MATCH SCORECARD

Australia v South Africa

1931-12-31 · Test · Men · Melbourne Cricket Ground

Australia19877.1 ov & 554164.4 ov

South Africa358188.3 ov & 225115 ov

Australia won by 169 runs

Melbourne Cricket Ground

MATCH CHARTS

Runs by over, wickets and phases

Scoring mix · South Africa

Fours52 · 24.8%

Sixes6 · 2.9%

Other runs152 · 72.4%

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy

Sandy Bell

5/69 · 2.63

Neville Quinn

4/42 · 1.35

Denys Morkel

0/12 · 4.00

Jim Christy

0/14 · 4.66

Quintin McMillan

0/22 · 11.00

Cyril Vincent

0/32 · 2.66

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy

Bert Ironmonger

3/72 · 1.46

Tim Wall

3/98 · 2.64

Stan McCabe

2/41 · 1.90

Clarrie Grimmett

2/100 · 1.58

Ted a'Beckett

0/29 · 1.61

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy

Quintin McMillan

4/150 · 4.54

Cyril Vincent

4/154 · 2.80

Sandy Bell

1/101 · 2.80

Neville Quinn

1/113 · 3.08

Denys Morkel

0/15 · 3.75

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy

Clarrie Grimmett

6/92 · 2.00

Bert Ironmonger

4/54 · 1.28

Donald Bradman

0/2 · 2.00

Ted a'Beckett

0/6 · 2.00

Stan McCabe

0/21 · 2.10

Tim Wall

0/35 · 2.69

INNINGS 1

Australia

77.1 overs · run rate 2.56 · all out

198

Batting scorecard
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s
Bill Woodfull	caught Jock Cameron	7	-	0	0
Bill Ponsford	bowled	7	-	1	0
Donald Bradman	caught Jock Cameron	2	-	0	0
Alan Kippax	caught Sandy Bell	52	-	4	1
Stan McCabe	caught Denys Morkel	22	-	4	0
Keith Rigg	caught Bruce Mitchell	68	-	5	0
Ted a'Beckett	caught Bruce Mitchell	6	-	0	0
Bert Oldfield	caught Cyril Vincent	0	-	0	0
Clarrie Grimmett	caught Denys Morkel	9	-	-	0
Tim Wall	not out	6*	-	-	0
Bert Ironmonger	run out	12	-	2	0

Extras 7 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 7)Total 198 (77.1 ov)Run rate 2.56

Fall of wickets1-11 (Bill Ponsford)2-16 (Donald Bradman)3-25 (Bill Woodfull)4-74 (Stan McCabe)5-135 (Alan Kippax)6-143 (Ted a'Beckett)7-143 (Bert Oldfield)8-173 (Keith Rigg)9-179 (Clarrie Grimmett)10-198 (Bert Ironmonger)

Bowling scorecard
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Sandy Bell	26.1	9	69	5	2.63
Neville Quinn	31	13	42	4	1.35
Denys Morkel	3	0	12	0	4.00
Cyril Vincent	12	1	32	0	2.66
Quintin McMillan	2	0	22	0	11.00
Jim Christy	3	0	14	0	4.66

Partnerships · Australia

1st wicket · Bill Woodfull & Bill Ponsford

2nd wicket · Bill Woodfull & Donald Bradman

3rd wicket · Bill Woodfull & Alan Kippax

4th wicket · Alan Kippax & Stan McCabe

5th wicket · Alan Kippax & Keith Rigg

6th wicket · Keith Rigg & Ted a'Beckett

7th wicket · Keith Rigg & Bert Oldfield

8th wicket · Keith Rigg & Clarrie Grimmett

9th wicket · Clarrie Grimmett & Tim Wall

10th wicket · Tim Wall & Bert Ironmonger

INNINGS 2

South Africa

188.3 overs · run rate 1.89 · all out

358

Batting scorecard
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s
Syd Curnow	bowled	47	-	3
Bruce Mitchell	caught Stan McCabe	17	-	1
Jim Christy	caught Stan McCabe	16	-	1
Herbie Taylor	lbw	11	-	0
Denys Morkel	lbw	33	-	2
Jock Cameron	stumped Bert Oldfield	39	-	4
Ken Viljoen	caught Tim Wall	111	-	9
Cyril Vincent	caught Bert Oldfield	16	-	1
Quintin McMillan	caught Bert Oldfield	29	-	3
Neville Quinn	bowled	11	-	-
Sandy Bell	not out	10*	-	-

Extras 18 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 18)Total 358 (188.3 ov)Run rate 1.89

Fall of wickets1-39 (Bruce Mitchell)2-79 (Jim Christy)3-89 (Syd Curnow)4-108 (Herbie Taylor)5-163 (Denys Morkel)6-183 (Jock Cameron)7-225 (Cyril Vincent)8-329 (Ken Viljoen)9-336 (Quintin McMillan)10-358 (Neville Quinn)

Bowling scorecard
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Tim Wall	37	5	98	3	2.64
Ted a'Beckett	18	5	29	0	1.61
Clarrie Grimmett	63	23	100	2	1.58
Bert Ironmonger	49	26	72	3	1.46
Stan McCabe	21.3	4	41	2	1.90

Partnerships · South Africa

1st wicket · Syd Curnow & Bruce Mitchell

2nd wicket · Syd Curnow & Jim Christy

3rd wicket · Syd Curnow & Herbie Taylor

4th wicket · Herbie Taylor & Denys Morkel

5th wicket · Denys Morkel & Jock Cameron

6th wicket · Jock Cameron & Ken Viljoen

7th wicket · Ken Viljoen & Cyril Vincent

8th wicket · Ken Viljoen & Quintin McMillan

104

9th wicket · Quintin McMillan & Neville Quinn

10th wicket · Neville Quinn & Sandy Bell

INNINGS 3

Australia

164.4 overs · run rate 3.36 · all out

554

Batting scorecard
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s
Bill Woodfull	caught Bruce Mitchell	161	-	5	0
Bill Ponsford	caught Bruce Mitchell	34	-	2	0
Donald Bradman	lbw	167	-	18	0
Alan Kippax	caught Syd Curnow	67	-	5	0
Stan McCabe	caught Bruce Mitchell	71	-	5	1
Keith Rigg	caught Bruce Mitchell	1	-	0	0
Ted a'Beckett	bowled	4	-	0	0
Bert Oldfield	lbw	0	-	0	0
Clarrie Grimmett	not out	16*	-	-	0
Tim Wall	bowled	12	-	-	0
Bert Ironmonger	bowled	0	-	0	0

Extras 21 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 21)Total 554 (164.4 ov)Run rate 3.36

Fall of wickets1-54 (Bill Ponsford)2-328 (Donald Bradman)3-408 (Bill Woodfull)4-519 (Alan Kippax)5-521 (Stan McCabe)6-521 (Keith Rigg)7-524 (Bert Oldfield)8-530 (Ted a'Beckett)9-550 (Tim Wall)10-554 (Bert Ironmonger)

Bowling scorecard
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Sandy Bell	36	6	101	1	2.80
Neville Quinn	36.4	6	113	1	3.08
Denys Morkel	4	0	15	0	3.75
Cyril Vincent	55	16	154	4	2.80
Quintin McMillan	33	3	150	4	4.54

Partnerships · Australia

1st wicket · Bill Woodfull & Bill Ponsford

2nd wicket · Bill Woodfull & Donald Bradman

274

3rd wicket · Bill Woodfull & Alan Kippax

4th wicket · Alan Kippax & Stan McCabe

111

5th wicket · Stan McCabe & Keith Rigg

6th wicket · Keith Rigg & Ted a'Beckett

7th wicket · Ted a'Beckett & Bert Oldfield

8th wicket · Ted a'Beckett & Clarrie Grimmett

9th wicket · Clarrie Grimmett & Tim Wall

10th wicket · Clarrie Grimmett & Bert Ironmonger

INNINGS 4

South Africa

115 overs · run rate 1.95 · all out

225

Batting scorecard
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s
Syd Curnow	bowled	9	-	1	0
Bruce Mitchell	caught Clarrie Grimmett	46	-	0	0
Jim Christy	caught Bert Oldfield	63	-	5	0
Herbie Taylor	bowled	38	-	1	0
Denys Morkel	bowled	4	-	1	0
Jock Cameron	lbw	13	-	0	0
Ken Viljoen	bowled	2	-	0	0
Cyril Vincent	caught Bill Ponsford	34	-	5	1
Quintin McMillan	caught Tim Wall	1	-	0	0
Neville Quinn	not out	0*	-	0	0
Sandy Bell	bowled	0	2	0	0

Extras 15 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 15)Total 225 (115 ov)Run rate 1.95

Fall of wickets1-18 (Syd Curnow)2-120 (Jim Christy)3-133 (Bruce Mitchell)4-138 (Denys Morkel)5-178 (Jock Cameron)6-186 (Ken Viljoen)7-188 (Herbie Taylor)8-208 (Quintin McMillan)9-225 (Cyril Vincent)10-225 (Sandy Bell)

Bowling scorecard
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Tim Wall	13	3	35	0	2.69
Ted a'Beckett	3	1	6	0	2.00
Clarrie Grimmett	46	14	92	6	2.00
Bert Ironmonger	42	18	54	4	1.28
Stan McCabe	10	1	21	0	2.10
Donald Bradman	1	0	2	0	2.00

Partnerships · South Africa

1st wicket · Syd Curnow & Bruce Mitchell

2nd wicket · Bruce Mitchell & Jim Christy

102

3rd wicket · Bruce Mitchell & Herbie Taylor

4th wicket · Herbie Taylor & Denys Morkel

5th wicket · Herbie Taylor & Jock Cameron

6th wicket · Herbie Taylor & Ken Viljoen

7th wicket · Herbie Taylor & Cyril Vincent

8th wicket · Cyril Vincent & Quintin McMillan

9th wicket · Cyril Vincent & Neville Quinn

10th wicket · Neville Quinn & Sandy Bell

Australia v South Africa

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