The Australian cricket team played 31 first-class matches in England in 1893, including 3 Tests. One of the first-class matches was against the Oxford and Cambridge Universities Past and Present team in Portsmouth. In their first innings, the Australians scored 843 runs, with eight of their batsmen scoring half-centuries. This is the only instance in first-class cricket with eight half-centuries being scored in the same innings. Test series summary England won the Test series 1–0 with two matches drawn. First Test Second Test Third Test Ceylon As on previous voyages to England, the Australians had a stopover in Colombo and played a match on 5 April against a Ceylon team, which was drawn. References External links CricketArchive – tour summaries Annual reviews James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly) 1894 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1894 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 1893 in Australian cricket 1893 in English cricket 1893 in Ceylon International cricket competitions from 1888–89 to 1918 1893 1893 English cricket seasons in the 19th century Sri Lankan cricket seasons from 1880–81 to 1971–72 1893