https://citizendium.org/wiki/index.php?title=International_cricket_tours_of_Great_Britain&feed=atom&action=historyInternational cricket tours of Great Britain - Revision history2024-03-29T11:14:39ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.5https://citizendium.org/wiki/index.php?title=International_cricket_tours_of_Great_Britain&diff=731430&oldid=previmported>John Leach: subpages2020-11-17T07:59:47Z<p>subpages</p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''International cricket tours of Great Britain''' began in 1868 when a team of Australian Aboriginals visited. In 1878, the first tour by a first-class [[Australia (cricket)|Australian team]] took place. Tours of England up to the [[First World War]] tended to occur every two or three seasons with Australia at that time the most frequent visitor. As [[Test cricket]] expanded, the number of tours increased till, by the start of the [[Second World War]], there was one visiting team playing Test cricket against [[England (cricket)|England]] every season. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''International cricket tours of Great Britain''' began in 1868 when a team of Australian Aboriginals visited. In 1878, the first tour by a first-class [[Australia (cricket)|Australian team]] took place. Tours of England up to the [[First World War]] tended to occur every two or three seasons with Australia at that time the most frequent visitor. As [[Test cricket]] expanded, the number of tours increased till, by the start of the [[Second World War]], there was one visiting team playing Test cricket against [[England (cricket)|England]] every season. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''International cricket tours of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">England</del>''' began in 1868 when a team of Australian Aboriginals visited. In 1878, the first tour by <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </del>[[Australia (cricket)|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Australia</del>]] took place. Tours of England up to the [[First World War]] tended to occur every two or three seasons with Australia at that time the most frequent visitor. As [[Test cricket]] expanded, the number of tours increased till, by the start of the [[Second World War]], there was one visiting team playing Test cricket against [[England (cricket)|England]] every season. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''International cricket tours of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Great Britain</ins>''' began in 1868 when a team of Australian Aboriginals visited. In 1878, the first tour by <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a first-class </ins>[[Australia (cricket)|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Australian team</ins>]] took place. Tours of England up to the [[First World War]] tended to occur every two or three seasons with Australia at that time the most frequent visitor. As [[Test cricket]] expanded, the number of tours increased till, by the start of the [[Second World War]], there was one visiting team playing Test cricket against [[England (cricket)|England]] every season. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The last time that an English season featured no Test cricket, apart from wartime, was in 1927 when, although [[New Zealand (cricket)|New Zealand]] visited, they had not yet begun to play Tests. A technical exception to this statement is 1970 when [[South Africa (cricket)|South Africa]] cancelled a scheduled tour and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was </del>replaced by a [[Rest of the World (cricket)|Rest of the World XI]] which played a series of unofficial Tests against England.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The last time that an English season featured no Test cricket, apart from wartime, was in 1927 when, although [[New Zealand (cricket)|New Zealand]] visited, they had not yet begun to play Tests. A technical exception to this statement is 1970 when [[South Africa (cricket)|South Africa]] cancelled a scheduled tour and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">were </ins>replaced by a [[Rest of the World (cricket)|Rest of the World XI]] which played a series of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">then official, but later </ins>unofficial<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>Tests against England.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''International cricket tours of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Great Britain</del>''' began in 1868 when a team of Australian Aboriginals visited. In 1878, the first tour by the [[Australia (cricket)|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">full Australian team</del>]] took place. Tours up to the [[First World War]] tended to occur every two or three seasons with Australia at that time the most frequent visitor. As [[Test cricket]] expanded, the number of tours increased till, by the start of the [[Second World War]], there was one visiting team playing Test cricket against [[England (cricket)|England]] every season. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''International cricket tours of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">England</ins>''' began in 1868 when a team of Australian Aboriginals visited. In 1878, the first tour by the [[Australia (cricket)|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Australia</ins>]] took place. Tours <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of England </ins>up to the [[First World War]] tended to occur every two or three seasons with Australia at that time the most frequent visitor. As [[Test cricket]] expanded, the number of tours increased till, by the start of the [[Second World War]], there was one visiting team playing Test cricket against [[England (cricket)|England]] every season. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The last time that <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a domestic </del>season featured no Test cricket, apart from wartime, was in 1927 when, although [[New Zealand (cricket)|New Zealand]] visited, they had not yet begun to play Tests. A technical exception to this statement is 1970 when <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a scheduled tour by </del>[[South Africa (cricket)|South Africa]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was </del>cancelled and replaced by a [[Rest of the World <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">XI </del>(cricket)|Rest of the World XI]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">who </del>played a series of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">what are now </del>unofficial Tests against England. In recent years, there has been a tendency for two teams to visit in the same season and less of a tendency to actually "tour" the country as the number of matches played by tourists against the county sides has been drastically reduced in the interests of staging more [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Limited Overs Internationals</del>]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The last time that <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">an English </ins>season featured no Test cricket, apart from wartime, was in 1927 when, although [[New Zealand (cricket)|New Zealand]] visited, they had not yet begun to play Tests. A technical exception to this statement is 1970 when [[South Africa (cricket)|South Africa]] cancelled <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a scheduled tour </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was </ins>replaced by a [[Rest of the World (cricket)|Rest of the World XI]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">which </ins>played a series of unofficial Tests against England.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''International cricket tours of Great Britain''' began in 1868 when a team of Australian Aboriginals visited. In 1878, the first tour by the [[Australia (cricket)|full Australian team]] took place. Tours <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of England </del>up to the [[First World War]] tended to occur every two or three seasons with Australia at that time the most frequent visitor. As [[Test cricket]] expanded, the number of tours increased till, by the start of the [[Second World War]], there was one visiting team playing Test cricket against [[England (cricket)|England]] every season. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''International cricket tours of Great Britain''' began in 1868 when a team of Australian Aboriginals visited. In 1878, the first tour by the [[Australia (cricket)|full Australian team]] took place. Tours up to the [[First World War]] tended to occur every two or three seasons with Australia at that time the most frequent visitor. As [[Test cricket]] expanded, the number of tours increased till, by the start of the [[Second World War]], there was one visiting team playing Test cricket against [[England (cricket)|England]] every season. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''International cricket tours of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">England</del>''' began in 1868 when a team of Australian Aboriginals visited. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </del>In 1878, the first tour by the [[Australia <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">national </del>cricket team]] took place. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </del>Tours of England up to the [[First World War]] tended to occur every two or three seasons with Australia at that time the most frequent visitor. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </del>As [[Test cricket]] expanded, the number of tours increased till, by the start of the [[Second World War]], there was one visiting team playing Test cricket against [[England <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">national </del>cricket <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">team</del>|England]] every season. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''International cricket tours of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Great Britain</ins>''' began in 1868 when a team of Australian Aboriginals visited. In 1878, the first tour by the [[Australia <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(</ins>cricket<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">)|full Australian </ins>team]] took place. Tours of England up to the [[First World War]] tended to occur every two or three seasons with Australia at that time the most frequent visitor. As [[Test cricket]] expanded, the number of tours increased till, by the start of the [[Second World War]], there was one visiting team playing Test cricket against [[England <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(</ins>cricket<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">)</ins>|England]] every season. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The last time that <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">an English </del>season featured no Test cricket, apart from wartime, was in 1927 when, although [[New Zealand <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">national </del>cricket <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">team</del>|New Zealand]] visited, they had not yet begun to play Tests. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </del>A technical exception to this statement is 1970 when [[South Africa <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">national </del>cricket <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">team</del>|South Africa]] cancelled <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a scheduled tour </del>and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was </del>replaced by a [[Rest of the World cricket <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">team</del>|Rest of the World XI]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">which </del>played a series of unofficial Tests against England.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The last time that <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a domestic </ins>season featured no Test cricket, apart from wartime, was in 1927 when, although [[New Zealand <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(</ins>cricket<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">)</ins>|New Zealand]] visited, they had not yet begun to play Tests. A technical exception to this statement is 1970 when <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a scheduled tour by </ins>[[South Africa <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(</ins>cricket<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">)</ins>|South Africa]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was </ins>cancelled and replaced by a [[Rest of the World <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">XI (</ins>cricket<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">)</ins>|Rest of the World XI]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">who </ins>played a series of unofficial Tests against England. In recent years, there has been a tendency for two teams to visit in the same season and less of a tendency to actually "tour" the country as the number of matches played by tourists against the county sides has been drastically reduced in the interests of staging more [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Limited Overs Internationals</ins>]].</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In recent years, there has been a tendency for two teams to visit <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">England </del>in the same season and less of a tendency to actually "tour" the country as the number of matches played by tourists against the county sides has been drastically reduced in the interests of staging more [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">limited overs cricket|limited overs internationals</del>]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Australia remains the biggest attraction because of [[The Ashes]], which is Test cricket's most prestigious series. The Ashes are contested in England every four years, with the next one due in 2013. England always visits Australia for one return series during the interim period.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
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