f13384 t205	Australia v West Indies
	West Indies in Australia and New Zealand 1930/31 (4th Test)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 13th, 14th February 1931 (timeless match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	West Indies won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by an innings and 122 runs
Umpires	AN Barlow, J Richards
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 197/1 (Woodfull 75*, Bradman 92*)

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West Indies first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CA Roach	c Kippax b Grimmett	20		51	1	-
FR Martin	lbw b Ironmonger	17		69	-	-
GA Headley	c Jackson b Ironmonger	33		54	3	-
LS Birkett	c McCabe b Ironmonger	0		4	-	-
EL Bartlett	st Oldfield b Ironmonger	9		43		-
*GC Grant	c Oldfield b Ironmonger	0		6	-	-
LN Constantine	c Jackson b Grimmett	7		10	1	-
+IM Barrow	c Fairfax b Ironmonger	0	1	1	-	-
OC Scott	run out	11		12	2	-
GN Francis	not out	0		9	-	-
HC Griffith	c Fairfax b Ironmonger	0		2	-	-
Extras	(2 nb)	2
Total	(all out, 50 overs)	99
Fall of wickets:
1-32 (Roach), 2-51 (Martin), 3-53 (Birkett), 4-81 (Headley), 5-81 (Grant), 6-88 (Bartlett), 7-88 (Barrow), 8-88 (Constantine), 9-99 (Scott), 10-99 (Griffith, 50 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fairfax	5	0	14	0	-	-
Oxenham	6	1	14	0	-	-
Ironmonger	20	7	23	7	-	-
Grimmett	19	7	46	2	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WM Woodfull	run out	83		142	7	-
WH Ponsford	st Barrow b Constantine	24		49		-
DG Bradman	c Roach b Martin	152		154	13	-
A Jackson	c Birkett b Constantine	15		41	1	-
SJ McCabe	run out	2		8	-	-
AG Fairfax	c Birkett b Martin	16		52		-
AF Kippax	b Martin	24		33	3	-
RK Oxenham	c Constantine b Griffith	0		7	-	-
+WAS Oldfield	not out	1		2	-	-
H Ironmonger	did not bat
CV Grimmett	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 89.2 overs)	328
Fall of wickets:
1-50 (Ponsford), 2-206 (Woodfull), 3-265 (Jackson), 4-275 (McCabe), 5-286 (Bradman), 6-325 (Kippax), 7-326 (Oxenham), 8-328 (Fairfax, 89.2 ov)

West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Francis	13	0	51	0	-	-
Griffith	8	1	33	1	-	-
Scott	11	0	47	0	-	-
Constantine	25	4	83	2	-	-
Martin	30.2	3	91	3	-	-
Birkett	2	0	12	0	-	-

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West Indies second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CA Roach	lbw b Fairfax	7		8		-
LN Constantine	c Kippax b Fairfax	10
GA Headley	c Fairfax b Ironmonger	11
LS Birkett	c Jackson b Ironmonger	13			2	-
*GC Grant	c McCabe b Ironmonger	3
FR Martin	c Oldfield b Fairfax	10
EL Bartlett	b Fairfax	6			1	-
+IM Barrow	c Oxenham b Ironmonger	13
OC Scott	not out	20		27	1	1
HC Griffith	b Grimmett	4			1	-
GN Francis	c Jackson b Grimmett	0
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 35.4 overs)	107
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Roach), 2-32 (Constantine), 3-36 (Headley), 4-49 (Grant), 5-60 (Birkett), 6-60 (Martin), 7-67 (Bartlett), 8-92 (Barrow), 9-97 (Griffith), 10-107 (Francis, 35.4 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fairfax	14	2	31	4	-	-
Ironmonger	17	4	56	4	-	-
Grimmett	4.4	0	10	2	-	-

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Notes
--> A Jackson made his last appearance in Test matches
--> A Jackson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> LS Birkett made his last appearance in Test matches
--> WM Woodfull (1) 50 in 90 minutes
--> DG Bradman (1) 50 in 45 minutes
--> DG Bradman (1) 100 in 102 minutes
--> DG Bradman (1) 150 in 147 minutes
--> LS Birkett (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> H Ironmonger achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed GC Grant in the West Indies first innings (previous best was 3-13)
--> H Ironmonger achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the West Indies first innings
--> FR Martin achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed AF Kippax in the Australia first innings (previous best was 1-128)
--> AG Fairfax achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the West Indies second innings (previous best was 4-101)
--> H Ironmonger reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed GC Grant, his 2nd wicket in the West Indies second innings

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