Last Test Match with a rest day?
Crapats (TM)
officially removed from tests or can there still be tests with rest
days?
IIRC there was a test in England in the 90s that had a rest day. It
had something to do with Wimbledon being on at the same time.
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dodo
there was a period in SL recently (within the last 5 years), when
there was no play on full-moon days. I believe one or two matches had
mid-match hiatuses because of this.
Andrew Dunford
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> If I have to guess, it was,
> http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/match/63659.html
I don't know the answer, but it was for a long time customary for Tests in
England which coincided with the final weekend of Wimbledon to have a rest
day on the Sunday to avoid a clash with the men's singles final. The last
time this occurred was the 1996 Trent Bridge match v India.
Also the 1994 so-called Boxing Day Test at Melbourne started on Christmas
Eve then had a rest day on Christmas Day.
ISTR something more recent in Asia to do with a religious festival or an
eclipse or something but can't recall the details.
Andrew
dodo
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The Ind v WI test Barbados - yes, that one from 1997,
Ind 81 ao chasing 120 - had the second day as a day of rest.
Vijay
JPD
> When was the last test match to use a rest day?
The match that just finished in Dunedin?
The last ENG v AUS Test to have a programmed rest day was the 6th Test
1989 at The Oval. The rest day had already been done away with in
Australia as a regular occurrence, although the 3rd Test v West Indies
at Melbourne the previous summer had started on 24 December and rested
on the 25th.
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Andrew Dunford
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Er, the last ENG v AUS Test to have a programmed rest day was the 2nd Test
in 1994/95 at Melbourne, which started on 24 December and rested on the
25th.
The 3rd Test at Trent Bridge in 1993 also had a rest day on the Sunday owing
to the Wimbledon Men's Singles Final being played that day.
Andrew
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Bah, three minutes' research trumped.
JPD
Brian Lawrence
In 1991 there were 21 Tests of which 10 featured scheduled rest days. just under
half. Over the next six years the rest day disappeared.
Year Tests RDs
============
1992 26 8 [Pak 1, WI 1, Eng 1, SL 4, Zim 1]
1993 36 14 [SL 8, WI 2, Eng 1, Pak 3]
1994 39 14 [Ind 3, WI 5, Eng 1, SL 2, Aus 1]
1995 40 5 [Zim 2, WI 2, Aus 1]
1996 28 3 [WI 2, Eng 1]
1997 44 1 [WI 1]
As others have mentioned the ones in England coincided with the Wimbledon
finals, and were requested by the BBC who covered both events. The Tests
in Australia were (I think) over Christmas, and some of the West Indies tests
were played over Easter.
John Dennis
The 94-95 England tour played the 2nd test in Melbourne on 24, 26-30
December. That does demonstrate just how long the Boxing Day test in
Melbourne "tradition" has been around for...
John
John Hall
<f31c4bb5-26aa-42f0...@z6g2000pre.googlegroups.com>,
John Dennis <den...@hotmail.com> writes:
>The 94-95 England tour played the 2nd test in Melbourne on 24, 26-30
>December. That does demonstrate just how long the Boxing Day test in
>Melbourne "tradition" has been around for.
Earlier than that, from at least WW2 to the 1960s, the traditional seems
to have been for a Melbourne "New Year" Test, times so that one of the
days of play would be January 1st. However there was a Boxing Day Test
in 1950-1.
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John Hall
"It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless
information."
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
Brian Lawrence
I included one match that ended on Christmas Eve and two that were played after
Boxing Day and ended before New Year's Day ("between").
Christmas (* included play on Christmas Day)
In South Africa
T# Opp Venue Dates Rest Day(s)
=====================================================
131 Eng Johannesburg 26-30 Dec 1913 28 Dec
148 Eng Johannesburg 23-28 Dec 1922 24/25 Dec
168 Eng Johannesburg 24-27 Dec 1927 25 Dec
200 Eng Johannesburg 24-27 Dec 1930 25 Dec
248 Aus Johannesburg 24-28 Dec 1935 25 Dec
267 Eng Johannesburg 24-28 Dec 1938 25 Dec
307 Eng Johannesburg 27-30 Dec 1948 none between
318 Aus Johannesburg 24-28 Dec 1949 25 Dec
378 NZ Johannesburg 24-29 Dec 1953 25/27 Dec
434 Eng Johannesburg 24-29 Dec 1956 25 Dec
444 Aus Johannesburg 23-28 Dec 1957 25 Dec
517 NZ Johannesburg 26-29 Dec 1961 none
572 Eng Johannesburg 23-29 Dec 1964 25/27 Dec
611 Aus Johannesburg 23-28 Dec 1966 25 Dec
1206 Ind Port Elizabeth 26-29 Dec 1992 none
1280 NZ Durban 26-30 Dec 1994 none
1320 Eng Port Elizabeth 26-30 Dec 1995 none
1347 Ind Durban 26-28 Dec 1996 none
1437 WI Durban 26-29 Dec 1998 none
1480 Eng Durban 26-30 Dec 1999 none
1526 SL Durban 26-30 Dec 2000 none
1635 Pak Durban 26-29 Dec 2002 none
1679 WI Durban 26-29 Dec 2003 none
1730 Eng Durban 26-30 Dec 2004 none
1825 Ind Durban 26-30 Dec 2006 none
1856 WI Port Elizabeth 26-29 Dec 2007 none
In Australia
T# Opp Venue Dates Rest Day(s)
=====================================================
158 Eng Sydney 19-27 Dec 1924 21/25 Dec
328 Eng Melbourne 22-27 Dec 1950 24/25 Dec
343 WI Adelaide * 22-25 Dec 1951 23 Dec 1st Xmas day
361 RSA Melbourne 24-30 Dec 1952 25/28 Dec
624 Ind Adelaide * 23-28 Dec 1967 24 Dec 2nd Xmas day
643 WI Melbourne 26-30 Dec 1968 29 Dec
704 Pak Adelaide 22-27 Dec 1972 25 Dec
749 Eng Melbourne 26-31 Dec 1974 29 Dec
766 WI Melbourne 26-30 Dec 1975 29 Dec
789 Pak Adelaide 24-29 Dec 1976 25 Dec
891 NZ Melbourne 26-30 Dec 1980 none
915 WI Melbourne 26-30 Dec 1981 none
943 Eng Melbourne 26-30 Dec 1982 none
973 Pak Melbourne 26-30 Dec 1983 none
1005 WI Melbourne 22-27 Dec 1984 25 Dec
1033 Ind Melbourne 26-30 Dec 1985 none
1062 Eng Melbourne 26-28 Dec 1986 none
1087 NZ Melbourne 26-30 Dec 1987 none
1112 WI Melbourne 24-29 Dec 1988 25 Dec
1159 Eng Melbourne 26-30 Dec 1990 none
1180 Ind Melbourne 26-29 Dec 1991 none
1205 WI Melbourne 26-30 Dec 1992 none
1242 RSA Melbourne 26-30 Dec 1993 none
1279 Eng Melbourne 24-29 Dec 1994 25 Dec
1319 SL Melbourne 26-30 Dec 1995 none
1346 WI Melbourne 26-28 Dec 1996 none
1392 RSA Melbourne 26-30 Dec 1997 none
1436 Eng Melbourne 26-29 Dec 1998 none
1479 Ind Melbourne 26-30 Dec 1999 none
1525 WI Melbourne 26-29 Dec 2000 none
1580 RSA Melbourne 26-29 Dec 2001 none
1634 Eng Melbourne 26-30 Dec 2002 none
1678 Ind Melbourne 26-30 Dec 2003 none
1729 Pak Melbourne 26-29 Dec 2004 none
1779 RSA Melbourne 26-30 Dec 2005 none
1824 Eng Melbourne 26-28 Dec 2006 none
1855 Ind Melbourne 26-29 Dec 2007 none
In India
T# Opp Venue Dates Rest Day
==================================================
483 Aus Kanpur 19-24 Dec 1959 22 Dec ended on Xmas Eve
669 Aus Madras * 24-28 Dec 1969 26 Dec
703 Eng Delhi * 20-25 Dec 1972 22 Dec
866 Pak Kanpur * 25-30 Dec 1979 28 Dec
914 Eng Delhi 23-28 Dec 1981 25 Dec
972 WI Madras 24-29 Dec 1983 25 Dec
1063 SL Nagpur 27-31 Dec 1986 29 Dec
1088 WI Calcutta 26-31 Dec 1987 29 Dec
In Pakistan
T# Opp Venue Dates Rest Day
==================================================
890 WI Karachi * 22-27 Dec 1980 26 Dec
942 Ind Karachi * 23-27 Dec 1982 26 Dec
1179 SL Gujranwala * 20-25 Dec 1991 23 Dec
In Zimbabwe
1348 Eng Harare 26-30 Dec 1996 none
In New Zealand
T# Opp Venue Dates Rest Day
==================================================
1435 Ind Wellington 26-30 Dec 1998 none
1478 WI Wellington 26-29 Dec 1999 none
1524 Zim Wellington 26-30 Dec 2000 none
1579 Ban Wellington 26-29 Dec 2001 none
1677 Pak Wellington 26-30 Dec 2003 none
In Sri Lanka
1581 Zim Colombo (SSC) 27-30 Dec 2001 none between Xmas & NY
New Year (* included play on New Year's Day)
Australia
T# Opp Venue Dates Rest Day
=========================================================
5 Eng Melbourne 31 Dec-04 Jan 1881/82 1 Jan
10 Eng Melbourne * 30 Dec-02 Jan 1882/83 31 Dec
18 Eng Melbourne * 01-05 Jan 1885 4 Jan
35 Eng Melbourne * 01-06 Jan 1892 3 Jan
43 Eng Melbourne * 29 Dec-03 Jan 1894/95 30 Dec
54 Eng Melbourne * 01-05 Jan 1898 2 Jan
66 Eng Melbourne * 01-04 Jan 1902 none
79 Eng Melbourne * 01-05 Jan 1904 3 Jan
97 Eng Melbourne * 01-07 Jan 1908 5 Jan
112 RSA Melbourne 31 Dec-04 Jan 1910/11 1 Jan
117 Eng Melbourne * 30 Dec-03 Jan 1911/12 31 Dec
136 Eng Melbourne * 31 Dec-04 Jan 1920/21 2 Jan
159 Eng Melbourne * 01-08 Jan 1925 4 Jan
178 Eng Melbourne * 29 Dec-05 Jan 1928/29 30 Dec
201 WI Sydney * 01-05 Jan 1931 4 Jan no play on 2nd Jan
214 RSA Melbourne * 31 Dec-06 Jan 1931/32 3 Jan
221 Eng Melbourne 30 Dec-03 Jan 1932/33 1 Jan
257 Eng Melbourne * 01-07 Jan 1937 3 Jan
281 Eng Melbourne * 01-07 Jan 1947 5 Jan
292 Ind Melbourne * 01-05 Jan 1948 4 Jan
345 WI Melbourne * 31 Dec-03 Jan 1951/52 none
393 Eng Melbourne * 31 Dec-05 Jan 1954/55 2 Jan
462 Eng Melbourne * 31 Dec-05 Jan 1958/59 4 Jan
500 WI Melbourne 30 Dec-03 Jan 1960/61 1 Jan
536 Eng Melbourne * 29 Dec-03 Jan 1962/63 30 Dec
549 RSA Melbourne * 01-06 Jan 1964 5 Jan
598 Eng Melbourne * 30 Dec-04 Jan 1965/66 2 Jan
625 Ind Melbourne * 30 Dec-03 Jan 1967/68 31 Dec
676A Eng Melbourne &* 31 Dec-05 Jan 1970/71 3 Jan Match Abandoned
705 Pak Melbourne * 29 Dec-03 Jan 1972/73 31 Dec
728 NZ Melbourne * 29 Dec-02 Jan 1973/74 31 Dec
790 Pak Melbourne * 01-06 Jan 1977 4 Jan
812 Ind Melbourne 30 Dec-04 Jan 1977/78 1 Jan
838 Eng Melbourne * 29 Dec-03 Jan 1978/79 31 Dec
867 WI Melbourne * 29 Dec-01 Jan 1979/80 none
1006 WI Sydney * 30 Dec-02 Jan 1984/85 none
1281 Eng Sydney * 01-05 Jan 1995 none
South Africa
T# Opp Venue Dates Rest Day
=========================================================
106 Eng Johannesburg * 01-05 Jan 1910 2 Jan
132 Eng Johannesburg * 01-05 Jan 1914 4 Jan
149 Eng Cape Town * 01-04 Jan 1923 none
169 Eng Cape Town 31 Dec-04 Jan 1927/28 1 Jan
202 Eng Cape Town * 01-05 Jan 1931 4 Jan
249 Aus Cape Town /* 01-04 Jan 1936 none No play poss. 1st Jan
268 Eng Cape Town 31 Dec-04 Jan 1938/39 1 Jan
309 Eng Cape Town * 01-05 Jan 1949 2 Jan
319 Aus Cape Town 31 Dec-04 Jan 1949/50 1 Jan
379 NZ Cape Town * 01-05 Jan 1954 3 Jan
435 Eng Cape Town * 01-05 Jan 1957 none
445 Aus Cape Town * 31 Dec-03 Jan 1957/58 none
519 NZ Cape Town * 01-04 Jan 1962 none
573 Eng Cape Town * 01-06 Jan 1965 3 Jan
613 Aus Cape Town 31 Dec-05 Jan 1966/67 1 Jan
India
T# Opp Venue Dates Rest Day
=========================================================
308 WI Calcutta * 31 Dec-04 Jan 1948/49 none
344 Eng Calcutta * 30 Dec-04 Jan 1951/52 2 Jan
419 NZ Calcutta * 28 Dec-02 Jan 1955/56 30 Dec
463 WI Calcutta * 31 Dec-04 Jan 1958/59 2 Jan
484 Aus Bombay * 01-06 Jan 1960 4 Jan
501 Pak Calcutta * 30 Dec-04 Jan 1960/61 2 Jan
518 Eng Calcutta * 30 Dec-04 Jan 1961/62 2 Jan
612 WI Calcutta /* 31 Dec-05 Jan 1966/67 2 Jan No play poss. on Jan 1st
706 Eng Calcutta * 30 Dec-04 Jan 1972/73 2 Jan
750 WI Calcutta * 27 Dec-01 Jan 1974/75 30 Dec
791 Eng Calcutta * 01-06 Jan 1977 4 Jan
839 WI Calcutta 29 Dec-03 Jan 1978/79 1 Jan
916 Eng Calcutta * 01-06 Jan 1982 4 Jan
1007 Eng Calcutta * 31 Dec-05 Jan 1984/85 2 Jan
Pakistan
T# Opp Venue Dates Rest Day
=========================================================
394 Ind Dacca * 01-04 Jan 1955 none
892 WI Multan 30 Dec-04 Jan 1980/81 1 Jan
New Year's Day was not an official holiday for most of the 20th century.
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> "JPD" <john_p_da...@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
From memory, the last test in Australia to have a rest day not
connected with a holiday was in 82-3.