1876-77 Australian cricket season
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The 1876-77 Australian cricket season featured no first-class matches between the colonies. New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania were unable to arrange fixtures as in previous seasons. Club cricket matches were played in most of the colonies.
Three first-class matches were played by an England touring team, led by James Lillywhite, which also visited New Zealand. This tour included the two earliest Test matches between Australia and England.
See also: English cricket team in Australia in 1876-77 and First English Test tour of Australia
[edit] Events
- First Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 15,16,17 and 19 March 1877. Australia won by 45 runs.
- Second Test match also at the MCG on 31 March,2,3 and 4 April 1877. England won by 4 wickets.
[edit] References
- Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians - various publications
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack
- A History of Australian Cricket by Chris Harte
- CricketArchive
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