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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 208 (203/5)
Australia v West Indies, 1930/31, 5th Test
Sydney Cricket Ground
27,28 February, 2,3,4 March 1931 (timeless match)

Result: West Indies won by 30 runs
Australia wins the 5-Test series 4-1

Toss: West Indies
Umpires: HJ Armstrong and WG French
Test Debuts: KE Rigg (Aus).

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: West Indies 298/2 (Martin 100*, Grant 48*)
  • Day 2: West Indies 350/6d, Australia 89/5 (McCabe 0*, Fairfax 0*)
  • Day 3: Australia 224, West Indies 124/5 (Grant 27*, Bartlett 0*)
  • Day 4: No play
    West Indies 1st innings                                         R   M   4  6
    FR Martin             not out                                 123 347  11  0
    CA Roach              lbw                b Grimmett            31  67   5  0
    GA Headley            lbw                b McCabe             105 146  13  0
    *GC Grant             c McCabe           b Ironmonger          62  99   8  0
    JED Sealy             c Kippax           b Grimmett             4   7   0  0
    LN Constantine        c McCabe           b Ironmonger           0       0  0
    EL Bartlett                              b Grimmett             0       0  0
    +IM Barrow            not out                                   7          0
    Extras                (b 6, lb 5, w 1, nb 6)                   18
    Total                 (6 wickets declared, 135 overs)         350
    
    DNB: OC Scott, GN Francis, HC Griffith.
    
    FoW: 1-70 (Roach), 2-222 (Headley), 3-332 (Grant), 4-337 (Sealy),
         5-338 (Constantine), 6-341 (Bartlett).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Fairfax                     21      2     60      0
    Oxenham                     24     10     51      0
    Ironmonger                  42     16     95      2
    Grimmett                    33      7    100      3
    McCabe                      15      5     26      1
    
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   4  6
    *WM Woodfull          c Constantine      b Martin              22 103   0  0
    WH Ponsford           c Bartlett         b Francis              7  15   0  0
    DG Bradman            c Francis          b Martin              43  51   3  0
    AF Kippax             c Sealy            b Constantine          3   2   0  0
    KE Rigg               c Barrow           b Francis             14  25   1  0
    SJ McCabe             c Headley          b Francis             21  35   1  0
    AG Fairfax            st Barrow          b Scott               54 116   5  0
    RK Oxenham            c Barrow           b Francis              0  12   0  0
    +WAS Oldfield         run out                                  36  52   4  0
    CV Grimmett           not out                                  15  27   1  0
    H Ironmonger                             b Griffith             1   9   0  0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 7)                               8
    Total                 (all out, 79.2 overs)                   224
    
    FoW: 1-7 (Ponsford), 2-66 (Bradman), 3-69 (Kippax), 4-89 (Rigg),
         5-89 (Woodfull), 6-130 (McCabe), 7-134 (Oxenham),
         8-196 (Oldfield), 9-215 (Fairfax), 10-224 (Ironmonger).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Francis                     19      6     48      4
    Griffith                    13.2    3     31      1
    Martin                      27      3     67      2
    Constantine                 10      2     28      1
    Scott                       10      1     42      1
    
    West Indies 2nd innings                                         R   M   4  6
    FR Martin             c McCabe           b Grimmett            20  47   1  0
    CA Roach              c Oldfield         b Ironmonger          34  65   6  0
    GA Headley                               b Oxenham             30  60   3  0
    *GC Grant             not out                                  27  63   2  0
    JED Sealy             run out                                   7   6   0  0
    LN Constantine        c Bradman          b Ironmonger           4   5   0  0
    EL Bartlett           not out                                   0   5   0  0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 1)                               2
    Total                 (5 wickets declared, 51 overs)          124
    
    DNB: +IM Barrow, OC Scott, GN Francis, HC Griffith.
    
    FoW: 1-46 (Martin), 2-66 (Roach), 3-103 (Headley), 4-113 (Sealy),
         5-124 (Constantine).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Oxenham                     10      4     14      1
    Ironmonger                  16      7     44      2
    Grimmett                    18      4     47      1
    McCabe                       7      2     17      0
    
    Australia 2nd innings (target: 251 runs)                        R   M   B  4 6
    *WM Woodfull          c Constantine      b Griffith            18  53      1 0
    WH Ponsford           c Constantine      b Martin              28  56      2 0
    DG Bradman                               b Griffith             0  11      0 0
    +WAS Oldfield         lbw                b Griffith             0   2   1  0 0
    AF Kippax             c Roach            b Constantine         10  23      2 0
    KE Rigg               c Barrow           b Constantine         16  32      1 0
    SJ McCabe             c Grant            b Martin              44  64      3 0
    AG Fairfax            not out                                  60 147      3 0
    RK Oxenham            lbw                b Scott               14  22      0 0
    CV Grimmett           c Constantine      b Griffith            12  26      0 0
    H Ironmonger          run out                                   4   7      0 0
    Extras                (b 3, lb 7, w 2, nb 2)                   14
    Total                 (all out, 75.3 overs)                   220
    
    FoW: 1-49 (Woodfull), 2-49 (Ponsford), 3-53 (Oldfield),
         4-53 (Bradman), 5-65 (Kippax), 6-76 (Rigg), 7-155 (McCabe),
         8-180 (Oxenham), 9-214 (Grimmett), 10-220 (Ironmonger).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Francis                     16      2     32      0
    Griffith                    13.3    3     50      4
    Martin                      18      4     44      2
    Constantine                 17      2     50      2
    Scott                       11      0     30      1
    


  • Tour Index

    Team Pages: Australia, West Indies.

    Ground Page: Sydney Cricket Ground

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

    Australia Player Pages: WM Woodfull, WH Ponsford, DG Bradman, AF Kippax, KE Rigg, SJ McCabe, AG Fairfax, RK Oxenham, WAS Oldfield, CV Grimmett, H Ironmonger.

    Match Officials' Pages: HJ Armstrong, WG French.

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