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A weakened England side got the tour off to a remarkable start. At Sydney, they were 261 in arrears after the first innings before, following-on, they recovered to set Australia 177 to win - Peel took 6 for 67 as Australia lost eight wickets for 53 on a drying wicket on the final morning. After England went 2-0 up, Australia battled to level the series, and in the decider at the MCG they again too a first-innings lead, only for John Brown to hit 140 as England successfully chased 297 to win. Giffen scored 573 runs and took 34 wickets in the series.
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A weakened England side got the tour off to a remarkable start. At Sydney, they were 261 in arrears after the first innings before, following-on, they recovered to set Australia 177 to win - Peel took 6 for 67 as Australia lost eight wickets for 53 on a drying wicket on the final morning. After England went 2-0 up, Australia battled to level the series, and in the decider at the MCG they again too a first-innings lead, only for John Brown to hit 140 as England successfully chased 297 to win. Giffen scored 573 runs and took 34 wickets in the series.
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