English cricket team in Australia in 1907–08

The English cricket team in Australia in 1907–08 lost the Test series, and with it the Ashes, 4–1. They were handicapped by Arthur Jones, their captain, having to miss the first three Tests through illness. Frederick Fane led the side during Jones' absence.

Kenneth Hutchings scoring a hundred in addition to Gunn. Jack Hobbs made his England debut in the second Test, the only one which England won, scoring 83 and 28, and he had the next best average to Gunn. The bowling relied on Jack Crawford, Arthur Fielder and Sydney Barnes, who took 79 wickets between them.

Australia's batting was much superior to England's, with eight players averaging over 30 to England's three. Warwick Armstrong topped their batting averages, with 410 runs at 45.55. Jack Saunders took 31 wickets at 23.09, and five other bowlers contributed usefully, with between 10 and 14 wickets at an average of between 25 and 31.

England lost the first Test by only two wickets, and ought to have won the third. In the latter match, Clem Hill—coming in at number 9 in Australia's second innings because of an attack of influenza—made 160. He added 243 for the eighth wicket with "Roger" Hartigan (116), their partnership turning the match.

The tour was organised by the Marylebone Cricket Club and matches outside the Tests were played under the MCC name.

Test Matches

Match length: Timeless. Balls per over: 6. Series result: Australia won 4-1.

No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
96	13,14,16,17,18,19 Dec 1907	Monty Noble	Frederick Fane	Sydney Cricket Ground	AUS by 2 wkts
97	1,2,3,4,6,7 Jan 1908	Monty Noble	Frederick Fane	Melbourne Cricket Ground	ENG by 1 wkt
98	10,11,13,14,15,16 Jan 1908	Monty Noble	Frederick Fane	Adelaide Oval	AUS by 245 runs
99	7,8,10,11 Feb 1908	Monty Noble	Arthur Jones	Melbourne Cricket Ground	AUS by 308 runs
100	21,22,24,25,26,27 Feb 1908	Monty Noble	Arthur Jones	Sydney Cricket Ground	AUS by 49 runs

References

External links

, 1909 edition, "The MCC's team in Australia, 1907-08"Wisden Cricketers' Almanack

The Ashes

List of Ashes series (white – in England, yellow – in Australia)

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Non-Ashes Australia v England Test series

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Australia squad – Ashes 1907–08 (6th series win)

Noble (c) Armstrong Carter (†) Cotter Gregory Hartigan Hazlitt Hill Macartney McAlister O'Connor Ransford Saunders Trumper

England squad – Ashes 1907–08

Jones (c) Barnes Blythe Braund Crawford Denton Fane (c)* Gunn Hardstaff Hobbs Humphries (†) Hutchings Rhodes Young (†)

(c)* denotes acting captain for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Tests

International cricket tours of Australia

Test and LOI tours

Bangladesh	2003 2008 2018

England	1876–77 1878–79 1881–82 1882–83 1884–85 1886–87 1887–88 1891–92 1894–95 1897–98 1901–02 1903–04 1907–08 1911–12 1920–21 1924–25 1928–29 1932–33 1936–37 1946–47 1950–51 1954–55 1958–59 1962–63 1965–66 1970–71 1974–75 1977 1978–79 1979–80 1982–83 1986–87 1987–88 1990–91 1994–95 1998–99 2002–03 2006–07 2010–11 2013–14 2017–18

India	1947–48 1967–68 1977–78 1980–81 1985–86 1991–92 1999–2000 2003–04 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2015–16 2017-18 2019-20 2020 2022-23

New Zealand	1973–74 1980–81 1982–83 1985–86 1987–88 1989–90 1990–91 1993–94 1997–98 2001–02 2004–05 2008–09 2011–12 2015–16

Pakistan	1964–65 1972–73 1976–77 1978–79 1981–82 1983–84 1988–89 1989–90 1991–92 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 1999–2000 2002 2004–05 2009–10 2016–17 2019–20

South Africa	1910–11 1931–32 1952–53 1963–64 1971-72 (cancelled) 1993–94 1997–98 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2012–13 2014–15 2016-17

Sri Lanka	1982–83 1987–88 1989–90 1995–96 1998–99 2002–03 2004 2007–08 2010–11 2012–13 2018-19 2022-23

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Zimbabwe	1994–95 2000–01 2003–04

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World Cups	1992 2015

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Other tours

Afghanistan	2014

Australian Forces	1919–20 1945–46

English	1861–62 1863–64 1873–74 1902–03 1922–23 1929–30 1935–36 1979–80 1994–95 1998–99 2002–03 2006–07 2012–13

Fijian	1907–08 1959–60

Multi-national	1971–72 2005–06

New Zealand	1898–99 1913–14 1925–26 1927 1937–38 1953–54 1961–62 1967–68 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1974–75

PNG	2014

UAE	2014

English cricket team in Australia in 1907–08