Ashes Tour 1924/25
The Ashes Tour 1924/25 was the tour of the English Cricket Team , the 25th staging of the Ashes included, and was carried out between 19 December 1924 and 4 March 1925th The Ashes Series 1924/25 itself was played in the form of five 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 1924/25 . Australia won the series 4–1.
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 1921 season .
Stages
Tour venues |
The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.
Stadion | city | capacity | Games |
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Adelaide oval | Adelaide | 53,583 | 1st test |
Melbourne Cricket Ground | Melbourne | 100.024 | 2nd & 4th test |
Sydney Cricket Ground | Sydney | 48,000 | 1st & 5th test |
Squad lists
The teams named the following squads.
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Testing
First test in Sydney
December 19-27 Scorecard |
Sydney |
![]() 450 (152.2) & 452 (125.7) |
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![]() 298 (79.7) & 411 (96.7) |
Australia wins with 193 runs |
Second test in Melbourne
January 1-8 scorecard |
Melbourne |
![]() 600 (149.1) & 250 (79.3) |
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![]() 479 (138) & 290 (106.3) |
Australia wins with 81 runs |
Third test in Adelaide
June 15-23 Scorecard |
Adelaide |
![]() 489 (153) & 250 (68.1) |
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![]() 365 (117.2) & 363 (111.2) |
Australia wins with 11 runs |
Fourth test in Melbourne
February 13-18 scorecard |
Melbourne |
![]() 548 (151.6) |
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![]() 269 (63.3) & 250 (74.5) (f / o) |
England won with one innings and 29 runs |
Fifth test in Sydney
February 27th - March 4th scorecard |
Sydney |
![]() 295 (102.5) & 325 (118.3) |
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![]() 167 (47.7) & 146 (44.4) |
Australia wins with 307 runs |