Ashes Tour 1950/51

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The Ashes Tour 1950/51 was the tour of the England national cricket team , which included the 35th edition of the Ashes , and was carried out between December 1, 1950 and February 28, 1951. The Ashes Series 1950/51 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 1950/51 . 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 1948 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 2nd & 5th test
Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney 48,000 3rd test

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

test
Australia Australia England England
  • Ron Archer
  • Jim Burke
  • Neil Harvey
  • Lindsay Hassett
  • Graeme Hole
  • Jack Iverson
  • Ian Johnson
  • Bill Johnston
  • Ray Lindwall
  • Sam Loxton
  • Keith Miller
  • Jack Moroney
  • Arthur Morris
  • Don Tallon
  • Rob Bailey
  • Alec Bedser
  • David Brown
  • Brian Close
  • Denis Compton
  • John Dewes
  • Godfrey Evans
  • Richard Hutton
  • Arthur McIntyre
  • Gilbert Parkhouse
  • David Sheppard
  • Reg Simpson
  • Roy Tattersall
  • John Warr
  • Cyril Washbrook
  • Doug Wright

Tour matches

England played 11 tour matches during the tour.

Testing

First test in Brisbane

December
1-5 Scorecard
Brisbane Australia Australia
228 (55.5) & 32-7d (13.4)
- England England
68 (22) & 122 (38)
Australia wins with 70 runs

Second test in Melbourne

December
22-27 Scorecard
Melbourne Australia Australia
194 (59.1) & 181 (53.3)
- England England
197 (62) & 150 (63.7)
Australia wins with 28 runs

Third test in Sydney

January
5-9 scorecard
Sydney England England
290 (98.7) & 123 (52.4)
- Australia Australia
426 (129)
Australia wins with one innings and 13 runs

Fourth test in Adelaide

February
2-8 scorecard
Adelaide Australia Australia
371 (96.5) & 403-8d (101.6)
- England England
272 (92.3) & 228 (78.3)
Australia wins with 274 runs

Fifth test in Melbourne

February
23-28 Scorecard
Melbourne Australia Australia
217 (69) & 197 (64.3)
- England England
320 (90.7) & 95-2 (29.6)
England wins with 8 wickets

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