# Rest of Australia cricket team

The Rest of Australia cricket team (The Rest) was a domestic first-class cricket team in Australia that played intermittently between 1872/73 and 1939/40.

## Background

The Rest most frequently played games against the Australian cricket team, but also played against domestic Australian state sides such as New South Wales and Victoria. The matches between The Rest and Australia were often used to help the national selectors choose teams for forthcoming tours or Test series as the players selected to play for The Rest were players not currently in the Australian XI but whose recent performances had them under consideration for selection.

## Matches

| Season | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Notes |
| 1872/73 | 26 - 28 Dec 1872 | Victoria | Melbourne Cricket Ground | The Rest won by 3 wickets | Not considered a first-class match as The Rest used 13 players. |
| 1888/89 | 1 - 5 Feb 1889 | Australian XI | Sydney Cricket Ground | Australian XI won by 214 runs | |
| 1895/96 | 6 - 10 Mar 1896 | Australian XI | Sydney Cricket Ground | Australian XI won by 2 wickets | Match played as a selection trial for the 1896 Ashes tour. |
| 1898/99 | 3 - 8 Mar 1899 | Australian XI | Sydney Cricket Ground | Australian XI won by 7 wickets | Matches played as selection trials for the 1899 Ashes tour. |
| 1898/99 | 10 - 13 Mar 1899 | Australian XI | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Australian XI won by 9 wickets | Matches played as selection trials for the 1899 Ashes tour. |
| 1898/99 | 17 - 22 Mar 1899 | Australian XI | Adelaide Oval | Australian XI won by 4 wickets | Matches played as selection trials for the 1899 Ashes tour. |
| 1899/1900 | 2 - 6 Feb 1900 | Australian XI | Sydney Cricket Ground | Australian XI won by 151 runs | Played as a benefit match to raise funds for the New South Wales Imperial Bushmen and the New South Wales Patriotic Fund. |
| 1906/07 | 15 - 19 Feb 1907 | New South Wales | Sydney Cricket Ground | Rest of Australia won by 8 wickets | Match was played as a testimonial to Syd Gregory. |
| 1907/08 | 20 - 24 Mar 1908 | Australian XI | Sydney Cricket Ground | Australian XI won by an innings and 3 runs | Match was played as a testimonial for Monty Noble. |
| 1908/09 | 5 - 9 Feb 1909 | Australian XI | Sydney Cricket Ground | Australian XI won by 8 wickets | Matches played as selection trials for the 1909 Ashes tour. |
| 1908/09 | 12 - 15 Feb 1909 | Australian XI | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Australian XI won by an innings and 158 runs | Matches played as selection trials for the 1909 Ashes tour. |
| 1909/10 | 21 - 25 Jan 1910 | New South Wales | Sydney Cricket Ground | New South Wales won by 35 runs | Match was played as a testimonial for Charles Turner. |
| 1910/11 | 17 - 20 Mar 1911 | Australian XI | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Match drawn | Match was played as a testimonial for Tom Warne. |
| 1912/13 | 7 - 12 Feb 1913 | New South Wales | Sydney Cricket Ground | Match drawn | Match was played as a testimonial for Victor Trumper. |
| 1921/22 | 3 - 7 Feb 1922 | Australian XI | Sydney Cricket Ground | Match drawn | Match was played as a testimonial for Frank Iredale |
| 1925/26 | 4 - 8 Dec 1925 | Australian XI | Sydney Cricket Ground | Rest of Australia won by 156 runs | Match was played as a selection trial ahead of the 1926 Ashes tour. |
| 1926/27 | 18 - 22 Feb 1927 | Australian XI | Sydney Cricket Ground | Australian XI won by 7 wickets | Match was played as a testimonial for Charlie Macartney. |
| 1928/29 | 19 - 22 Oct 1928 | Australian XI | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Australian XI won by an innings and 43 runs | Match was played as a Test selection trial game ahead of the 1928/29 Ashes series. |
| 1930/31 | 14 - 18 Nov 1930 | Australian XI | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Match drawn | Match was played as testimonial to Jack Ryder. |
| 1933/34 | 24 - 28 Nov 1933 | Australian XI | Sydney Cricket Ground | The Rest won by 2 wickets | Match was played as a testimonial for former players Herbie Collins, Charlie Kelleway and Tommy Andrews as well as a selection trial for the 1934 Ashes tour. |
| 1939/40 | 8 - 11 Mar 1940 | New South Wales | Sydney Cricket Ground | New South Wales won by 2 wickets | Match was played as a fundraiser for patriotic funds in the states from which the players came, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and South Australia. |