Cricket
Events
- England tours Australia to play a Test series of three matches, England winning 2–1 and so regaining The Ashes for the first time.
England
- Champion County – Nottinghamshire
- Most runs – Walter Read 1573 @ 47.66 (HS 168)
- Most wickets – Ted Barratt 148 @ 15.90 (BB 8–28)
Australia
- Most runs – Alec Bannerman 434 @ 54.25 (HS 101*)
- Most wickets – Eugene Palmer 51 @ 11.52 (BB 7–65)
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