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Test Cricket Tours - England to Australia 1990-91

 

Tour of  Australia 1990-91             Captain : Graham Gooch                

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

England’s 71st Test tour


(October 1990 –

                  February 1991)

 

35th Test-playing tour of Australia by England

   (previous tour 1987-88)

       

 

 

A feature of the tour was that England suffered almost ceaseless injury problems. Gooch, Lamb, Morris, Hemmings, Small and Fraser were all unable to play for lengthy periods and Lewis was forced to return home early. Only three reinforcements were required and Morris was sent back home after appearing in only two minor matches.

All the same the injuries played their part in disrupting the team, as did the incident of the ‘Tiger Moth’ flight by David Gower and John Morris at Carrara, for which they were fined £1000 . Gooch was ruled out of the opening Test match and after losing at Brisbane, England were never competitive, batting poorly (notable exceptions were two sparkling centuries from David Gower) and, as Gooch said, “We fielded so poorly that the crowd began laughing at us”. The Test series ended in a three-nil defeat.

Nor were England able to reach the final of the one-day tri-series with New Zealand in the middle of the Ashes series. At the end of the tour Gooch criticised the commitment and attitude of some players.

 

 

Other England tours

 

Previous Test tour

West Indies 1989-90

 

Next Test tour

New Zealand 1991-92

 

 

Next tour of  Australia

1994-95

 

 

 

 

Members of the Test tour party (16  +  3)

 

 

Opening batsmen:  Wayne Larkins, Mike Atherton, Graham Gooch

Middle-order batsmen David Gower, Allan Lamb, John Morris, Robin Smith, Alec Stewart

Wicket-keeper: Jack Russell

Slow bowlers: Eddie Hemmings, Phil Tufnell

Fast bowlers: Martin Bicknell, Angus Fraser, Chris Lewis, Devon Malcolm, Gladstone Small.

 

 

 

M A Atherton

La

22

RHB opener

 

M P Bicknell

Sy

21

RFM

 

A R C Fraser

Mx

25

RFM

 

G A Gooch

Ex

37

RHB          captain

 

D I Gower

Ha

33

LHB

 

E E Hemmings

Nt

41

OB

 

A J Lamb

Nth

36

RHB           vice- captain

 

W N Larkins

Nth

36

RHB opener

 

C C Lewis

Le

22

RFM

 

D E Malcolm

Dy

27

RF

 

J E Morris

Dy

26

RHB

 

R C Russell

Gs

27

WK

 

G C Small

Wk

28

RFM

 

R A Smith

Ha

27

RHB

 

A J Stewart

Sy

27

RHB            second WK

 

P R C Tufnell

Mx

24

SLA

 

 

 

 

 

  

County representation:

 

Dy – Derbyshire (2)

Ex  -  Essex (1)

Gs - Gloucestershire (1)

Ha - Hampshire (2)

La - Lancashire (1)

Le -  Leicestershire (1)

Mx - Middlesex (2)

Nth - Northamptonshire (2)

Nt - Nottinghamshire (1)

Sy - Surrey (2)

Wk - Warwickshire (1)

 

 

 

  

Average age of  team at time of first Test match

(23 November 1990): 

   29 yrs  4 months.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Test Appearances made before the tour

 

Gower 109,   Gooch 81,  Lamb 67,  Smith 18,  DeFreitas 17,  Russell 17,  Hemmings 15,  Small 13,  Malcolm 11,  Larkins 10,  Atherton 8,  Fraser 8,  Stewart 7,  Lewis 3,  Morris, J. 3,  Newport 2,  Bicknell 0,  Tufnell 0,  Morris, H. 0.

 

 

 

 

 

Tour Officials

 

Peter Lush

Tour Manager

Micky Stewart

Cricket Manager

Laurie Brown

Physiotherapist

Clem Driver

Scorer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selectors

 

Ted Dexter (chairmanof selectors),  Micky Stewart (coach)  and Graham Gooch (captain).

 

 

 

 

 

Selection

 

Unavailable:  Ian Botham was asked whether available but apparently did not reply.

Tour Party Announced  : on   September 1990. 

Not selected: 

Withdrawn:.

 

Time between selection and departure from England

   x days

 (September - 18 October)

 

 

 

 

Travel

London  Q  Perth

 

 

Pre-tour Training was held at Lilleshall between 9-11 October.  The TCCB was displeased that members of the team had earlier appeared two exhibition matches in New York and Toronto. 

The players missed a last evening at home as they assembled at the Excelsior Hotel the night before their flight out... but it was so that Graham Gooch could be surprised as the subject of This is Your Life before flying from Heathrow Airport the next day, on 18 October 1990.

Arrived in Perth on

 

Time spent in Australia

    days

(19 October -  6 February)

 

 

 

On-tour selection panel

 

Graham Gooch (captain),  Micky Stewart (cricket manager),  Peter Lush (tour manager) and Allan Lamb (vice-captain)

 

 

 

 

 

Reinforcements

 

H Morris

Gm

30

LHB opener

 

 

Hugh Morris was called up to cover for Gooch whose finger injury turned septic - Morris returned to England on 3 January to take up the England A team captaincy. Allan Lamb missed the 2nd and 3rd Tests with a calf injury.

 

P A J DeFreitas

La

26

RFM

 

 

Phil DeFreitas was drafted in when Gladstone Small was unfit, Chris Lewis having gone home earlier with a stress fracture of the back.

 

P J Newport

Wo

 28

RFM

 

 

Philip Newport flew in from the England ‘A’ team tour of Sri Lanka after Angus Fraser injured his hip.

 

 

 

 

 

Fixtures/Results

 

a

† Lilac Hill

WA President’s XI

Won 6 w

b

† Geraldton

WA Country XI

Drawn

c

† Perth

WA Invitation XI

Lost 3 w

d

Perth

Western Australia

Drawn

e

† Port Pirie

South Australia Country XI

Won 111 r

f

Adelaide

South Australia

Lost 6 w

g

† Hobart

Tasmania

Won 8 w

h

Hobart

Australian XI

Drawn

i

BRISBANE

AUSTRALIA  First Test

LOST 10 w

j

† Adelaide

Australian Academy

Won 5 w

k

† Adelaide

Australian Academy

Won 150 r

l

§ Adelaide

New Zealand  (1st ODI)

Lost 7 r

m

† Canberra

Prime Minister’s XI

Lost 31 r

n

§Perth

New Zealand (2nd ODI)

Won 4 w

o

§  Perth

Australia (3rd ODI)

Lost 6 w

p

† Bowral

Bradman Invitation XII

Lost 7 w

q

§ Sydney

New Zealand (4th ODI)

Won 33 r

r

§ Brisbane

New Zealand (5th ODI)

Lost 8 w

s

§Brisbane

Australia (6th ODI)

Lost 37 r

t

Ballarat

Victoria

Drawn

u

MELBOURNE

AUSTRALIA  Second Test

LOST 8 w

v

§ Sydney

Australia (7th ODI)

Lost 68 r

w

SYDNEY

AUSTRALIA  Third Test

DRAWN

x

§Melbourne

Australia (8th ODI)

Lost 3 r

y

Albury

New South Wales

Lost 6 w

z

Carrara

Queensland

Won 10 w

a’

ADELAIDE

AUSTRALIA  Fourth Test

DRAWN

b’

PERTH

AUSTRALIA  Fifth Test

LOST 9 w

 

 

 

 

c’

§ Christchurch

New Zealand (1st ODI)

Won 14 r

d’

§ Wellington

New Zealand (2nd ODI)

Lost 9 r

e’

§ Auckland

New Zealand (3rd ODI)

Lost 7 r

 

 

 

† not first-class

§  one-day internationals (Benson & Hedges World Series Cup) and (Bank of New Zealand series)

 

Time spent in Australia before First Test:

   2 days

(October - 23 November)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Test appearances on tour

 

5  -   Atherton,  Gower,  Malcolm,  Smith,  Stewart

4  -   Gooch,  Small,  Tufnell

3  -   DeFreitas,  Fraser,  Lamb,  Larkins,  Russell

1  -   Hemmings,  Lewis,  Newport

0  -   Bicknell,  H Morris,  J Morris.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Match appearances

 

 

 

 

T  Test match

o  one-day international 

x other match 

  played for opposition

 

 

W won  L lost  D drawn  

N no result   A abandoned  

u unknown result

 

 

 

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

n

o

p

q

r

s

t

u

v

w

x

y

z

a

b

 

c

d

e

M Atherton

x

x

 

x

x

x

x

x

T

x

x

o

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

x

T

o

T

 

x

x

T

T

 

o

o

o

M Bicknell

x

 

x

 

x

x

x

 

 

x

x

 

x

o

o

x

o

 

o

x

 

 

 

o

x

x

 

 

 

o

o

 

A Fraser

x

 

x

x

x

 

x

x

T

 

x

o

x

o

o

 

o

o

o

 

T

o

 

o

 

 

T

 

 

o

o

o

G Gooch

 

x

x

x

x

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

o

o

o

x

T

o

T

o

 

x

T

T

 

o

o

o

D Gower

x

x

 

x

x

x

x

x

T

x

 

o

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

T

 

T

o

 

x

T

T

 

o

o

o

E Hemmings

 

x

x

 

x

x

x

 

 

x

x

o

 

 

 

 

o

 

o

 

 

o

T

 

x

 

 

 

 

o

 

 

A Lamb

x

x

x

x

 

 

x

x

T

x

x

o

x

o

o

x

o

o

o

x

 

 

 

 

x

x

T

T

 

o

o

o

W Larkins

x

x

x

 

x

x

x

x

T

 

 

 

x

o

o

x

o

o

o

 

T

o

T

o

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C Lewis

x

x

x

x

 

x

x

 

T

x

x

o

 

o

o

x

o

o

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D Malcolm

 

x

 

x

 

x

 

x

T

x

 

o

x

 

 

x

 

o

 

x

T

 

T

 

 

x

T

T

 

 

 

 

J Morris

x

 

 

x

x

x

 

 

 

 

x

o

x

o

o

x

o

o

o

 

 

o

 

o

x

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

J Russell

 

x

x

x

 

x

 

x

T

x

 

o

 

o

o

 

 

 

 

x

T

 

T

 

 

x

 

 

 

o

o

o

G Small

x

x

x

x

 

 

x

x

T

x

 

o

x

o

o

 

 

 

 

x

 

o

T

o

x

x

T

T

 

 

 

o

R Smith

 

x

x

x

x

 

x

x

T

x

x

o

x

o

o

x

o

o

o

x

T

o

T

o

x

x

T

T

 

o

o

o

A Stewart

x

 

x

 

x

x

x

x

T

x

x

 

x

o

o

x

o

o

o

x

T

o

T

o

x

 

T

T

 

o

o

o

P Tufnell

x

 

 

 

x

 

 

x

 

 

x

 

x

o

o

x

o

o

o

x

T

o

T

o

x

x

T

T

 

 

o

o

H Morris

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P DeFreitas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

o

o

 

T

o

 

o

x

 

T

T

 

o

o

o

P Newport

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T

 

 

 

 

 RESULTS

W

D

L

D

W

L

W

D

L

W

W

L

L

W

L

L

W

L

L

D

L

L

D

L

L

W

D

L

 

W

L

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Highlights

 

  T

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tour Summary

 

 

 F

W

L

D

Aban

Test Matches

  5

0

  3

2

-

Other first-class matches

  6

1

  2

3

-

Minor matches

  9

5

  3

1

-

§  One-day internationals

11

3

  8

0

-

All Matches

31

9

18

6

-

 

 

 

 

F  Fixtures   W  Won   L  Lost   D Drawn   T  Tied  Canc  Cancelled  Aban  abandoned

 

 

 

 

Return to England

 

Auckland  Q Heathrow

 

 

Chris Lewis returned home early with a back injury.

Left Australia on approx 6 February, some players returning from Perth to London.

Flew to New Zealand to play three ODIs for the New Zealand Bank trophy.

Leaving Auckland on 17 February, England flew in to Heathrow Airport, almost unnoticed, on Monday 18 February 1991.

 

 

 

Time away from England

  123 days  

(18 October - 18 February)

 

 

 

 

Accounts of the tour

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Postscript

 

David Gower was not necessarily the player who Graham Gooch had in mind when he accused some of his team of poor attitude and commitment. But Gower’s airy swish at the last ball before lunch in Adelaide, which was caught by the man obviously placed there for the catch, seemed to be the last straw and meant that there was no place for him in England’s Test side for the start of the series against West Indies in 1991. He divided opinion as someone who could not subscribe to the hard graft ethic of Gooch and Micky Stewart  yet a batsman who could turn out Test centuries such as at Melbourne and Sydney.

 

 

 




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