Test, noun

Forms:
Also with small initial.
Origin:
EnglishShow more Extended sense of general English test an international cricket match.
In full test match: an international match in any sport or game.
Note:
Now used widely in this sense in other English-speaking countries.
1924 Times (U.K.) 15 Aug. 5The British team for the first Rugby Football Test Match on Saturday will be selected [in South Africa].
1933 M. Nicholls in I.D. Difford Hist. of S. Afr. Rugby Football 335We won this fourth Test match by 13 points to 5, and squared the rubber.
1933 M. Nicholls in I.D. Difford Hist. of S. Afr. Rugby Football 336In the first Test we won 16 scrums to their 36.
1934 Week-End Advertiser 12 May (Swart)The Afrikaans expression, ‘Papbroek’, is not without its significance in test match rugby, especially on one’s initial appearance.
1971 Rand Daily Mail 4 Sept. 24A series of diving Tests have been arranged against Rhodesia.
1993 A.C. Parker in Daily News 5 Jan. 13Craven, who captained South Africa in the three-test series against Sam Walker’s British Isles team in 1938, played only 13 of his 16 tests at scrumhalf.
In full test match:an international match in any sport or game.
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