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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 257 (257/137)
The Ashes, 1936/37, 3rd Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
1,2,4,5,6,7 January 1937 (timeless match)

Result: Australia won by 365 runs
England leads the 5-Test series 2-1

Toss: Australia
Umpires: GE Borwick and JD Scott

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 181/6 (McCabe 63*, Oldfield 21*)
  • Day 2: Australia 200/9d, England 76/9d, Australia 3/1 (Fleetwood-Smith 0*, Ward 1*)
  • Day 3: Australia 194/5 (Fingleton 39*, Bradman 56*)
  • Day 4: Australia 500/6 (Bradman 248*, McCabe 14*)
  • Day 5: Australia 564, England 236/6 (Leyland 69*, Robins 27*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    JHW Fingleton         c Sims             b Robins              38 119 117  4 0
    WA Brown              c Ames             b Voce                 1  29  17  0 0
    *DG Bradman           c Robins           b Verity              13  28  21  0 0
    KE Rigg               c Verity           b Allen               16  45  51  1 0
    SJ McCabe             c Worthington      b Voce                63 144 146  6 0
    LS Darling            c Allen            b Verity              20  56  54  1 0
    MW Sievers            st Ames            b Robins               1  22  23  0 0
    +WAS Oldfield         not out                                  27  81  65  3 0
    WJ O'Reilly           c Sims             b Hammond              4  19  19  0 0
    FA Ward               st Ames            b Hammond              7  10  13  0 0
    Extras                (b 2, lb 6, nb 2)                        10
    Total                 (9 wickets declared, 65.3 overs)        200
    
    DNB: LO Fleetwood-Smith.
    
    FoW: 1-7 (Brown), 2-33 (Bradman), 3-69 (Rigg),
         4-79 (Fingleton), 5-122 (Darling), 6-130 (Sievers),
         7-183 (McCabe), 8-190 (O'Reilly), 9-200 (Ward).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Voce                        18      3     49      2
    Allen                       12      2     35      1
    Sims                         9      1     35      0
    Verity                      14      4     24      2
    Robins                       7      0     31      2
    Hammond                      5.3    0     16      2
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    TS Worthington        c Bradman          b McCabe               0   2   4  0 0
    CJ Barnett            c Darling          b Sievers             11  27  34  2 0
    WR Hammond            c Darling          b Sievers             32  81  88  4 0
    M Leyland             c Darling          b O'Reilly            17  41  49  1 0
    JM Sims               c Brown            b Sievers              3  27  15  0 0
    +LEG Ames                                b Sievers              3  19  23  0 0
    RWV Robins            c O'Reilly         b Sievers              0   1   2  0 0
    J Hardstaff jnr                          b O'Reilly             3   6   3  0 0
    *GOB Allen            not out                                   0   9   2  0 0
    H Verity              c Brown            b O'Reilly             0   1   3  0 0
    W Voce                not out                                   0   3   4  0 0
    Extras                (b 5, lb 1, nb 1)                         7
    Total                 (9 wickets declared, 28.2 overs)         76
    
    FoW: 1-0 (Worthington), 2-14 (Barnett), 3-56 (Leyland),
         4-68 (Hammond), 5-71 (Sims), 6-71 (Robins),
         7-76 (Ames), 8-76 (Hardstaff), 9-76 (Verity).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    McCabe                       2      1      7      1
    Sievers                     11.2    5     21      5
    O'Reilly                    12      5     28      3
    Fleetwood-Smith              3      1     13      0
    
    Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    WJ O'Reilly                          c & b Voce                 0   1   1  0 0
    LO Fleetwood-Smith    c Verity           b Voce                 0  13   7  0 0
    FA Ward               c Hardstaff        b Verity              18  68  75  0 0
    KE Rigg               lbw                b Sims                47 122 120  3 0
    WA Brown              c Barnett          b Voce                20  43  39  1 0
    JHW Fingleton         c Ames             b Sims               136 386 428  6 0
    *DG Bradman           c Allen            b Verity             270 458 375 22 0
    SJ McCabe             lbw                b Allen               22  43  51  2 0
    LS Darling                               b Allen                0   1   1  0 0
    MW Sievers            not out                                  25  71  86  1 0
    +WAS Oldfield         lbw                b Verity               7  23  28  1 0
    Extras                (b 6, lb 2, w 1, nb 10)                  19
    Total                 (all out, 149.7 overs)                  564
    
    FoW: 1-0 (O'Reilly), 2-3 (Fleetwood-Smith), 3-38 (Ward),
         4-74 (Brown), 5-97 (Rigg), 6-443 (Fingleton),
         7-511 (McCabe), 8-511 (Darling), 9-549 (Bradman),
         10-564 (Oldfield).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Voce                        29      2    120      3
    Allen                       23      2     84      2
    Sims                        23      1    109      2
    Verity                      37.7    9     79      3
    Robins                      11      2     46      0
    Hammond                     22      3     89      0
    Worthington                  4      0     18      0
    
    England 2nd innings (target: 689 runs)                          R   M   B  4 6
    TS Worthington        c Sievers          b Ward                16  82  95  1 0
    CJ Barnett            lbw                b O'Reilly            23  45  57  4 0
    WR Hammond                               b Sievers             51  78  92  7 0
    M Leyland             not out                                 111 194 212 11 0
    +LEG Ames                                b Fleetwood-Smith     19  34  44  3 0
    J Hardstaff jnr       c Ward             b Fleetwood-Smith     17  16  22  2 0
    *GOB Allen            c Sievers          b Fleetwood-Smith     11   8  11  1 0
    RWV Robins                               b O'Reilly            61  65  68  7 0
    H Verity              c McCabe           b O'Reilly            11  15  25  1 0
    JM Sims               lbw                b Fleetwood-Smith      0   2   3  0 0
    W Voce                c Bradman          b Fleetwood-Smith      0   1   1  0 0
    Extras                (lb 3)                                    3
    Total                 (all out, 78.6 overs)                   323
    
    FoW: 1-29 (Barnett), 2-65 (Worthington), 3-117 (Hammond),
         4-155 (Ames), 5-179 (Hardstaff), 6-195 (Allen),
         7-306 (Robins), 8-322 (Verity), 9-323 (Sims),
         10-323 (Voce).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    McCabe                       8      0     32      0
    Sievers                     12      2     39      1
    O'Reilly                    21      6     65      3
    Fleetwood-Smith             25.6    2    124      5
    Ward                        12      1     60      1
    


  • Tour Index

    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Melbourne Cricket Ground

    Australia Player Pages: JHW Fingleton, WA Brown, DG Bradman, KE Rigg, SJ McCabe, LS Darling, MW Sievers, WAS Oldfield, WJ O'Reilly, FA Ward, LO Fleetwood-Smith.

    England Player Pages: TS Worthington, CJ Barnett, WR Hammond, M Leyland, JM Sims, LEG Ames, RWV Robins, J Hardstaff jnr, GOB Allen, H Verity, W Voce.

    Match Officials' Pages: GE Borwick, JD Scott.

    Thanks: Travis, Vishal
     Contributed by rogan (joshuas@jolt.mpx.com.au)  
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