MCC tour of Australia in 1974–75

The Marylebone Cricket Club tour of Australia in 1974-75 under the captaincy of Mike Denness was its sixteenth since it took official control of overseas tours in 1903-1904. The touring team played as England in the 1974-75 Ashes series against Australia, but as the MCC in all other games. In all there were 24 matches; 6 Test matches (which they lost 4-1), 9 other First Class matches (which they won 4-1), a One Day International, which they won, another one-day game, which they lost, and 8 minor matches (which they won 3-0).

The tourists flew to Sydney, where Mike Denness held a press conference, then flew on to Adelaide for net practice and their first matches. Here they also saw Dennis Lillee in his first match since his breakdown in 1973, taking 4/82 and 3/40 for Western Australia against South Australia. Frank Tyson noted that the tour was far more hectic than the old days when the team arrived by boat. Instead of having seven first class matches and a similar number of country matches before the First Test they now only had four first class matches, and few of the England players had time to accustom themselves to local conditions. Most of the party only had two games under their belt when they played Australia at the Gabba. Also the country games were no longer two-day occasions for relaxation, but were crammed into a 10-hour, one-day flying visit, which allowed little time to be feted by the locals or for the players to rest.

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