English cricket team in Australia in 1886–87

The England cricket team in Australia in 1886–87, generally known as Alfred Shaw's XI, was described by Wisden as "one of the strongest that ever left England for the Colonies".[1] The team played 10 first-class matches, winning 6 with 2 draws and 2 defeats (both against New South Wales).

Test series summary

First Test
28–31 January 1887
(Timeless Test)
Scorecard
v
45 (35.3 overs)
GA Lohmann 17
CTB Turner 6/15 (18 overs)
119 (113.1 overs)
H Moses 31
SP Jones 31
RG Barlow 3/25 (35 overs)
184 (136.2 overs)
J Briggs 33
JJ Ferris 5/76 (61 overs)
97 (107 overs)
H Moses 24
W Barnes 6/28 (46 overs)
England won by 13 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: C Bannerman and H Rawlinson

Second Test
25 February–1 March 1887
(Timeless Test)
Scorecard
v
151 (109 overs)
W Flowers 37
CTB Turner 5/41 (53 overs)
84 (55.1 overs)
H Moses 28
GA Lohmann 8/35 (27.1 overs)
154 (140.1 overs)
RG Barlow 42
CTB Turner 4/52 (64.1 overs)
150 (110 overs)
PS McDonnell 35
W Bates 4/26 (26 overs)
England won by 71 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: C Bannerman and J Swift

Team members

The party comprised 13 players, all of them professionals: Arthur Shrewsbury, Billy Barnes, William Gunn, William Scotton, Wilfred Flowers, Mordecai Sherwin and Alfred Shaw (all Nottinghamshire); Dick Barlow and Johnny Briggs (both Lancashire); George Lohmann and Maurice Read (both Surrey); Billy Bates (Yorkshire); and James Lillywhite (Sussex).

gollark: I would rather my brain not be susceptible to buffer overflows and such.
gollark: Given our tendency to anthropomorphise natural processes and assign everything labels and whatnot, one could argue that our brains are closer to foolish OOP languages than assembly or something, not that either is remotely sensible as a non-bees description.
gollark: Brains are like stupid things, and they do stupids.
gollark: What if *that* emulation is running on a very overclocked 6502?
gollark: Clearly a mere emulation implemented in the Java code.

References
  1. Wisden Archive Online

Bibliography
  • Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
  • Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1888
    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.