Victory Tests
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The Victory Tests were a series of cricket matches played in England from 19 May to 22 August 1945, between a combined Australian Services XI and an English national side. The first match began less than two weeks after the end of World War II in Europe, and the matches were embraced by the public of England as a way to get back to their way of life from before the war.
The Victory 'Tests' | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 19 May 1945 – 22 August 1945 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Result | five match series drawn 2–2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The matches are known as the "Victory Tests", but they were never given Test match status by the participating Boards of Control, because the Australian Cricket Board feared their side was not strong enough to compete with a near Test-strength England, so the games only had first class status.[citation needed]
In all, the teams played five three-day matches, two of which were won by each side with one drawn. 367,000 people attended the matches at Lord's (three matches), Old Trafford and Bramall Lane (one each), with the final game at Lord's attracting a then-record 93,000 people for a single three-day match.