Ashes Tour 1928/29

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The Ashes Tour 1928/29 was the tour of the English Cricket Team , the 27th staging of the Ashes included, and was carried out between 30 November 1928 and 16 March 1929th The Ashes Series 1928/29 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 1928/29 . England 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 1926 season .

Stages

Tour venues

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

Stadion city capacity Games
Adelaide oval Adelaide 53,583 4th test
The gabba Brisbane 42,000 1st test
Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne 100.024 3rd & 5th test
Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney 48,000 2nd test

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

test
Australia Australia England England
  • Don Blackie
  • Donald Bradman
  • Alan Fairfax
  • Jack Gregory
  • Clarrie Grimmett
  • Stork Hendry
  • Percy Hornibrook
  • Bert Ironmonger
  • Archie Jackson
  • Charles Kelleway
  • Alan Kippax
  • Otto Nothling
  • Bert Oldfield
  • Ron Oxenham
  • Bill Ponsford
  • Vic Richardson
  • Jack Ryder
  • Tim Wall
  • Bill Woodfull
  • Ted a'Beckett
  • Percy Chapman
  • George Duckworth
  • George Geary
  • Wally Hammond
  • Patsy Hendren
  • Robin Hobbs
  • Douglas Jardine
  • Harold Larwood
  • Maurice Leyland
  • Phil Mead
  • Herbert Sutcliffe
  • Maurice Tate
  • Ernest Tyldesley
  • Craig White

Testing

First test in Brisbane

November 30th - December 5th
scorecard
Brisbane England England
521 (175.3) & 342-8d (135.1)
- Australia Australia
122 (50.3) & 66 (25.3)
England wins with 675 runs

Second test in Sydney

December
14-20 scorecard
Sydney Australia Australia
253 (108.2) & 397 (151.4)
- England England
636 (272.1) & 16-2 (7)
England wins with 8 wickets

Third test in Melbourne

December 29th - January 5th
Scorecard
Melbourne Australia Australia
397 (180.5) & 351 (165.5)
- England England
417 (195) & 332-7 (159.5)
England wins with 3 wickets

Fourth test in Adelaide

February
1-8 scorecard
Adelaide England England
334 (183.1) & 383 (200.4)
- Australia Australia
369 (160) & 336 (151.5)
England wins with 12 runs

Fifth test in Melbourne

March
8-16 Scorecard
Melbourne England England
519 (215.1) & 257 (86.3)
- Australia Australia
491 (271.3) & 287-5 (134.1)
Australia wins with 5 wickets

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