English cricket team in Australia in 1924–25
# English cricket team in Australia in 1924–25

Marylebone Cricket Club organised the England cricket team's tour of Australia in the 1924–25 season. Australia won the Ashes series 4–1.

## Test series summary

### First Test

* 19–27 December 1924 (Timeless Test) Scorecard
* Australia won by 193 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: AC Jones and AP Williams
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
* 21 and 25 December were taken as rest days.
* WH Ponsford, AJ Richardson and VY Richardson (AUS), and AP Freeman (ENG) made their Test debuts.

The first Test included a record 127 run tenth wicket partnership between Johnny Taylor and Arthur Mailey which stood as Australia's best for that wicket until Phillip Hughes and Ashton Agar set a new world record by scoring 163 for the tenth wicket against England in the First Test at Trent Bridge in July 2013.

### Second Test

* 1–8 January 1925 (Timeless Test) Scorecard
* Australia won by 81 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: RM Crockett and C Garing
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
* 4 January was taken as a rest day
* AEV Hartkopf (AUS) made his Test debut.

### Third Test

* 16–23 January 1925 (Timeless Test) Scorecard
* Australia won by 11 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: RM Crockett and DA Elder
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
* 18 January was taken as a rest day
* WW Whysall (ENG) made his Test debut.

### Fourth Test

* 13–18 February 1925 (Timeless Test) Scorecard
* England won by an innings and 29 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: RM Crockett and DA Elder
* England won the toss and elected to bat.
* 15 February was taken as a rest day.

### Fifth Test

* 27 February–4 March 1925 (Timeless Test) Scorecard
* Australia won by 307 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: RM Crockett and DA Elder
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
* 1 March was taken as a rest day
* AF Kippax and CV Grimmett (both AUS) made their Test debuts.

## Ceylon

The English team had a stopover in Colombo en route to Australia and played a one-day single-innings match there against the Ceylon national team, which at that time did not have Test status.

