Editing Test cricket (section)

===Terminology===
The term "test match" was coined during the [[English cricket team in Australia in 1861–62|English tour of Australia in 1861–62]] but in a different context. It meant that the English team was testing itself against each of the Australian colonies.<ref name="Cricket1970" /> Following Lillywhite's tour, Australian teams reciprocated, beginning with [[Australian cricket team in England and North America in 1878|Dave Gregory's team in 1878]]. By the beginning of 1892, eight English teams had visited Australia and seven Australian teams had visited England. In its issue of 25 February 1892, ''[[Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game]]'' revived the term "test match" and freely applied it to the [[English cricket team in Australia in 1891–92|three international matches]] which had just been played in Australia by [[Henry Holroyd, 3rd Earl of Sheffield|Lord Sheffield's XI]], starting with the match at the MCG which was billed as Lord Sheffield's Team v Combined Australia. The report began: "There was no little appropriateness in fixing the first of the three great test matches for January 1".<ref name="C29127">[https://archive.acscricket.com/cricket/1892/33/ "Tenth Match – Lord Sheffield's Team v Combined Australia"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908221801/https://archive.acscricket.com/cricket/1892/33/ |date=8 September 2022 }} ''Cricket'', issue 291, 25 February 1892, p. 27.</ref>