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Español1850-51 TO 1875-76 AUSTRALIAN CRICKET SEASONS
(Redirected from 1861-62 Australian cricket season)
The origins of cricket in Australia are described in History of Australian cricket to 1850. In the 1850-51 Australian summer season, major cricket began with a match in Tasmania, which was still called Van Diemen's Land until 1856, between teams representing Van Diemen's Land and the southern part of New South Wales that became Victoria. In cricketing terms the two sides are always referred to as Tasmania and Victoria, the match being their collective debuts in major cricket.
Cricket was already a very popular sport in Australia, especially in the south-eastern colonies and it was not long before a New South Wales team became first-class. Although it was impossible due to travel constraints to arrange major matches between the colonies in every season, there was a steady rate of growth. This received a considerable boost when English teams began arriving in the colonies in 1861-62 and a significant boost when the legendary WG Grace himself arrived in 1873-74.
By 1876, standards in Australia had become very high indeed especially with the emergence of a world-class bowler like Fred Spofforth. Australia was now ready to oppose England on level terms.
The 1850-51 Australian cricket season featured major cricket with a match involving Victoria and Tasmania.
Tasmania won by 3 wickets against Victoria at North Tasmania Cricket Ground, Launceston.
See also: season review in CricketArchive
The 1851-52 Australian cricket season featured major cricket with a match involving Victoria and Tasmania.
Victoria won by 61 runs against Tasmania at Emerald Hill, Melbourne
See also: season review in CricketArchive
The 1852-53 Australian cricket season featured no major matches. Victoria and Tasmania were unable to arrange a fixture as in the previous two seasons. Club cricket matches were played in most of the colonies.
See also: season review in CricketArchive
The 1853-54 Australian cricket season featured major cricket with a match involving Victoria and Tasmania.
Tasmania defeated Victoria by 8 wickets at Launceston.
See also: season review in CricketArchive
The 1854-55 Australian cricket season featured no major matches. Victoria and Tasmania were unable to arrange a fixture as in the previous two seasons. Club cricket matches were played in most of the colonies.
See also: season review in CricketArchive
The 1855-56 Australian cricket season featured major cricket with a match involving New South Wales and Victoria
New South Wales defeated Victoria by 3 wickets in the inaugural major match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
See also: season review in CricketArchive
The 1856-57 Australian cricket season featured major cricket with a match involving New South Wales and Victoria
New South Wales defeated Victoria by 65 runs in the inaugural major match at the The Domain, Sydney.
See also: season review in CricketArchive
The 1857-58 Australian cricket season featured three major matches involving New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania
Victoria played in all three matches and won them. They defeated New South Wales by 171 runs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and then defeated Tasmania twice: at Launceston by an innings and 20 runs; and at Hobart by 69 runs.
See also: season review in CricketArchive
The 1858-59 Australian cricket season featured major cricket with a match involving New South Wales and Victoria
Victoria defeated New South Wales by 2 wickets at the The Domain, Sydney
See also: season review in CricketArchive
The 1859-60 Australian cricket season featured major cricket with a match involving New South Wales and Victoria
Victoria defeated New South Wales by 69 runs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
See also: season review in CricketArchive
The 1860-61 Australian cricket season featured major cricket with a match involving New South Wales and Victoria
Victoria defeated New South Wales by 21 runs at the The Domain, Sydney
See also: season review in CricketArchive
The 1861-62 Australian cricket season featured major cricket with a match involving New South Wales and Victoria
Victoria defeated New South Wales by 10 wickets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
The inaugural English tour of Australia was organised by Messrs Spiers & Pond. Led by HH Stephenson, the English team was a great success that inspired later tours. In January 1862, it played a match on the Sydney Domain; the Secretary for Lands, John Robertson controversially allowed the promoters to charge admission to the public while arranging a free stand for parliamentarians.[1]
See also: season review in CricketArchive
The 1862-63 Australian cricket season featured major cricket with a match involving New South Wales and Victoria
New South Wales defeated Victoria by 84 runs at the The Domain, Sydney
See also: season review in CricketArchive
The 1863-64 Australian cricket season featured no major matches. New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania were unable to arrange fixtures as in previous seasons. Club cricket matches were played in most of the colonies.
The Melbourne Cricket Club organised a tour by an English team under the captaincy of George Parr, which also visited New Zealand. The English team played 16 matches in all but none were first-class.
See also: season review in CricketArchive
The 1864-65 Australian cricket season featured no major matches. New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania were unable to arrange fixtures as in previous seasons. Club cricket matches were played in most of the colonies.
See also: season review in CricketArchive
The 1865-66 Australian cricket season featured major cricket with a match involving New South Wales and Victoria
Victoria defeated New South Wales by an innings and 20 runs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
See also: season review in CricketArchive
The 1866-67 Australian cricket season featured major cricket with a match involving New South Wales and Victoria
New South Wales defeated Victoria by an innings and 13 runs at the The Domain, Sydney
See also: season review in CricketArchive
The 1867-68 Australian cricket season featured major cricket with a match involving New South Wales and Victoria
Victoria defeated New South Wales by 7 wickets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
See also: season review in CricketArchive
The 1868-69 Australian cricket season featured no major matches. New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania were unable to arrange fixtures as in previous seasons. Club cricket matches were played in most of the colonies.
See also: season review in CricketArchive
The 1869-70 Australian cricket season featured major cricket with a match involving New South Wales and Victoria
Victoria defeated New South Wales by 265 runs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
See also: season review in CricketArchive
The 1870-71 Australian cricket season featured major matches involving New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania
Victoria defeated Tasmania by 10 wickets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and then defeated New South Wales by 48 runs at the Albert Ground in Sydney
See also: season review in CricketArchive
The 1871-72 Australian cricket season featured major cricket with a match involving New South Wales and Victoria
Victoria defeated New South Wales by an innings and 26 runs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
See also: season review in CricketArchive
The 1872-73 Australian cricket season featured major matches involving New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania
Victoria defeated New South Wales at the Albert Ground in Sydney by 24 runs
Victoria defeated Tasmania by 7 wickets at Launceston
See also: season review in CricketArchive
The 1873-74 Australian cricket season featured no major matches. New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania were unable to arrange fixtures as in previous seasons. Club cricket matches were played in most of the colonies.
The Melbourne Cricket Club organised a tour by an English team under the captaincy of WG Grace, which played 15 matches in all but none were first-class.
See also: season review in CricketArchive
The 1874-75 Australian cricket season featured major matches involving New South Wales and Victoria
New South Wales defeated Victoria by 6 wickets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
New South Wales defeated Victoria at the Albert Ground in Sydney by 77 runs
See also: season review in CricketArchive
The 1875-76 Australian cricket season featured major matches involving New South Wales and Victoria
New South Wales defeated Victoria twice: at the Melbourne Cricket Ground by an innings and 1 run; and at the Albert Ground in Sydney by 195 runs
See also: season review in CricketArchive
★ ''Wisden Cricketers Almanack''
★ ''A History of Australian Cricket'' by Chris Harte
1. Robertson, Sir John (1816 - 1891)
The origins of cricket in Australia are described in History of Australian cricket to 1850. In the 1850-51 Australian summer season, major cricket began with a match in Tasmania, which was still called Van Diemen's Land until 1856, between teams representing Van Diemen's Land and the southern part of New South Wales that became Victoria. In cricketing terms the two sides are always referred to as Tasmania and Victoria, the match being their collective debuts in major cricket.
Cricket was already a very popular sport in Australia, especially in the south-eastern colonies and it was not long before a New South Wales team became first-class. Although it was impossible due to travel constraints to arrange major matches between the colonies in every season, there was a steady rate of growth. This received a considerable boost when English teams began arriving in the colonies in 1861-62 and a significant boost when the legendary WG Grace himself arrived in 1873-74.
By 1876, standards in Australia had become very high indeed especially with the emergence of a world-class bowler like Fred Spofforth. Australia was now ready to oppose England on level terms.
1850-51
The 1850-51 Australian cricket season featured major cricket with a match involving Victoria and Tasmania.
Tasmania won by 3 wickets against Victoria at North Tasmania Cricket Ground, Launceston.
See also: season review in CricketArchive
1851-52
The 1851-52 Australian cricket season featured major cricket with a match involving Victoria and Tasmania.
Victoria won by 61 runs against Tasmania at Emerald Hill, Melbourne
See also: season review in CricketArchive
1852-53
The 1852-53 Australian cricket season featured no major matches. Victoria and Tasmania were unable to arrange a fixture as in the previous two seasons. Club cricket matches were played in most of the colonies.
See also: season review in CricketArchive
1853-54
The 1853-54 Australian cricket season featured major cricket with a match involving Victoria and Tasmania.
Tasmania defeated Victoria by 8 wickets at Launceston.
See also: season review in CricketArchive
1854-55
The 1854-55 Australian cricket season featured no major matches. Victoria and Tasmania were unable to arrange a fixture as in the previous two seasons. Club cricket matches were played in most of the colonies.
See also: season review in CricketArchive
1855-56
The 1855-56 Australian cricket season featured major cricket with a match involving New South Wales and Victoria
New South Wales defeated Victoria by 3 wickets in the inaugural major match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
See also: season review in CricketArchive
1856-57
The 1856-57 Australian cricket season featured major cricket with a match involving New South Wales and Victoria
New South Wales defeated Victoria by 65 runs in the inaugural major match at the The Domain, Sydney.
See also: season review in CricketArchive
1857-58
The 1857-58 Australian cricket season featured three major matches involving New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania
Victoria played in all three matches and won them. They defeated New South Wales by 171 runs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and then defeated Tasmania twice: at Launceston by an innings and 20 runs; and at Hobart by 69 runs.
See also: season review in CricketArchive
1858-59
The 1858-59 Australian cricket season featured major cricket with a match involving New South Wales and Victoria
Victoria defeated New South Wales by 2 wickets at the The Domain, Sydney
See also: season review in CricketArchive
1859-60
The 1859-60 Australian cricket season featured major cricket with a match involving New South Wales and Victoria
Victoria defeated New South Wales by 69 runs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
See also: season review in CricketArchive
1860-61
The 1860-61 Australian cricket season featured major cricket with a match involving New South Wales and Victoria
Victoria defeated New South Wales by 21 runs at the The Domain, Sydney
See also: season review in CricketArchive
1861-62
The 1861-62 Australian cricket season featured major cricket with a match involving New South Wales and Victoria
Victoria defeated New South Wales by 10 wickets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
The inaugural English tour of Australia was organised by Messrs Spiers & Pond. Led by HH Stephenson, the English team was a great success that inspired later tours. In January 1862, it played a match on the Sydney Domain; the Secretary for Lands, John Robertson controversially allowed the promoters to charge admission to the public while arranging a free stand for parliamentarians.[1]
See also: season review in CricketArchive
1862-63
The 1862-63 Australian cricket season featured major cricket with a match involving New South Wales and Victoria
New South Wales defeated Victoria by 84 runs at the The Domain, Sydney
See also: season review in CricketArchive
1863-64
The 1863-64 Australian cricket season featured no major matches. New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania were unable to arrange fixtures as in previous seasons. Club cricket matches were played in most of the colonies.
The Melbourne Cricket Club organised a tour by an English team under the captaincy of George Parr, which also visited New Zealand. The English team played 16 matches in all but none were first-class.
See also: season review in CricketArchive
1864-65
The 1864-65 Australian cricket season featured no major matches. New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania were unable to arrange fixtures as in previous seasons. Club cricket matches were played in most of the colonies.
See also: season review in CricketArchive
1865-66
The 1865-66 Australian cricket season featured major cricket with a match involving New South Wales and Victoria
Victoria defeated New South Wales by an innings and 20 runs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
See also: season review in CricketArchive
1866-67
The 1866-67 Australian cricket season featured major cricket with a match involving New South Wales and Victoria
New South Wales defeated Victoria by an innings and 13 runs at the The Domain, Sydney
See also: season review in CricketArchive
1867-68
The 1867-68 Australian cricket season featured major cricket with a match involving New South Wales and Victoria
Victoria defeated New South Wales by 7 wickets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
See also: season review in CricketArchive
1868-69
The 1868-69 Australian cricket season featured no major matches. New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania were unable to arrange fixtures as in previous seasons. Club cricket matches were played in most of the colonies.
See also: season review in CricketArchive
1869-70
The 1869-70 Australian cricket season featured major cricket with a match involving New South Wales and Victoria
Victoria defeated New South Wales by 265 runs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
See also: season review in CricketArchive
1870-71
The 1870-71 Australian cricket season featured major matches involving New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania
Victoria defeated Tasmania by 10 wickets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and then defeated New South Wales by 48 runs at the Albert Ground in Sydney
See also: season review in CricketArchive
1871-72
The 1871-72 Australian cricket season featured major cricket with a match involving New South Wales and Victoria
Victoria defeated New South Wales by an innings and 26 runs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
See also: season review in CricketArchive
1872-73
The 1872-73 Australian cricket season featured major matches involving New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania
Victoria defeated New South Wales at the Albert Ground in Sydney by 24 runs
Victoria defeated Tasmania by 7 wickets at Launceston
See also: season review in CricketArchive
1873-74
The 1873-74 Australian cricket season featured no major matches. New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania were unable to arrange fixtures as in previous seasons. Club cricket matches were played in most of the colonies.
The Melbourne Cricket Club organised a tour by an English team under the captaincy of WG Grace, which played 15 matches in all but none were first-class.
See also: season review in CricketArchive
1874-75
The 1874-75 Australian cricket season featured major matches involving New South Wales and Victoria
New South Wales defeated Victoria by 6 wickets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
New South Wales defeated Victoria at the Albert Ground in Sydney by 77 runs
See also: season review in CricketArchive
1875-76
The 1875-76 Australian cricket season featured major matches involving New South Wales and Victoria
New South Wales defeated Victoria twice: at the Melbourne Cricket Ground by an innings and 1 run; and at the Albert Ground in Sydney by 195 runs
See also: season review in CricketArchive
References
★ ''Wisden Cricketers Almanack''
★ ''A History of Australian Cricket'' by Chris Harte
Notes
1. Robertson, Sir John (1816 - 1891)
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