The England cricket team in Australia in 1884–85 was generally known as Alfred Shaw's XI after its main organiser. The team played 8 first-class matches, including the five matches in the Test series, winning 6 and losing 2.
Squads The party comprised 13 players, all of them professionals: Arthur Shrewsbury, Billy Barnes, William Attewell, William Scotton, Wilfred Flowers and Alfred Shaw (all Nottinghamshire); Billy Bates, Joe Hunter, Bobby Peel and George Ulyett (all Yorkshire); Johnny Briggs (Lancashire); Maurice Read (Surrey); and James Lillywhite (Sussex).
Australia's team for the second Test showed eleven changes as a result of the 1884 touring team (who had contested the 1st Test) demanding fifty per cent of the gate money for this match. This ended Jack Blackham's run as a player in each of Australia's first 17 Test matches.
Arthur Shrewsbury(c) Billy Barnes William Attewell William Scotton Wilfred Flowers Alfred Shaw Billy Bates Joe Hunter (wk) Bobby Peel George Ulyett Johnny Briggs Maurice Read James LillywhiteWilliam Murdoch(c) Alec Bannerman Percy McDonnell Henry Scott Jack Blackham (wk) George Giffen George Bonnor George Palmer Harry Boyle George Alexander William Cooper Sammy Jones Sam Morris Tom Horan (c) Billy Trumble Affie Jarvis (wk) Roland Pope Percy Marr Harry Musgrove Jack Worrall William Bruce William Robertson Hugh Massie (c) Edwin Evans Frank Walters
Matches
First Test
Second Test
Third Test
Fourth Test
Fifth Test
References
Bibliography Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1886