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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 199 (199/1)
Australia v West Indies, 1930/31, 1st Test
Adelaide Oval
12,13,15,16 December 1930 (timeless match)

Result: Australia won by 10 wickets
Australia leads the 5-Test series 1-0

Toss: West Indies
Umpires: GA Hele and AG Jenkins
Test Debuts: A Hurwood (Aus); LS Birkett, GC Grant (WI).

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: West Indies 286/7 (Grant 49*, Francis 3*)
  • Day 2: West Indies 296, Australia 297/5 (Kippax 118*, Fairfax 7*)
  • Day 3: Australia 376, West Indies 203/7 (Grant 50*)
    West Indies 1st innings                                         R   M   B  4 6
    CA Roach              st Oldfield        b Hurwood             56 130      2 1
    LS Birkett                           c & b Grimmett            27  47        0
    GA Headley            c Wall             b Grimmett             0   2   1  0 0
    FR Martin                                b Grimmett            39  88      6 0
    LN Constantine        c Wall             b Grimmett             1   3      0 0
    *GC Grant             not out                                  53 188        0
    EL Bartlett           lbw                b Grimmett            84 119      7 0
    +IM Barrow            c Bradman          b Grimmett            12  28        0
    GN Francis            lbw                b Hurwood              5  20        0
    OC Scott              c Fairfax          b Grimmett             3   5      0 0
    HC Griffith                              b Hurwood              1   2      0 0
    Extras                (b 6, lb 8, nb 1)                        15
    Total                 (all out, 127.1 overs)                  296
    
    FoW: 1-58 (Birkett), 2-58 (Headley), 3-118 (Roach),
         4-123 (Constantine), 5-131 (Martin), 6-245 (Bartlett),
         7-269 (Barrow), 8-290 (Francis), 9-295 (Scott),
         10-296 (Griffith).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Wall                        16      0     64      0
    Fairfax                     11      1     36      0
    Grimmett                    48     19     87      7
    Hurwood                     36.1   14     55      3
    McCabe                      12      3     32      0
    Bradman                      4      0      7      0
    
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    WH Ponsford           c Birkett          b Francis             24  65        0
    A Jackson             c Barrow           b Francis             31  60        0
    DG Bradman            c Grant            b Griffith             4  15      0 0
    AF Kippax             c Barrow           b Griffith           146 229     18 0
    SJ McCabe                            c & b Constantine         90 132      9 0
    *WM Woodfull          run out                                   6  25        0
    AG Fairfax            not out                                  41 108      3 1
    +WAS Oldfield         c Francis          b Scott               15  40        0
    CV Grimmett           c Barrow           b Scott                0   1   1  0 0
    A Hurwood             c Martin           b Scott                0   2      0 0
    TW Wall               lbw                b Scott                0   2      0 0
    Extras                (b 2, lb 10, nb 7)                       19
    Total                 (all out, 117.5 overs)                  376
    
    FoW: 1-56 (Jackson), 2-59 (Ponsford), 3-64 (Bradman),
         4-246 (McCabe), 5-269 (Woodfull), 6-341 (Kippax),
         7-374 (Oldfield), 8-374 (Grimmett), 9-374 (Hurwood),
         10-376 (Wall).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Francis                     18      7     43      2
    Constantine                 22      0     89      1
    Griffith                    28      4     69      2
    Martin                      29      3     73      0
    Scott                       20.5    2     83      4
    
    West Indies 2nd innings                                         R   M   4  6
    CA Roach                                 b Hurwood              9          0
    LS Birkett            st Oldfield        b Grimmett            64 104   5  0
    GA Headley            st Oldfield        b Grimmett            11          0
    FR Martin             run out                                   3       0  0
    LN Constantine                           b Grimmett            14       2  0
    *GC Grant             not out                                  71 160   6  0
    EL Bartlett           c Grimmett         b Hurwood             11          0
    +IM Barrow            lbw                b Bradman             27  75      0
    GN Francis                               b Hurwood              3       0  0
    OC Scott              c Kippax           b Hurwood              8          0
    HC Griffith           st Oldfield        b Grimmett            10          0
    Extras                (b 16, lb 2)                             18
    Total                 (all out, 98 overs)                     249
    
    FoW: 1-15 (Roach), 2-47 (Headley), 3-52 (Martin),
         4-74 (Constantine), 5-115 (Birkett), 6-138 (Bartlett),
         7-203 (Barrow), 8-208 (Francis), 9-220 (Scott),
         10-249 (Griffith).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Wall                        10      1     20      0
    Fairfax                      3      2      6      0
    Grimmett                    38      7     96      4
    Hurwood                     34     11     86      4
    McCabe                       8      2     15      0
    Bradman                      5      1      8      1
    
    Australia 2nd innings (target: 170 runs)                        R   M   4  6
    WH Ponsford           not out                                  92 148   5  0
    A Jackson             not out                                  70 148   3  0
    Extras                (b 8, w 1, nb 1)                         10
    Total                 (0 wickets, 55.3 overs)                 172
    
    DNB: DG Bradman, AF Kippax, SJ McCabe, *WM Woodfull, AG Fairfax,
         +WAS Oldfield, CV Grimmett, A Hurwood, TW Wall.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Francis                     10      1     30      0
    Constantine                  9.3    3     27      0
    Griffith                    10      1     20      0
    Martin                      11      0     28      0
    Scott                       13      0     55      0
    Birkett                      2      0      2      0
    


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    Team Pages: Australia, West Indies.

    Ground Page: Adelaide Oval

    West Indies Player Pages: CA Roach, LS Birkett, GA Headley, FR Martin, LN Constantine, GC Grant, EL Bartlett, IM Barrow, GN Francis, OC Scott, HC Griffith.

    Australia Player Pages: WH Ponsford, A Jackson, DG Bradman, AF Kippax, SJ McCabe, WM Woodfull, AG Fairfax, WAS Oldfield, CV Grimmett, A Hurwood, TW Wall.

    Match Officials' Pages: GA Hele, AG Jenkins.

    Thanks: Travis, Vishal
     Contributed by Blair.Trewin (blair@met.unimelb.edu.au)  
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