Shirt a Phobia

The England cricket team toured Australia in the 1946–47 season to play a five-match Test series against Australia for The Ashes. The tour was organised by the Marylebone Cricket Club and matches outside the Tests were played under the MCC name. The team went on to play further matches in New Zealand, including one Test match.

Australia won the series 3–0, with two matches drawn, and therefore retained The Ashes.

Test series summary

1st Test at Brisbane Cricket Ground – Australia won by an innings and 332 runs^[1]
2nd Test at Sydney Cricket Ground – Australia won by an innings and 33 runs^[2]
3rd Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground – match drawn^[3]
4th Test at Adelaide Oval – match drawn^[4]
5th Test at Sydney Cricket Ground – Australia won by 5 wickets^[5]

References

^ “Australia v England, 1st Test, 1946/47”. CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
^ “Australia v England, 2nd Test, 1946/47”. CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
^ “Australia v England, 3rd Test, 1946/47”. CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
^ “Australia v England, 4th Test, 1946/47”. CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
^ “Australia v England, 5th Test, 1946/47”. CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2026.

Bibliography

Harte, Chris (1993). A History of Australian Cricket. London: André Deutsch. ISBN 978-02-33988-25-2.
Preston, Hubert, ed. (1948). Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack (85th ed.). London: Sporting Handbooks Ltd. OCLC 851705816.
Robinson, Ray (1975). On Top Down Under. Australia: Cassell. ISBN 978-07-26973-64-2.
West, Peter, ed. (1948). Playfair Cricket Annual (1st ed.). London: Playfair Books Ltd. OCLC 21890859.

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
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
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

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References

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