English cricket team in Australia in 1873–74
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An England cricket team toured Australia
in 1873-74. This was the third tour of Australia by an English team, the previous one being in 1863–64
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, James Bush (both Gloucestershire); William Oscroft
, Martin McIntyre (both Nottinghamshire); Harry Jupp
, James Southerton
, Richard Humphrey
, F H Boult (all Surrey); Andrew Greenwood
(Yorkshire); James Lillywhite
(Sussex); W R Gilbert (Middlesex). The party consisted of five amateurs and seven professionals.
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Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
in 1873-74. This was the third tour of Australia by an English team, the previous one being in 1863–64
English cricket team in Australia in 1863–64
An England cricket team toured Australia in 1863-64. This was the second tour of Australia by an English team, the first having been in 1861-62.-Squad:...
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Squad
The team was captained by W G Grace (Gloucestershire) who was joined by Fred GraceFred Grace
George Frederick Grace was the youngest of the three Grace brothers to play Test cricket for England.Although his elder brothers E. M. and W. G...
, James Bush (both Gloucestershire); William Oscroft
William Oscroft
William Oscroft was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1864 to 1882...
, Martin McIntyre (both Nottinghamshire); Harry Jupp
Harry Jupp
Henry Jupp was an English professional cricketer, who was the opening batsman for Surrey County Cricket Club from 1862 to 1881. Renowned for his defensive technique, Jupp was known as "Young Stonewaller"....
, James Southerton
James Southerton
James Southerton was a professional cricketer who played first-class cricket between 1854 and 1879....
, Richard Humphrey
Richard Humphrey
Richard Geoffrey Humphrey is a former English cricketer. Humphrey waa right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Hampstead, London....
, F H Boult (all Surrey); Andrew Greenwood
Andrew Greenwood
Andrew Greenwood was an English cricketer, who played in the first two cricket Tests. Greenwood was small in height, but a gutsy batsman, who was also noted for his fielding in the deep....
(Yorkshire); James Lillywhite
James Lillywhite
James Lillywhite was a first-class and Test cricketer and umpire. He was the first ever captain of the English cricket team in a Test match, captaining 2 Tests against Australia in 1876-77, losing the first, but winning the second.Lillywhite was born in Westhampnett in Sussex, the son of a...
(Sussex); W R Gilbert (Middlesex). The party consisted of five amateurs and seven professionals.
Tour
The team played 15 matches in Australia but none are recognised as a first-class fixtureFirst-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...
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Further reading
- Derek BirleyDerek BirleySir Derek Birley was an English educator and writer who had a strong interest in sport, especially cricket.He was educated at grammar school in Hemsworth, West Yorkshire, and at Queens' College, Cambridge University....
, A Social History of English Cricket, Aurum, 1999 - Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
- Simon RaeSimon RaeSimon Rae is a British poet, broadcaster, biographer and playwright who runs the Top Edge Productions theatre company. He won the Poetry Society's National Poetry Competition in 1999 and has also been awarded an Eric Gregory Award and a Southern Arts Literature Bursary and held Royal Literary Fund...
, W G Grace, Faber & Faber, 1999