English cricket team in Australia in 1903–04


The English cricket team's tour to Australia in 1903–04 was the first time the Marylebone Cricket Club took over responsibility for sponsoring and arranging an overseas tour representing England. England had not won the Ashes since the 1896 series in England. The MCC appointed Plum Warner to put together and captain a team, which was very much seen as the underdogs against Australia. Warner and his team, however, pulled off the upset the English were looking for and won the five-Test series 3–2. In the first Test at Sydney, R.E. "Tip" Foster scored 287 to set the world record for the highest individual Test innings; the innings remains the highest by a Test debutant.

Test series

First Test

Second Test

Third Test

Fourth Test

Fifth Test

Tour matches

South Australia v M.C.C.

Victoria v M.C.C.

New South Wales v M.C.C.

Queensland v M.C.C.

Northern District XVIII v M.C.C.

Newcastle XV v M.C.C.

Melbourne Colts XVIII v M.C.C.

Bendigo and District XVIII v M.C.C.

Ballarat XVIII v M.C.C.

Tasmania v M.C.C.

Tasmania v M.C.C.

Victoria v M.C.C.

New South Wales v M.C.C.

Western District XV v M.C.C.

South Australia v M.C.C.

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