It was in this series (1893) that the first player to pass 1,000 runs in test cricket occurred. Arthur Shrewsbury, by now a veteran of Test matches scored a Century in the first innings and 81 in the second, held at the home of cricket, Lords. Another event in the first test was the batting of newcomer Jackson, who scored 91 runs in a partnership of 137 runs with the aforementioned Shrewsbury. This partnership saw England reach a total of 334 runs for the innings. Another newcomer performed brilliantly in the bowling department for England , namely Bill Lockwood. He took 6 - 101 in his first match, and only Australian debutante Harry Graham offered any resistance by scoring a maiden test century (107). Graham walked to the crease with Australia on 5- 75 and eventually guided them to 269 all out. Rain spoiled the rest of the game and Stoddart who was captain for England (Grace injured and unavailable) had enough time to use the declaration law for the first time in Test history, ending their innings on 8 - 234 dec. First match - drawn.

The second match in the series was held at the Oval and turned out to be a special match for J.M. Read as he was awarded the match as a testimonial. Reid had retired early from cricket due to professional reasons, his Test career ending in the last test match. England batted well in the first innings as they made 483 in total, Jackson scoring 103, Stoddart, Shrewsbury, Grace, Ward and Read (WW not JM) all scoring half centuries. Lockwood in his second match helped England take the upper hand along with Briggs, with 9 wickets between the two, Australia collapsing for 91. Forced to follow on, Australia looked more comfortable and ended their innings with a score of 349 (Trott scoring 92). Unfortunately for the paying public it didn't help enough to avoid yet another innings defeat.

The third and final Test of the series was held at Old Trafford and it was to be Tom Richardson's Test, taking 10 wickets on his debut. Australia batted first and scored 204, Briggs again the wickets with another four. In reply England did marginally better by scoring 243, Gunn scoring 102. Australia struggled throughout their second innings and found themselves facing defeat when Turner and Blackham put on 36 for the last wicket. England requiring 198 to win decided not to push for the win as the series had already been won, and ended the match 4 - 118. There is no doubt that if it hadn't been for the Australian last pair taking up so much valuable time, England would have won the series 2 - 0.