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Australian cricket team in England in 1934

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Location
  
England

RES Wyatt (CF Walters deputised)
  
WM Woodfull

England
  
Australia

Date
  
8 June 1934 — 22 August 1934

Result
  
Australia won the 5-Test series 2–1

M Leyland (478) CF Walters (401) H Sutcliffe (304)
  
DG Bradman (758) WH Ponsford (569) SJ McCabe (483)

Australia won the 1934 Ashes series against England, winning two of the matches and losing one, with the other two tests drawn. The Australian tourists were captained by Bill Woodfull, while the home side were led by Bob Wyatt, with Cyril Walters deputising for Wyatt in the first Test.

Contents

In the second Test of the series at Lord's, known as Verity's Match, left-arm spinner Hedley Verity took 15 wickets in the match to hand England their only victory in a Lord's Ashes Test in the twentieth century. The last two Tests of the series were notable for the prodigious runscoring of Bill Ponsford and Donald Bradman, who shared partnerships of at 388 at Headingley (scoring 181 and 304 respectively) and 451 at the Oval (scoring 266 and 244 respectively) in Ponsford's final Test.

One-day: Ceylon v Australians

The Australians had a stopover in Colombo en route to England and played a one-day single-innings match there against the Ceylon national team, which at that time did not have Test status.

Annual reviews

  • Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1935
  • References

    Australian cricket team in England in 1934 Wikipedia