Australian Imperial Forces cricket team
Encyclopedia
The Australian Imperial Forces (AIF) cricket team toured England between May and September 1919, playing 28 first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...

 matches after the First World War. Its overall record was 12 wins, 4 losses and 12 draws. Five minor matches were also played, in Scotland, Durham and against Mitcham in Surrey (the oldest club in the world), the Australians winning two and drawing three.

The team then travelled to South Africa, where it went undefeated in ten matches, eight of which were first-class. Two unofficial "Tests" were played at Johannesburg, Australia winning both comfortably. Finally, the AIF team toured Australia and played state teams before disbanding in February 1920. The captain was NSW player Herbie Collins
Herbie Collins
Herbert Leslie Collins was an Australian cricketer who played 19 Tests between 1921 and 1926. An all-rounder, he captained the Australian team in eleven Tests, winning five, losing two with another four finishing in draws...

, who in November 1919 made 235 (out of 441) in the win over South Africa
South African cricket team
The South African national cricket team represent South Africa in international cricket. They are administrated by Cricket South Africa.South Africa is a full member of the International Cricket Council, also known as ICC, with Test and One Day International, or ODI, status...

. He later captained the Australian Test team.

AIF Touring Team 1919-20 first-class statistics for matches in England, South Africa and Australia
Player State Age# Style Matches Runs (Bat Av) Wkts (Bowl Av) Ct/St
Herbie Collins
Herbie Collins
Herbert Leslie Collins was an Australian cricketer who played 19 Tests between 1921 and 1926. An all-rounder, he captained the Australian team in eleven Tests, winning five, losing two with another four finishing in draws...

 (captain)
NSW
New South Wales Blues
The New South Wales cricket team are an Australian first class cricket team based in Sydney, New South Wales...

 
31 RH Bat, LH Slow 38 2513 (50.26) 150 (17.40) 26
Eric Bull  NSW 32 RH Bat 20 484 (17.93) 2
Cyril Docker  NSW 35 RH Bat, RH Medium 23 319 (15.19) 49 (19.6) 17
Jack Gregory  NSW 23 LH Bat, RH Fast 36 1727 (35.98) 190 (17.27) 66
Allie Lampard  Vic
Victorian Bushrangers
The Victorian cricket team, nicknamed the Bushrangers, is an Australian cricket team based in Melbourne, that represents the state of Victoria. It is administered by Cricket Victoria and draws its players from Melbourne's Premier Cricket competition...

 
33 RH Bat, RH Leg Spin 35 1344 (29.22) 107 (21.32) 18
Edmund Long  NSW 36 RH Bat, Wicketkeeper 17 111 (11.1) 19/12
Jack Murray  SA
Southern Redbacks
The South Australia cricket team, nicknamed the Southern Redbacks and known as the West End Redbacks due to their sponsorship agreement with local brewers West End, are an Australian first class cricket team based in Adelaide, South Australia, and represent the state of South Australia...

 
26 RH Bat 30 922 (21.95) 2 (30.5) 24
Bert Oldfield
Bert Oldfield
William Albert Stanley "Bert" Oldfield was an Australian cricket player. He played for New South Wales and the Australian cricket team as wicket-keeper....

 
NSW 24 RH Bat, Wicketkeeper 23 617 (27.36) 44/15
CE ‘Nip’ Pellew
Nip Pellew
Clarence Everard 'Nip' Pellew was an Australian cricketer who played in 10 Tests from 1920 to 1921.-References:*...

 
SA 25 RH Bat 35 1727 (33.21) 16
Bill Stirling  SA 28 RH Bat, LH Medium 33 624 (15.60) 50 (22.30) 23
Johnny Taylor
Johnny Taylor (cricketer)
John Morris "Johnny" Taylor was an Australian dual international in cricket and rugby union.He attended Newington College and St Andrew's College within the University of Sydney....

 
NSW 23 RH Bat 34 1570 (30.78) 28
Bill Trenerry  NSW 26 RH Bat, RH Leg Spin 35 1457 (27.49) 10 (28.50) 18
Carl Willis
Carl Willis (sportsman)
Carl Willis was an Australian sportsman who played Australian rules football with South Melbourne and University in the Victorian Football League as well as first-class cricket for Victoria....

 
Vic 26 RH Bat 35 2103 (42.06) 17
Charles Winning NSW 29 RH Bat, RH Medium 28 253 (14.06) 67 (23.96) 22

#Age at the beginning of first match in England
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK