THE Ashes Test Series is over and Australia’s 3-0 whitewash over England was confirmed with a 30-8 victory at AMT Headingley last Saturday.
Although the results were disappointing to say the least for the hosts, the attendances were strong – over 130,000 spectators made the trip to London, Everton and Leeds to watch the England national side do battle against their antipodean foes.
In terms of the viewing figures for all Three Tests, the First and Second at Wembley and Everton respectively did well.
The First Test on BBC One had an average audience of 818,000 that saw England go down 26-6 against the Kangaroos, with a 14.2 percent audience share.
The peak audience was 930,000, which equated to a 15.1 percent audience share.
The numbers grew for the Second Test at Everton, with an average of 837,000 people tuning in to watch Australia run out 14-4 winners at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.
The peak audience for that Second Test was 972,000.
However, with Australia already scooping up the Ashes heading into the Third Test at Headingley, the numbers dipped.
An average of just 627,000 people watched on BBC One – an audience share of 9.3 percent.
Meanwhile, there was an audience peak of 799,000.