Ashes Tour 1886/87

The Ashes Tour 1886/87 was the tour of the English national cricket team , which included the 5th edition of the Ashes , and was carried out between January 28 and March 1, 1887. The Ashes Series 1886/87 itself was played in the form of two test matches between Australia and England. The venues were always Australian stadiums. In addition to the test series, the tour included a number of other games between the two teams in the winter of 1886/87 . England won the Ashes series 2-0.

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 England in the 1886 season .

Stages

Sydney

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney	48,000	1st & 2nd test

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

test
Australia	England
Reginald Allen Alec Bannerman Jack Blackham Fred Burton John Cottam JJ Ferris Tom Garrett Walter Giffen Sammy Jones John Lyons Percy McDonnell George McShane Billy Midwinter Harry Moses Frederick Spofforth Charlie Turner	Graham Barlow Sydney Barnes Billy Bates Johnny Briggs Wilf Flowers Billy Gunn George Lohmann Maurice Read William Scotton Mordecai Sherwin Arthur Shrewsbury Reg Wood

Testing

First test in Sydney

January 28th - 31st scorecard	Sydney	England 45 (35.3) & 184 (136.2)	-	Australia 119 (113.1) & 97 (107)
		England wins with 13 runs

Second test in Sydney

February 25th - March 1st scorecard	Sydney	England 151 (109) & 154 (140.1)	-	Australia 84 (55.1) & 150 (110)
		England wins with 71 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo