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Joseph Darling CBE (21 November 1870 – 2 January 1946) was an Australian cricketer who played 34 Test matches as a specialist batsman between 1894 and 1905. As captain , he led Australia in a total of 21 Tests, winning seven and losing four.
Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979; Alan Gibson, Jackson's Year, Cassell, 1965; Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993; Ray Robinson, On Top Down Under, Cassell, 1975
Other notable innings that year for Darling included 88 and 52 against Tasmania, [172] and 121 against West Australia. [173] He also made a half century in the McDonald's Cup semi final. [174] South Australia won the Sheffield Shield at the end of the season. Darling's batting was a crucial part of the state's success. [175]
The Australia national cricket team toured South Africa as part of the 1902 season as they played in three test matches against South Africa.The tour was part of a home voyage from touring England with the national team making a one-month stopover via the Cape of Good Hope.
The first Test was the most eagerly anticipated match of the English summer, with 30,279 spectators watching it over the 3 days, though Stoddart and Briggs did not play. Rain on the 2 days before the match left the pitch slow, but it got steadily better and better, and was at its best on the last day, when England scored 137 to win by 7 wickets ...
A cricket team representing England toured Australia in the 1932–33 season. The tour was organised by the Marylebone Cricket Club and matches outside the Tests were played under the MCC name. The tour included five Test matches in Australia, and England won The Ashes by four games to one.
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The 1899 Australian tour saw Trumble score 1,183 runs and take 142 wickets; he was only the second Australian, after George Giffen, to score 1,000 runs and take 100 wickets in an English season as part of a touring team. [9] In the Test series, Trumble took 15 wickets at an average of 25.00 and made 232 runs at an average of 38.66.