Australian cricket team in England in 1934

Australian cricket team in England in 1934
Australian cricket team in England in 1934
Date	8 June 1934 — 22 August 1934
Location	England
Result	Australia won the 5-Test series 2–1
England
Teams
England	Australia
Captains
RES Wyatt; (CF Walters deputised)	WM Woodfull
Most runs
M Leyland (478); CF Walters (401); H Sutcliffe (304)	DG Bradman (758); WH Ponsford (569); SJ McCabe (483)
Most wickets
H Verity (24); WE Bowes (19); K Farnes (10)	WJ O'Reilly (28); CV Grimmett (25); TW Wall (6)
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Australia won the 1934 Ashes series against England, winning two of the matches and losing one, with the other two tests drawn. The Australian tourists were captained by Bill Woodfull, while the home side were led by Bob Wyatt, with Cyril Walters deputising for Wyatt in the first Test.

In the second Test of the series at Lord's, known as Verity's Match, left-arm spinner Hedley Verity took 15 wickets in the match to hand England their only victory in a Lord's Ashes Test in the twentieth century. The last two Tests of the series were notable for the prodigious runscoring of Bill Ponsford and Donald Bradman, who shared partnerships of at 388 at Headingley (scoring 181 and 304 respectively) and 451 at the Oval (scoring 266 and 244 respectively) in Ponsford's final Test.