Ashes Tour 1962/63

The Ashes Tour 1962/63 was the tour of the England national cricket team , which included the 41st edition of the Ashes , and was carried out between November 30, 1962 and February 20, 1963. The Ashes Series 1962/63 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 1962/63 . The test series ended 1-1 in a draw and Australia kept the Ashes as the winners of the previous Ashes tour.

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 1961 season .

Stages

Adelaide Brisbane 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	4th test
The gabba	Brisbane	42,000	1st test
Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	100.024	2nd test
Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney	48,000	3rd & 5th test

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

test
Australia	England
Richie Benaud Brian Booth Peter Burge Alan Davidson Wally Grout Colin Guest Neil Harvey Neil Hawke Barry Jarman Bill Lawry Ken Mackay Graham McKenzie Norm O'Neill Berry Shepherd Bob Simpson	David Allen Ken Barrington Len Coldwell Chris Cowdrey Ted Dexter Tom Graveney Richard Illingworth Nick Knight John Murray Peter Parfitt Geoff Pullar David Sheppard Alan Smith Brian Statham Fred Titmus Fred Trueman

Tour matches

England played a total of 11 tour matches as MCC during the tour.

Testing

First test in Brisbane

November 30th - December 5th scorecard	Brisbane	Australia 404 (106.5) & 362-4d (87)	-	England 389 (135.3) & 278-6 (83)
		draw

Second test in Melbourne

December 29th - January 3rd scorecard	Melbourne	Australia 316 (92) & 248 (96)	-	England 331 (88.1) & 237-3 (64.2)
		England wins with 7 wickets

Third test in Sydney

11-15 January Scorecard	Sydney	England 279 (86.5) & 104 (56.6)	-	Australia 319 (101.2) & 67-2 (12.2)
		Australia wins with 8 wickets

Fourth test in Adelaide

January 25-30 scorecard	Adelaide	Australia 393 (103.1) & 293 (90.3)	-	England 331 (90.2) & 223-4 (57)
		draw

Fifth test in Sydney

February 15-20 scorecard	Sydney	England 321 (134.6) & 268-8d (82)	-	Australia 349 (131.2) & 152-4 (72)
		draw

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo