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t259 Australia v England

Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia 1936/37 (5th Test)

Venue Melbourne Cricket Ground on 26th, 27th February, 1st, 2nd, 3rd March 1937 (timeless match)

Balls per over 8

Toss Australia won the toss and decided to bat

Result Australia won by an innings and 200 runs

Umpires GE Borwick, JD Scott

Close of play day 1 Australia (1) 342/3 (Bradman 165*, Badcock 12*)

Close of play day 2 Australia (1) 593/9 (McCormick 9*, Fleetwood-Smith 11*)

Close of play day 3 England (1) 184/4 (Hardstaff 73*, Wyatt 20*)

Close of play day 4 England (2) 165/8 (Verity 2*, Voce 1*)

Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JHW Fingleton	c Voce b Farnes	17	68	89	1	-
KE Rigg	c Ames b Farnes	28	87	78	2	-
*DG Bradman	b Farnes	169	191	223	15	-
SJ McCabe	c Farnes b Verity	112	155	163	16	-
CL Badcock	c Worthington b Voce	118	223	205	15	-
RG Gregory	c Verity b Farnes	80	181	195	5	-
+WAS Oldfield	c Ames b Voce	21	88	76	1	-
LJ Nash	c Ames b Farnes	17	59	75	-	-
WJ O'Reilly	b Voce	1	8	15	-	-
EL McCormick	not out	17	51	47	2	-
LO Fleetwood-Smith	b Farnes	13	17	27	1	1
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 140.5 overs)	604
Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Rigg), 2-54 (Fingleton), 3-303 (McCabe), 4-346 (Bradman), 5-507 (Badcock), 6-544 (Gregory), 7-563 (Oldfield), 8-571 (O'Reilly), 9-576 (Nash), 10-604 (Fleetwood-Smith, 140.5 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Allen	17	0	99	0	-	-
Farnes	28.5	5	96	6	-	-
Voce	29	3	123	3	-	-
Hammond	16	1	62	0	-	-
Verity	41	5	127	1	-	-
Worthington	6	0	60	0	-	-
Leyland	3	0	26	0	-	-

England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJ Barnett	c Oldfield b Nash	18	14	17	3	-
TS Worthington	hit wkt b Fleetwood-Smith	44	87	98	7	-
J Hardstaff	c McCormick b O'Reilly	83	234	240	8	-
WR Hammond	c Nash b O'Reilly	14	54	62	1	-
M Leyland	b O'Reilly	7	16	13	-	-
RES Wyatt	c Bradman b O'Reilly	38	97	127	1	-
+LEG Ames	b Nash	19	43	39	2	-
*GOB Allen	c Oldfield b Nash	0	3	9	-	-
H Verity	c Rigg b Nash	0	14	17	-	-
W Voce	st Oldfield b O'Reilly	3	9	6	-	-
K Farnes	not out	0	2	3	-	-
Extras	(12 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 71.5 overs)	239
Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Barnett), 2-96 (Worthington), 3-130 (Hammond), 4-140 (Leyland), 5-202 (Hardstaff), 6-236 (Ames), 7-236 (Wyatt), 8-236 (Allen), 9-239 (Voce), 10-239 (Verity, 71.5 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCormick	13	1	54	0	-	-
Nash	17.5	1	70	4	-	-
O'Reilly	23	7	51	5	-	-
Fleetwood-Smith	18	3	51	1	-	-

England second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJ Barnett	lbw b O'Reilly	41	55	61	4	1
TS Worthington	c Bradman b McCormick	6	16	18	1	-
J Hardstaff	b Nash	1	4	4	-	-
WR Hammond	c Bradman b O'Reilly	56	106	95	9	-
M Leyland	c McCormick b Fleetwood-Smith	28	69	95	2	-
RES Wyatt	run out	9	47	31	1	-
+LEG Ames	c McCabe b McCormick	11	27	41	-	-
*GOB Allen	c Nash b O'Reilly	7	26	18	1	-
H Verity	not out	2	35	29	-	-
W Voce	c Badcock b Fleetwood-Smith	1	9	8	-	-
K Farnes	c Nash b Fleetwood-Smith	0	1	1	-	-
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 49.2 overs)	165
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Worthington), 2-10 (Hardstaff), 3-70 (Barnett), 4-121 (Hammond), 5-142 (Wyatt), 6-142 (Leyland), 7-153 (Allen), 8-162 (Ames), 9-165 (Voce), 10-165 (Farnes, 49.2 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCormick	9	0	33	2	-	-
Nash	7	1	34	1	-	-
O'Reilly	19	6	58	3	-	-
McCabe	1	0	1	0	-	-
Fleetwood-Smith	13.2	3	36	3	-	-

Notes
--> DG Bradman (1) passed 4500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 10
--> DG Bradman (1) passed 16500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 123
--> RG Gregory (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 50
--> RG Gregory (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 66
--> LJ Nash (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 13
--> EL McCormick (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 13
--> K Farnes achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test Matches when he dismissed LO Fleetwood-Smith in the Australia first innings (previous best was 5-77)
--> WJ O'Reilly reached 400 wickets in First-Class Matches when he dismissed WR Hammond, his 1st wicket in the England first innings
--> WJ O'Reilly reached 50 wickets in First-Class Matches for the season when he dismissed WR Hammond, his 2nd wicket in the England second innings

f15417 t259	Australia v England
	Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia 1936/37 (5th Test)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground on 26th, 27th February, 1st, 2nd, 3rd March 1937 (timeless match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by an innings and 200 runs
Umpires	GE Borwick, JD Scott
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 342/3 (Bradman 165, Badcock 12)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 593/9 (McCormick 9, Fleetwood-Smith 11)
Close of play day 3	England (1) 184/4 (Hardstaff 73, Wyatt 20)
Close of play day 4	England (2) 165/8 (Verity 2, Voce 1)