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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 214 (214/17)
Australia v South Africa, 1931/32, 3rd Test
Melbourne Cricket Ground
31 December 1931, 1,2,4,5,6 January 1932 (timeless match)

Result: Australia won by 169 runs
Australia leads the 5-Test series 3-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: GE Borwick and GA Hele

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 198, South Africa 46/1 (Curnow 22*, Christy 3*)
  • Day 2: South Africa 268/7 (Viljoen 65*, McMillan 10*)
  • Day 3: South Africa 358, Australia 206/1 (Woodfull 73*, Bradman 97*)
  • Day 4: Australia 554/9 (Grimmett 16*, Ironmonger 0*)
  • Day 5: Australia 554, South Africa 198/7 (Vincent 10*, McMillan 1*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   4  6
    *WM Woodfull          c Cameron          b Bell                 7  48   0  0
    WH Ponsford                              b Bell                 7  17   1  0
    DG Bradman            c Cameron          b Quinn                2  14   0  0
    AF Kippax             c Bell             b Quinn               52 114   4  1
    SJ McCabe             c Morkel           b Bell                22  45   4  0
    KE Rigg               c Mitchell         b Bell                68  98   5  0
    EL a'Beckett          c Mitchell         b Quinn                6  10   0  0
    +WAS Oldfield         c Vincent          b Quinn                0   3   0  0
    CV Grimmett           c Morkel           b Bell                 9  34      0
    TW Wall               not out                                   6  18      0
    H Ironmonger          run out                                  12  12   2  0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 4, w 1, nb 1)                    7
    Total                 (all out, 77.1 overs)                   198
    
    FoW: 1-11 (Ponsford), 2-16 (Bradman), 3-25 (Woodfull),
         4-74 (McCabe), 5-135 (Kippax), 6-143 (a'Beckett),
         7-143 (Oldfield), 8-173 (Rigg), 9-179 (Grimmett),
         10-198 (Ironmonger).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Bell                        26.1    9     69      5
    Quinn                       31     13     42      4
    Morkel                       3      0     12      0
    Vincent                     12      1     32      0
    McMillan                     2      0     22      0
    Christy                      3      0     14      0
    
    South Africa 1st innings                                        R   M   4  6
    SH Curnow                                b Grimmett            47 144   3  0
    B Mitchell            c McCabe           b Wall                17  58   1  0
    JAJ Christy           c McCabe           b Ironmonger          16  64   1  0
    HW Taylor             lbw                b Grimmett            11  46   0  0
    DPB Morkel            lbw                b Ironmonger          33  89   2  0
    *+HB Cameron          st Oldfield        b Ironmonger          39  96   4  0
    KG Viljoen            c Wall             b McCabe             111 205   9  0
    CL Vincent            c Oldfield         b Wall                16  60   1  0
    Q McMillan            c Oldfield         b Wall                29 129   3  0
    NA Quinn                                 b McCabe              11  51      0
    AJ Bell               not out                                  10  38      0
    Extras                (b 3, lb 13, nb 2)                       18
    Total                 (all out, 188.3 overs)                  358
    
    FoW: 1-39 (Mitchell), 2-79 (Christy), 3-89 (Curnow),
         4-108 (Taylor), 5-163 (Morkel), 6-183 (Cameron),
         7-225 (Vincent), 8-329 (Viljoen), 9-336 (McMillan),
         10-358 (Quinn).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Wall                        37      5     98      3
    a'Beckett                   18      5     29      0
    Grimmett                    63     23    100      2
    Ironmonger                  49     26     72      3
    McCabe                      21.3    4     41      2
    
    Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   4  6
    *WM Woodfull          c Mitchell         b McMillan           161 300   5  0
    WH Ponsford           c Mitchell         b Bell                34  53   2  0
    DG Bradman            lbw                b Vincent            167 183  18  0
    AF Kippax             c Curnow           b McMillan            67 150   5  0
    SJ McCabe             c Mitchell         b McMillan            71  97   5  1
    KE Rigg               c Mitchell         b Vincent              1   3   0  0
    EL a'Beckett                             b Vincent              4  20   0  0
    +WAS Oldfield         lbw                b McMillan             0   9   0  0
    CV Grimmett           not out                                  16  41      0
    TW Wall                                  b Vincent             12  24      0
    H Ironmonger                             b Quinn                0   9   0  0
    Extras                (b 17, lb 3, nb 1)                       21
    Total                 (all out, 164.4 overs)                  554
    
    FoW: 1-54 (Ponsford), 2-328 (Bradman), 3-408 (Woodfull),
         4-519 (Kippax), 5-521 (McCabe), 6-521 (Rigg),
         7-524 (Oldfield), 8-530 (a'Beckett), 9-550 (Wall),
         10-554 (Ironmonger).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Bell                        36      6    101      1
    Quinn                       36.4    6    113      1
    Morkel                       4      0     15      0
    Vincent                     55     16    154      4
    McMillan                    33      3    150      4
    
    South Africa 2nd innings (target: 395 runs)                     R   M   B  4 6
    SH Curnow                                b Grimmett             9  34      1 0
    B Mitchell                           c & b Grimmett            46 177      0 0
    JAJ Christy           c Oldfield         b Ironmonger          63 112      5 0
    HW Taylor                                b Grimmett            38 108      1 0
    DPB Morkel                               b Ironmonger           4   4      1 0
    *+HB Cameron          lbw                b Ironmonger          13  45      0 0
    KG Viljoen                               b Ironmonger           2  21      0 0
    CL Vincent            c Ponsford         b Grimmett            34  40      5 1
    Q McMillan            c Wall             b Grimmett             1  26      0 0
    NA Quinn              not out                                   0   8      0 0
    AJ Bell                                  b Grimmett             0   1   2  0 0
    Extras                (b 8, lb 6, nb 1)                        15
    Total                 (all out, 115 overs)                    225
    
    FoW: 1-18 (Curnow), 2-120 (Christy), 3-133 (Mitchell),
         4-138 (Morkel), 5-178 (Cameron), 6-186 (Viljoen),
         7-188 (Taylor), 8-208 (McMillan), 9-225 (Vincent),
         10-225 (Bell).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Wall                        13      3     35      0
    a'Beckett                    3      1      6      0
    Grimmett                    46     14     92      6
    Ironmonger                  42     18     54      4
    McCabe                      10      1     21      0
    Bradman                      1      0      2      0
    


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    Team Pages: Australia, South Africa.

    Ground Page: Melbourne Cricket Ground

    Australia Player Pages: WM Woodfull, WH Ponsford, DG Bradman, AF Kippax, SJ McCabe, KE Rigg, EL a'Beckett, WAS Oldfield, CV Grimmett, TW Wall, H Ironmonger.

    South Africa Player Pages: SH Curnow, B Mitchell, JAJ Christy, HW Taylor, DPB Morkel, HB Cameron, KG Viljoen, CL Vincent, Q McMillan, NA Quinn, AJ Bell.

    Match Officials' Pages: GE Borwick, GA Hele.

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