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t247 South Africa v Australia

Australia in South Africa 1935/36 (1st Test)

Venue Kingsmead, Durban on 14th, 16th, 17th, 18th December 1935 (4-day match)

Balls per over 6

Toss South Africa won the toss and decided to bat

Result Australia won by 9 wickets

Umpires JC Collings, WG Routledge

Close of play day 1 Australia (1) 0/0 (Brown 0*, Fingleton 0*)

Close of play day 2 Australia (1) 280/4 (Darling 51*, Chipperfield 2*)

Close of play day 3 South Africa (2) 167/3 (Rowan 33*, Nourse 48*)

South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Mitchell	b Fleetwood-Smith	19		91	-	-
IJ Siedle	lbw b O'Reilly	31		59	2	-
EAB Rowan	c and b Grimmett	66		185	6	-
KG Viljoen	b Fleetwood-Smith	4		18	1	-
AD Nourse	b McCormick	30		33	4	-
*HF Wade	b O'Reilly	31		61	5	-
EL Dalton	st Oldfield b Fleetwood-Smith	4		23	1	-
ACB Langton	b Grimmett	0		6	-	-
+F Nicholson	not out	16		56	2	-
RJ Crisp	b Fleetwood-Smith	35		40	6	-
JB Robertson	b O'Reilly	9		9	2	-
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 114.2 overs)	248
Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Siedle), 2-59 (Mitchell), 3-71 (Viljoen), 4-108 (Nourse), 5-168 (Wade), 6-185 (Dalton), 7-186 (Langton), 8-187 (Rowan), 9-234 (Crisp), 10-248 (Robertson, 114.2 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCormick	15	4	50	1	-	-
McCabe	10	1	28	0	-	-
Grimmett	28	10	48	2	-	-
O'Reilly	33.2	17	55	3	-	-
Fleetwood-Smith	28	6	64	4	-	-

Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JHW Fingleton	c Nicholson b Crisp	2		25	-	-
WA Brown	c Langton b Robertson	66		209	2	-
SJ McCabe	c Rowan b Langton	149		268	6	-
LS Darling	c Viljoen b Crisp	60		130	6	-
*VY Richardson	b Langton	2		20	-	-
AG Chipperfield	b Crisp	109		171	8	-
+WAS Oldfield	lbw b Langton	0		2	-	-
WJ O'Reilly	c Rowan b Robertson	11		30	-	1
CV Grimmett	c Nicholson b Robertson	15		89	-	-
EL McCormick	not out	2		26	-	-
LO Fleetwood-Smith	b Langton	1		5	-	-
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 162.2 overs)	429
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Fingleton), 2-173 (Brown), 3-269 (McCabe), 4-277 (Richardson), 5-299 (Darling), 6-299 (Oldfield), 7-329 (O'Reilly), 8-412 (Grimmett), 9-428 (Chipperfield), 10-429 (Fleetwood-Smith, 162.2 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Crisp	36	7	87	3	-	4
Langton	48.2	10	113	4	-	-
Robertson	55	11	143	3	1	-
Dalton	6	0	25	0	-	-
Mitchell	17	2	49	0	-	-

South Africa second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Mitchell	run out	19		64	-	-
IJ Siedle	b Grimmett	59		84	7	1
EAB Rowan	b Grimmett	49		148	2	-
KG Viljoen	b Fleetwood-Smith	1		11	-	-
AD Nourse	c Fingleton b O'Reilly	91		144	11	-
*HF Wade	lbw b O'Reilly	11		40	-	-
EL Dalton	c Darling b Grimmett	5		18	1	-
+F Nicholson	b O'Reilly	0		1	-	-
ACB Langton	not out	12		30	-	-
RJ Crisp	b O'Reilly	16		11	2	1
JB Robertson	c Richardson b O'Reilly	9		15	1	-
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 115 overs)	282
Fall of wickets: 1-65 (Mitchell), 2-86 (Siedle), 3-89 (Viljoen), 4-207 (Rowan), 5-233 (Nourse), 6-242 (Wade), 7-242 (Nicholson), 8-242 (Dalton), 9-265 (Crisp), 10-282 (Robertson, 115 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCormick	6	0	26	0	-	-
McCabe	2	0	5	0	-	-
Grimmett	52	20	83	3	-	-
O'Reilly	17	5	49	5	-	1
Fleetwood-Smith	37	7	101	1	-	-
Chipperfield	1	0	8	0	-	-

Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JHW Fingleton	not out	36		103	2	-
WA Brown	c Crisp b Dalton	55		97	2	-
SJ McCabe	not out	7
LS Darling	did not bat
*VY Richardson	did not bat
AG Chipperfield	did not bat
+WAS Oldfield	did not bat
WJ O'Reilly	did not bat
CV Grimmett	did not bat
EL McCormick	did not bat
LO Fleetwood-Smith	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb)	4
Total	(1 wicket, 36.3 overs)	102
Fall of wickets: 1-93 (Brown)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Crisp	6	1	10	0	-	-
Langton	9	0	29	0	-	-
Robertson	13	4	24	0	-	-
Mitchell	7	0	23	0	-	-
Dalton	1.3	0	12	1	-	-

Notes
--> EAB Rowan (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 62
--> F Nicholson made his debut in Test Matches
--> RJ Crisp (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 18
--> JB Robertson made his debut in Test Matches
--> WA Brown (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 42
--> SJ McCabe (1) passed 1500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 25
--> AG Chipperfield (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 99
--> CV Grimmett (1) passed 500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 13
--> CV Grimmett (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 6
--> EL McCormick made his debut in Test Matches
--> LO Fleetwood-Smith made his debut in Test Matches
--> AD Nourse (2) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 53

f14973 t247	South Africa v Australia
	Australia in South Africa 1935/36 (1st Test)
Venue	Kingsmead, Durban on 14th, 16th, 17th, 18th December 1935 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Africa won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 9 wickets
Umpires	JC Collings, WG Routledge
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 0/0 (Brown 0, Fingleton 0)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 280/4 (Darling 51, Chipperfield 2)
Close of play day 3	South Africa (2) 167/3 (Rowan 33, Nourse 48)