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    • Source: Australian cricket team in England in 1926
    • England won the 1926 Ashes series against Australia, winning the last Test of the series after the first four matches were drawn.


      Test series summary




      = First Test

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      = Second Test

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      England's top five batsmen all passed 50 in their innings.


      = Third Test

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      = Fourth Test

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      = Fifth Test

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      England regained the Ashes by winning the final match. Because the series was at stake, the match was to be "timeless", i.e. played to a finish. Australia had a narrow first innings lead of 22. Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe took the score to 49–0 at the end of the second day, a lead of 27. Heavy rain fell overnight, and next day the pitch soon developed into a traditional sticky wicket. England seemed certain to be bowled out cheaply and to lose the match. In spite of the very difficult batting conditions, however, Hobbs and Sutcliffe took their partnership to 172 before Hobbs was out for exactly 100. Sutcliffe went on to make 161 and in the end England won the game comfortably.


      Ceylon


      As on some previous visits to England, the Australian team had a stopover en route in Colombo and played a one-day single-innings match against the Ceylon national team which at that time did not have first-class status. The Australians won by 37 runs.


      References




      External links


      Australia in England, 1926 at Cricinfo
      Australia to England 1926 at Test Cricket Tours website
      Australia in British Isles 1926 at CricketArchive website
      The 1926 Australian team on YouTube on Pathé News


      Annual reviews


      Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1927


      Further reading


      Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
      Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
      England v Australia: A compendium of Test cricket between the countries 1877-1968, by Ralph Barker & Irving Rosenwater, Batsford, 1969, ISBN 0-7134-0317-9.

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