The England cricket team toured Australia in the 1936–37 season to play a five-match Test series against Australia for The Ashes. The tour was organised by the Marylebone Cricket Club and matches outside the Tests were played under the MCC name.
Australia won the series 3–2, having been 2–0 down, and therefore retained The Ashes. The 1936-37 Australia side are the only team to win a five-match series after losing the first two Tests, with Bradman being the only captain to win a five-match series after losing the first two Tests.
Test series summary
First Test
Second Test
Third Test
Fourth Test
Fifth Test
Ceylon and New Zealand
The English team had a stopover in Colombo en route to Australia and played a one-day single-innings match there against the Ceylon national team, which at that time did not have Test status.
At the end of the tour the team visited New Zealand, playing three first-class matches, but no Tests.
References
- Sources
- CricketArchive tour itinerary
- Annual reviews
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1937
- Further reading
- Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877–1978, Wisden, 1979
- Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
- Ray Robinson, On Top Down Under, Cassell, 1975
External links
- England in Australia, 1936-37 at Cricinfo
- Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia and New Zealand 1936/37 at CricketArchive
- England to Australia 1936-37 at Test Match Tours
