English cricket team in Australia in 1878–79
- English cricket team in Australia in 1878–79
Infobox cricket series
series= 1878-79 Australia v England Series
partof=
caption=
date= 2 January 1879 – 4 January 1879
place= Australia
result= The one match Test series was won by Australia
team1=
team2=
captain1= Dave Gregory
captain2= Lord Harris
runs1= Alick Bannerman (73)
Fred Spofforth (39)
runs2= Lord Harris (69)
Charlie Absolom (58)
wickets1= Fred Spofforth (13)
Frank Allan (4)
wickets2= Tom Emmett (7)
The English cricket team in Australia in 1878-79 was a private tour organised by Lord Harris. The team's match against Australia in January 1879 was retrospectively given Test Match status, making it the third such match and the third between Australia and England.
Harris' tour party arrived in Australia just two months after the touring Australians had returned from England. They were scheduled to play five tour matches, two each against New South Wales and Victoria and one against the combined Australians. Whilst in Sydney, the notorious Sydney Riot of 1879 occurred as a result of the tourists match against New South Wales.
The Test Match is "not" considered to be part of The Ashes.
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*Fred Spofforth became the first player to ever take a hat trick in test cricket.
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