English cricket team in Australia in 1974

The England national cricket team toured Australia in the 1974–75 season to play a six-match Test series against Australia for The Ashes. The tour was organised by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), and the team played its non-international matches as MCC. Australia won the Test series 4–1, and regained The Ashes.

Test series summary

1st Test at Brisbane Cricket Ground – Australia won by 166 runs^[1]
2nd Test at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground – Australia won by 9 wickets^[2]
3rd Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground – match drawn^[3]
4th Test at Sydney Cricket Ground – Australia won by 171 runs^[4]
5th Test at Adelaide Oval – Australia won by 163 runs^[5]
6th Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground – England won by an innings and 4 runs^[6]

References

↑ "Australia v England, 1st Test, 1974/75". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
↑ "Australia v England, 2nd Test, 1974/75". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
↑ "Australia v England, 3rd Test, 1974/75". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
↑ "Australia v England, 4th Test, 1974/75". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
↑ "Australia v England, 5th Test, 1974/75". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
↑ "Australia v England, 6th Test, 1974/75". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2026.

Bibliography

Harte, Chris (1993). A History of Australian Cricket. London: André Deutsch. ISBN 978-02-33988-25-2.
Preston, Norman, ed. (1976). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (113th ed.). London: Sporting Handbooks Ltd. ISBN 978-08-50200-50-8.
Ross, Gordon, ed. (1975). Playfair Cricket Annual (28th ed.). London: Queen Anne Press. ISBN 978-03-62002-26-3.

The Ashes

List of Ashes series

1850

													1884		1886				1888		1890		1893		1896		1899
												1882–83		1884–85		1886–87		1887–88				1891–92		1894–95		1897–98

1900

	1902		1905		1909		1912		World War I			1921		1926		1930		1934		1938		World War II			1948
1901–02		1903–04		1907–08		1911–12					1920–21		1924–25		1928–29		1932–33		1936–37					1946–47

1950

	1953		1956		1961		1964		1968		1972		1975		1977		1981		1985		1989		1993		1997
1950–51		1954–55		1958–59		1962–63		1965–66		1970–71		1974–75				1978–79		1982–83		1986–87		1990–91		1994–95		1998–99

2000

	2001		2005		2009		2013		2015		2019		2023		2027
		2002–03		2006–07		2010–11		2013–14		2017–18		2021–22		2025–26

Non-Ashes Australia v England Test series
1876–77 1878–79 1880 1881–82 1882 1945 1976–77 1979–80 1980 1987–88 2027

Matches in white background were played in England, yellow – in Australia.

International cricket tours of Australia

Test and LOI tours
Afghanistan	2021–22 (cancelled)
Bangladesh	2003 2008 2026
England	1876–77 1878–79 1881–82 1882–83 1884–85 1886–87 1887–88 1891–92 1894–95 1897–98 1901–02 1903–04 1907–08 1911–12 1920–21 1924–25 1928–29 1932–33 1936–37 1946–47 1950–51 1954–55 1958–59 1962–63 1965–66 1970–71 1974–75 1977 1978–79 1979–80 1982–83 1986–87 1987–88 1990–91 1994–95 1998–99 2002–03 2006–07 2010–11 2013–14 2017–18 2021–22 2022–23 2025–26 2026–27
India	1947–48 1967–68 1977–78 1980–81 1985–86 1991–92 1999–2000 2003–04 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2015–16 2018–19 2020–21 2024–25 2025–26
New Zealand	1973–74 1980–81 1982–83 1985–86 1987–88 1989–90 1993–94 1997–98 2001–02 2004–05 2008–09 2011–12 2015–16 2016–17 2019–20 2022–23 2026–27
Pakistan	1964–65 1972–73 1976–77 1978–79 1981–82 1983–84 1989–90 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 1999–2000 2002 2004–05 2009–10 2016–17 2019–20 2023–24 2024–25
South Africa	1910–11 1931–32 1952–53 1963–64 1971–72 (cancelled) 1993–94 1997–98 2000 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2012–13 2014–15 2016–17 2018–19 2022–23 2025
Sri Lanka	1987–88 1989–90 1995–96 2004 2007–08 2010–11 2012–13 2016–17 2018–19 2019–20 2021–22
West Indies	1930–31 1951–52 1960–61 1968–69 1975–76 1979–80 1981–82 1984–85 1988–89 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 2000–01 2005–06 2009–10 2012–13 2015–16 2020–21 2022–23 2023–24
Zimbabwe	1994–95 2003–04 2022

Tournaments hosted
World Cup	1992 2015
T20 World Cup	2022
Tri-series	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2017–18
Other multi-team tournaments	1985 1987

Other tours
Afghanistan	2014–15
Australian Forces	1919–20 1945–46
English	1861–62 1863–64 1873–74 1902–03 1922–23 1929–30 1935–36 1979–80
England Lions	2012–13 2021
Fijian	1907–08
Ireland	2014–15
Multi-national	1971–72 2005–06
Nepal	2023–24
New Zealand	1898–99 1913–14 1925–26 1927–28 1937–38 1953–54 1961–62 1967–68 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1974–75
PNG	2014–15
Scotland	2014–15
Sri Lanka	1982–83 2025
UAE	2014–15
World Series Cricket (West Indies & World XI)	1977–78 1978–79
Pakistan A	2024

§: Toured New Zealand as well as Australia