Once again the Sydney and Melbourne authorities joined forces and invited an England tour to play in Australia. Stoddart was captain and it was another 5 Test series, two in Sydney, two in Melbourne and one in Adelaide.

Controversy surrounded the first test in Sydney, but not before Stoddart had pulled out of the game because of the death of his Mother, Maclaren was named captain in his place. The Sydney authorities postponed the match by one day because they didn't think the pitch was fit to play on. England gained the most out of the delay as Ranjitsinhji who was ill the day before, had enough time to recover. He came in at the fall of the 6th wicket and scored a quick fire 175, England's highest score so far, helping his team to a total of 551. Australia struggled in reply, scoring only 237 runs. Forced to follow on, they played better in the second innings as Darling (101) and Hill (96) helped the total to 408, England now requiring 95 runs to win. During the Australian innings, Charles Mcleod was run out by wicket keeper Bill Storer when he stepped out of his crease after being bowled by a no ball. The fact that Mcleod was deaf did not help, as he didn't hear the no ball call from the Umpire. England scored the 95 runs required with the loss of 1 wicket.

Australia won the toss for the Melbourne Test and decided to bat, a decision they did not regret! Mcleod scored a fine knock of 112 before being bowled by England's seventh bowler, Storer. England had run out of bowlers and Storer was brought on to bowl as the Australian's punished the tourists. Four other batsmen were to reach their half centuries; Iredale, Trott, Gregory and Hill as the home side scored 520 runs. In reply England scored 315 (Ranjitsinhji 71) and 150, with Australian debutante Monty Noble claiming 6 second innings wickets. The only other note of interest was the no balling of Australian fast bowler Ernest Jones for throwing. It was the first instance of throwing recorded in a Test match. Australia won the match comfortably by an innings and 55 runs, their first innings victory in Test cricket.

Stoddart returned to captain England in the third Test at Adelaide and soon found himself wishing he hadn't. On a perfect batting wicket, Australia decided once again to bat, and once again piled on the runs. Darling scored his second century of the series with a knock of 178, Iredale again scoring in the eighties and two fine back to back 50's from Hill and Gregory helped Australia score 573. England struggled on a good pitch to the bowling of Howell, and were over three hundred runs behind at the close of their innings. Things did not improve in the second innings, and after MacLaren scored his 124, the wickets tumbled and both McLeod and Noble ended with 5 wickets each. Australia won the match by another innings margin, their second in succession.

For the third successive Test match, Australia batted first. However, unlike the other two matches they found themselves in all sorts of problems at 6 for 58 runs. Clem Hill aged 20 came in and scored what must be one of the greatest test innings, certainly to date. He scored 188, and with great support from the tail, Australia pushed their score to 323. Yet again England struggled and were forced to follow on for the third time running, this time Australia were forced to bat again to win the match. Australia won the match by 8 wickets, loosing two wickets in their chase for 115 runs.

The series won, Stoddart dropped himself and MacLaren once again took over. Richardson playing his last test match for Australia took 8 wickets, and Darling scored his third century of the series to help Australia to win their 4th match by 6 wickets.

Performances of note: -

Darling scored 537 runs at an aggregate of 67.12, MacLaren the best English player scoring 488 runs at 54.22

Ernest Jones and Richardson both took 22 wickets in the series at 25.13 and 35.27 resp.