English cricket team in Australia and New Zealand in 1878–79

Date	2 January 1879 – 4 January 1879
Location	Australia
Result	The one match Test series was won by Australia

1878-79 Australia v England Series
Date	2 January 1879 – 4 January 1879
Location	Australia
Result	The one match Test series was won by Australia
Teams
Australia	England
Captains
Dave Gregory	Lord Harris
Most runs
Alick Bannerman (73); Fred Spofforth (39)	Lord Harris (69); Charlie Absolom (58)
Most wickets
Fred Spofforth (13); Frank Allan (4)	Tom Emmett (7)

The English cricket team in Australia and New Zealand in 1878–79 was a private tour organised by the Melbourne Cricket Club and captained by Lord Harris. The team's match against Australia in January 1879 was retrospectively given Test Match status, making it the third Test ever and the third between Australia and England, though it was not part of The Ashes which began in 1882.

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 English team, which is sometimes referred to as Lord Harris' XI, also visited New Zealand where they played a single match in Christchurch. From there, they travelled home via the Pacific and the USA, stopping in Hoboken en route to play one further match there.^[1]

Squads

Australia	England
Dave Gregory (c) Jack Blackham (wk) Charles Bannerman Alick Bannerman Tom Garrett Frank Allan Harry Boyle Tom Horan Thomas Kelly Billy Murdoch Fred Spofforth	Lord Harris (c) Leland Hone (wk) George Ulyett Alfred Lucas Alexander Webbe Vernon Royle Alfred Hornby Francis MacKinnon Charlie Absolom Tom Emmett Sandford Schultz

Matches

Only Test

2–4 January 1879
Scorecard

England	v	Australia
113 (54 overs) Charlie Absolom 52 Fred Spofforth 6/48 (25 overs)		256 (159.3 overs) Alick Bannerman 73 Tom Emmett 7/68 (59 overs)
160 (68 overs) Lord Harris 36 Fred Spofforth 7/62 (35 overs)		0/19 (2.3 overs) Charles Bannerman 15*

Australia won by 10 wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: P. Coady (Aus) and George Coulthard (Aus)

Engand won the toss and elected to bat.
Frank Allan (Aus), Alick Bannerman (Aus), Harry Boyle (Aus), Charlie Absolom (Eng), Lord Harris (Eng), Leland Hone (Eng), A. N. Hornby (Eng), A. P. Lucas (Eng), Francis MacKinnon (Eng), Vernon Royle (Eng), Sandford Schultz (Eng) and A. J. Webbe (Eng) made their Test debut.

Records

Individual records

Most runs	Alick Bannerman	73
Most wickets	Fred Spofforth	13
Most catches (excluding wicket keepers)	Alexander Webbe / Vernon Royle / Tom Horan	2
Highest individual innings	Alick Bannerman	73
Best innings bowling	Fred Spofforth	7/62
Highest match total	Alick Bannerman	73
Best match bowling	Fred Spofforth	13

Team records

Best Innings	Australia	256 (1st Innings)
Worst Innings	England	113 (1st Innings)
Tosses Won	Australia	1 (of 1)

Other records

Fred Spofforth became the first player to ever take a hat trick in Test cricket.

References

↑ CricketArchive – tour itinerary. Retrieved 24 May 2014.

External links

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[1] CricketArchive – tour itinerary. Retrieved 24 May 2014.

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England	1876–77 1878–79 1881–82 1882–83 1884–85 1886–87 1887–88 1891–92 1894–95 1897–98 1901–02 1903–04 1907–08 1911–12 1920–21 1924–25 1928–29 1932–33 1936–37 1946–47 1950–51 1954–55 1958–59 1962–63 1965–66 1970–71 1974–75 1977 1978–79 1979–80 1982–83 1986–87 1987–88 1990–91 1994–95 1998–99 2002–03 2006–07 2010–11 2013–14 2017–18
India	1947–48 1967–68 1977–78 1980–81 1985–86 1991–92 1999–2000 2003–04 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2015–16 2017-18 2019-20 2020 2022-23
New Zealand	1973–74 1980–81 1982–83 1985–86 1987–88 1989–90 1990–91 1993–94 1997–98 2001–02 2004–05 2008–09 2011–12 2015–16
Pakistan	1964–65 1972–73 1976–77 1978–79 1981–82 1983–84 1988–89 1989–90 1991–92 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 1999–2000 2002 2004–05 2009–10 2016–17 2019–20
South Africa	1910–11 1931–32 1952–53 1963–64 1971-72 (cancelled) 1993–94 1997–98 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2012–13 2014–15 2016-17
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West Indies	1930–31 1951–52 1960–61 1968–69 1975–76 1979–80 1981–82 1984–85 1986–87 1988–89 1991–92 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 2000–01 2004–05 2005–06 2009–10 2012–13 2015–16 2019–20
Zimbabwe	1994–95 2000–01 2003–04
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World Cups	1992 2015
Tri-series	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15
Other tours
Afghanistan	2014
Australian Forces	1919–20 1945–46
English	1861–62 1863–64 1873–74 1902–03 1922–23 1929–30 1935–36 1979–80
Fijian	1907–08 1959–60
Multi-national	1971–72 2005–06
New Zealand	1898–99 1913–14 1925–26 1927–28 1937–38 1953–54 1961–62 1967–68 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1974–75
PNG	2014
UAE	2014
West Indies (WSC)	1977–78

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Australia	1945–46 1973–74 1976–77 1981–82 1985–86 1989–90 1992–93 1997–98 1999–2000 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2009–10 2015–16 2017–18
Bangladesh	1997–98 2001–02 2007–08 2009–10 2016–17
England	1929–30 1932–33 1936–37 1946–47 1950–51 1954–55 1958–59 1962–63 1965–66 1970–71 1974–75 1977–78 1983–84 1987–88 1991–92 1996–97 2001–02 2007–08 2012–13 2017–18 2019–20
India	1967–68 1975–76 1980–81 1989–90 1993–94 1998–99 2002–03 2008–09 2013–14 2018–19
Pakistan	1964–65 1972–73 1978–79 1984–85 1988–89 1992–93 1993–94 1995–96 2000–01 2003–04 2009–10 2010–11 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2019–20
South Africa	1931–32 1952–53 1963–64 1994–95 1998–99 2003–04 2011–12 2014–15 2016–17
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West Indies	1930–31 1951–52 1955–56 1968–69 1979–80 1986–87 1994–95 1999–2000 2005–06 2008–09 2013–14 2015–16 2017–18
Zimbabwe	1995–96 1997–98 2000–01 2011–12
Tournaments hosted
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Other tours
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Dutch	1987–88 1992–93
English	1863–64 1876–77 1878–79 1881–82 1887–88 1902–03 1906–07 1922–23 1935–36 1938–39 1960–61 1979–80
Fijian	1894–95 1947–48 1953–54 1961–62 1967–68 1977–78
Multi-national	1961–62 1978–79

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