Ashes Tour 1934

The Ashes tour in 1934 was the tour of the Australian Cricket Team , the 30th staging of the Ashes included, and was held between June 8 and 22 August 1934th The international cricket tour was part of the 1934 international cricket season and included five test matches . 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 the 1932/33 season in Australia .

London (Lord's)

London (oval)

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Headingley Stadium	Leeds	17,000	4th test
The oval	London	23,500	5th test
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	2nd test
Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	19,000	3rd test
Trent Bridge	Nottingham	15,350	1st test

The teams named the following squads.

test
England	Australia
David Allen Les Ames Bill Bowes Nobby Clark Ken Farnes George Geary Wally Hammond Patsy Hendren Len Hopwood Walter Keeton Maurice Leyland Tommy Mitchell Herbert Sutcliffe Hedley Verity Cyril Walters Frank Woolley Bob Wyatt Nawab of Pataudi	Donald Bradman Ernie Bromley Bill Brown Arthur Chipperfield Rick darling Hans Ebeling Clarrie Grimmett Alan Kippax Stan McCabe Bill O'Reilly Bert Oldfield Bill Ponsford Tim Wall Bill Woodfull

June 8-12 scorecard	Nottingham	Australia 374 (152.2) & 273-8d (90)	-	England 268 (138.3) & 141 (107.4)
		Australia wins with 238 runs

June 22-26 scorecard	London (Lord's)	England 440 (198.3)	-	Australia 284 (109) & 118 (53.3) (f / o)
		England won with one innings and 38 runs

July 6-10 scorecard	Manchester	England 627-9d (201) & 123-0d (52)	-	Australia 491 (190.3) & 66-1 (27)
		draw

July 20-24 scorecard	Leeds	England 200 (105.4) & 229-6 (135.5)	-	Australia 584 (183.5)
		draw

August 18-22 Scorecard	London (oval)	Australia 701 (171.2) & 327 (68.3)	-	England 321 (117.3) & 145 (63.3)
		Australia wins with 562 runs