- Test no. 208 | 1930/31 season
- Played at Sydney Cricket Ground
- 27,28 February, 2,3,4 March 1931 (timeless match)
| West Indies 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| 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 | |||||
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| Total | (6 wickets dec; 135 overs) | 350 | (2.59 runs per over) | ||||
| Did not bat OC Scott, GN Francis, HC Griffith |
| Fall of wickets1-70 (Roach), 2-222 (Headley), 3-332 (Grant), 4-337 (Sealy), 5-338 (Constantine), 6-341 (Bartlett) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AG Fairfax | 21 | 2 | 60 | 0 | 2.85 | |||
| RK Oxenham | 24 | 10 | 51 | 0 | 2.12 | |||
| H Ironmonger | 42 | 16 | 95 | 2 | 2.26 | |||
| CV Grimmett | 33 | 7 | 100 | 3 | 3.03 | |||
| SJ McCabe | 15 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 1.73 |
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| 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 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 79.2 overs) | 224 | (2.82 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-7 (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 | Econ | |||
| GN Francis | 19 | 6 | 48 | 4 | 2.52 | |||
| HC Griffith | 13.2 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 2.32 | |||
| FR Martin | 27 | 3 | 67 | 2 | 2.48 | |||
| LN Constantine | 10 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 2.80 | |||
| OC Scott | 10 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 4.20 |
| West Indies 2nd innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| 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 | |||||
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| Total | (5 wickets dec; 51 overs) | 124 | (2.43 runs per over) | ||||
| Did not bat IM Barrow†, OC Scott, GN Francis, HC Griffith |
| Fall of wickets1-46 (Martin), 2-66 (Roach), 3-103 (Headley), 4-113 (Sealy), 5-124 (Constantine) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RK Oxenham | 10 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1.40 | |||
| H Ironmonger | 16 | 7 | 44 | 2 | 2.75 | |||
| CV Grimmett | 18 | 4 | 47 | 1 | 2.61 | |||
| SJ McCabe | 7 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 2.42 |
| Australia 2nd innings (target: 251 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| 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 | 0.00 | |
| 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 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 75.3 overs) | 220 | (2.91 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-49 (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 | Econ | |||
| GN Francis | 16 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 2.00 | |||
| HC Griffith | 13.3 | 3 | 50 | 4 | 3.70 | |||
| FR Martin | 18 | 4 | 44 | 2 | 2.44 | |||
| LN Constantine | 17 | 2 | 50 | 2 | 2.94 | |||
| OC Scott | 11 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 2.72 |
| Match details |
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Toss West Indies, who chose to bat Series Australia won the 5-match series 4-1 |
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Test debut
KE Rigg
(Australia) |
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Umpires
HJ Armstrong and WG French |
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Close of play 27 Feb day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 298/2 (FR Martin 100*, GC Grant 48*) 28 Feb day 2 - Australia 1st innings 89/5 (SJ McCabe 0*, AG Fairfax 0*) 1 Mar rest day 2 Mar day 3 - West Indies 2nd innings 124/5 (GC Grant 27*, EL Bartlett 0*) 3 Mar day 4 - no play 4 Mar day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 220 (75.3 ov) - end of match |
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