1902 in Europe

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 44. Chapters: 1902 elections in Europe, 1902 in Belgium, 1902 in Denmark, 1902 in England, 1902 in France, 1902 in Germany, 1902 in Hungary, 1902 in Ireland, 1902 in Italy, 1902 in Norway, 1902 in Portugal, 1902 in Scotland, 1902 in Spain, 1902 in Sweden, 1902 in Switzerland, 1902 in the United Kingdom, Australian cricket team in England in 1902, 1902-03 Football League, 1901-02 Football League, Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, Venezuela Crisis of 1902-1903, Anglo-Japanese Alliance, 1901-02 FA Cup, Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1902, 1902-03 FA Cup, Cleveland by-election, 1902, 1901-02 Northern Rugby Football Union season, 1902 FA Cup Final, Leeds North by-election, 1902, 1902 English cricket season, 1902 in Swedish football, Bury by-election, 1902, Ibrox disaster, 1902-03 Northern Rugby Football Union season, 1901-02 Scottish Cup, 1901-02 in English football, 1902 British Home Championship, 1902-03 in Scottish football, 1901-02 in Scottish football, 1901-02 Southern Football League, 1902-03 in English football, 1902-03 Southern Football League, Scottish Football League 1901-02, Scottish Football League 1902-03, Denmark-Korea Treaty of 1902, 1902 Copa del Rey, 1901-02 in Belgian football, 1902-03 in Belgian football, 1902 World Figure Skating Championships, 1902 in Wales, Italian Football Championship 1902, Swedish Society for Woman Suffrage, Miss Stone Affair, Danish Landsting election, 1902, 1902 Copa del Rey Final, 1902-03 in Swiss football, Bailundo Revolt of 1902, 1901-02 in Swiss football, French legislative election, 1902, Immoral Traffic Act 1902, 1902 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, 1902 in Norwegian football, Irish League 1901-02, Irish League 1902-03, Prima Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna, The Football Tournament 1902-03, The Football Tournament 1901-02. Excerpt: The Australian cricket team toured England during the 1902 English cricket season. The five-Test series between the two countries has been fondly remembered; in 1967 the cricket writer A.A. Thomson described the series as "a rubber more exciting than any in history except the Australia v West Indies series in 1960-61". Australia had won the previous three Test rubbers between the two countries, and won their fourth successive Test series, by two matches to one with two draws. In the process they "beat the records of all their predecessors in the country" by losing only two of 39 matches during the tour, their defeats being against England in the Fifth Test and in the first of their two fixtures against Yorkshire. The remaining 37 matches gave 23 wins for Australia and 14 draws. Following the tour, three of the Australians - Victor Trumper, Warwick Armstrong and Jim Kelly - were named Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1903, with their captain Joe Darling already having been bestowed that honour in 1900. The Australians' leading batsman, Victor Trumper, made more first class runs than anyone in the season, and of batsman with more than 1,000 runs only Arthur Shrewsbury scored his at a higher average. His 2,570 runs was a new record for any Australian in England. Harry Altham wrote: "From start to finish of the season, on every sort of wicket, against every sort of bowling, Trumper entranced the eye, inspired his side, demoralized his enemies, and made run-getting appear the easiest thing in the world." Key: RHB: right-handed batsman; LHB: left-handed batsman; RA: right-arm bowler. The manager was Major Ben ...