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Australia Win the Ashes in England — Joe Darling's First Series, Five-Test Tour, 1899

England v Australia

1899-08-15

The 1899 Ashes was the first Test series in England to consist of five matches rather than three. Australia, captained by Joe Darling on his first tour as skipper, won the only match decided — the second Test at Lord's by 10 wickets — and drew the other four to take the series 1-0. It was Australia's first Ashes win on English soil since 1882, and the launch series for Victor Trumper, Monty Noble, Hugh Trumble at his peak and Ernie Jones.

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Hugh Trumble's 12 for 89 — Australia's Off-Spinner Bowls Through a Losing Test, Oval August 1896

England v Australia

1896-08-10

On a damp Oval pitch in August 1896, Australia's off-spinner Hugh Trumble took 6 for 59 and 6 for 30 — match figures of 12 for 89 — yet finished on the losing side. Australia, set 111 to win, collapsed to 19 for 8 and were all out for 44, England winning the third Test and the series 2-1. Wisden called Trumble 'on all wickets distinctly the best bowler on the side'; the match remains one of cricket's most celebrated bowling efforts in defeat.

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F.S. Jackson's Test Debut — A Harrow All-Rounder Walks Into the England Side, Lord's July 1893

England v Australia

1893-07-17

Francis Stanley Jackson, a 22-year-old Cambridge captain and Harrow product, made his Test debut for England against Australia at Lord's in July 1893. He scored 91 in his only innings and took 4 wickets, an introduction so commanding that he was retained for every home Ashes Test for the next twelve years and would, in 1905, captain England to the most one-sided Ashes series of the era.

#fs-jackson#1893#lords