[1] It followed tours by the Australian Imperial Forces cricket team which played a number of first-class matches in England, South Africa and Australia immediately after the war.
[3] Wisden commented that the chief cause of England's failure was the bowling, because all of the bowlers used were expensive and recorded high averages.
[2] Much has been made of Australia's ability to recover from the effects of the war more quickly than England and Wisden commented that "English cricket had not had time to regain its pre-war standard".
When the party was originally selected, Reggie Spooner was invited to be the team captain but he was obliged to stand down for domestic reasons.
Jupp's withdrawal was shortly before departure and meant that his replacement Bill Hitch had to catch a later boat than the main party.