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.[1][2]
Test series summary
First Test
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- 6 December was taken as a rest day.
- CL Badcock, RH Robinson, MW Sievers and FA Ward (all AUS) made their Test debuts.
Second Test
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- 20 December was taken as a rest day.
Third Test
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- 3 January was taken as a rest day.
- Bradman's second innings was rated by Wisden as the best Test match innings of all time.[3]
Fourth Test
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- 31 January was taken as a rest day.
- RG Gregory (AUS) made his Test debut.
Fifth Test
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- 28 February was taken as a rest day.
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.[4]
At the end of the tour the team visited New Zealand, playing three first-class matches, but no Tests.[5]
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