Ashes Tour 1891/92

The Ashes Tour 1891/92 was the tour of the English national cricket team that included the 9th edition of the Ashes and was conducted between January 1 and March 28, 1892. The Ashes Series 1891/92 itself was played in the form of three 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 1891/92 . Australia won the series 2–1.

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 1890 season .

Stages

Adelaide Melbourne Sydney

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Adelaide oval	Adelaide	53,583	3rd test
Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	100.024	1st test
Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney	48,000	2nd test

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

test
Australia	England
Alec Bannerman Jack Blackham William Bruce Sydney Callaway Harry Donnan George Giffen Walter Giffen Syd Gregory John Lyons Charlie McLeod Harry Moses Harry Trott Charlie Turner	Bobby Abel William Attewell George Bean Johnny Briggs Flat share Grace George Lohmann Gregor MacGregor Bobby Peel Punch Philipson Maurice Read Phil Sharpe Andrew Stoddart

Tour matches

England played four tour matches during the tour.

Testing

First test in Melbourne

January 1-6 scorecard	Melbourne	Australia 240 (151.1) & 236 (191.5)	-	England 264 (91.4) & 158 (82.2)
		Australia wins with 54 runs

Second test in Sydney

January 29th - February 3rd scorecard	Sydney	Australia 144 (94.2) & 391 (219.4)	-	England 307 (114.2) & 156 (66.2)
		Australia wins with 72 runs

Third test in Adelaide

March 24-28 Scorecard	Adelaide	England 499 (173.1)	-	Australia 100 (42.5) & 149 (68) (f / o)
		England won with one innings and 230 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo