English cricket team in Australia in 1920-21

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The England and Marylebone Cricket Club tour of Australia between November 1920 and March 1921 included five Ashes Tests which were all won by Australia.

1st Test (Sydney) — Australia won by 377 runs - [1]
2nd Test (Melbourne) — Australia won by an innings and 91 runs - [2]
3rd Test (Adelaide) — Australia won by 119 runs - [3]
4th Test (Melbourne) — Australia won by 8 wickets - [4]
5th Test (Sydney) — Australia won by 9 wickets - [5]

The Australian team was led by Warwick Armstrong in his first season as the captain of the Australian team. Other team members included Charles Macartney, Herbie Collins, Warren Bardsley, Charles Kelleway, Jack Gregory, Johnny Taylor, Nip Pellew, Jack Ryder, Bert Oldfield and Arthur Mailey.

The England touring party included Johnny Douglas (captain), Jack Russell, Jack Hobbs, "Young" Jack Hearne, Patsy Hendren, Frank Woolley, Wilfred Rhodes, Bill Hitch, Abe Waddington, Ciss Parkin and Bert Strudwick.

The tour was the first Test status tour after the First World War. It followed tours by the Australian Imperial Forces cricket team tour which played a number first-class matches in England, South Africa and Australia immediately after the war. The previous Ashes series was the 1912 Triangular Tournament held in England that year.

The tour was also the first in which one side won all the Test matches. This feat was not repeated until the 2006-07 Ashes series, held in Australia, which was won by the Australian side captained by Ricky Ponting.