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Test matches in the period 1877 to 1883 were organised somewhat differently from international cricket matches today. All were between Australian and English sides, the teams were rarely representative, and the lengthy boat trip required was one that many cricketers (especially amateurs) were unable or unwilling to undertake.
This is a list of England Test cricketers. A Test match is an international two- innings per side cricket match between two of the leading cricketing nations. The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his Test cap by playing for the England cricket team .
1877 was the 91st season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club ... Since 1877 only Yorkshire in 1905 and 1935 has equalled this feat.
Wilfred Rhodes made the most appearances for England in Tests between 1877 and 1914. [1] The England cricket team represented England, Scotland and Wales in Test cricket. [a] England played Australia in the first ever Test match, which took place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in March 1877. Although four touring parties of English players had ...
10 April – the first human cannonball act in the British Isles (and perhaps the world) is performed by 17-year-old Rossa Matilda Richter ("Zazel") at the London Royal Aquarium. [3] 12 April – Britain annexes the South African Republic, violating the Sand River Convention of 1852 causing a new Xhosa War. [1]
Following the conclusion of the war, Ward returned to England where he played in a first-class cricket match for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Oxford University at Lord's in 1903. [5] Batting just once in a drawn match, Ward scored 8 runs in the MCC first innings before being dismissed by Adolph von Ernsthausen. [6]
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The 1876–77 international cricket season was from September 1876 to March 1877. [1] [2] This is the first international cricket season witnessed the first Test match between the hosts Australia and England. [3] The series consisted with two timeless Test matches tied 1–1. [4]