	Jack Blackham George Bonnor William Bruce Edwin Evans Tom Garrett George Giffen Affie Jarvis Sammy Jones John McIlwraith Joey Palmer Tup Scott Frederick Spofforth John Trumble

July 5-7 scorecard	Manchester	Australia 205 (137.1) & 123 (118.3)	-	England 223 (157.2) & 107-6 (77.2)
		England wins with 4 wickets

July 19-21 Scorecard	London (Lord's)	England 353 (259)	-	Australia 121 (82.3) & 126 (111.1) (f / o)
		England wins with one innings and 106 runs

August 12-14 Scorecard	London (oval)	England 434 (304.1)	-	Australia 68 (60.2) & 149 (97) (f / o)
		England won with one innings and 217 runs