The last time Australia failed to win a Test in an Ashes series is quite
unusual as you have probably realized, it doesn't happen very often.
There have been only three Ashes series since the Second World War in
which Australia failed to
win at least one match: in 1953, when England won 1-0 with a victory in
the final Test that returned the urn to England's grasp for the first
time after a record gap of 19 years; in 1970-71, when Ray Illingworth's
side won a six-match series 2-0; and in 1977,
when an Australian side probably distracted by the announcement of
Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket early in the tour lost 3-0. The only
other five-match rubbers in which Australia failed to get on the
scoreboard were 1926 (England won 1-0) and 1905 (England
won 2-0). Australia also did not win a match in the three-Test series
of 1884, 1886, 1893 and 1912.
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