- Test no. 214 | 1931/32 season
- Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- 31 December 1931, 1,2,4,5,6 January 1932 (timeless match)
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| 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 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 77.1 overs) | 198 | (2.56 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-11 (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 | Econ | |||
| AJ Bell | 26.1 | 9 | 69 | 5 | 2.63 | |||
| NA Quinn | 31 | 13 | 42 | 4 | 1.35 | |||
| DPB Morkel | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4.00 | |||
| CL Vincent | 12 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 2.66 | |||
| Q McMillan | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 11.00 | |||
| JAJ Christy | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4.66 |
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| 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 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 188.3 overs) | 358 | (1.89 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-39 (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 | Econ | |||
| TW Wall | 37 | 5 | 98 | 3 | 2.64 | |||
| EL a'Beckett | 18 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 1.61 | |||
| CV Grimmett | 63 | 23 | 100 | 2 | 1.58 | |||
| H Ironmonger | 49 | 26 | 72 | 3 | 1.46 | |||
| SJ McCabe | 21.3 | 4 | 41 | 2 | 1.90 |
| Australia 2nd innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| 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 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 164.4 overs) | 554 | (3.36 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-54 (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 | Econ | |||
| AJ Bell | 36 | 6 | 101 | 1 | 2.80 | |||
| NA Quinn | 36.4 | 6 | 113 | 1 | 3.08 | |||
| DPB Morkel | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3.75 | |||
| CL Vincent | 55 | 16 | 154 | 4 | 2.80 | |||
| Q McMillan | 33 | 3 | 150 | 4 | 4.54 |
| South Africa 2nd innings (target: 395 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| 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 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 6, nb 1) | 15 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 115 overs) | 225 | (1.95 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-18 (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 | Econ | |||
| TW Wall | 13 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 2.69 | |||
| EL a'Beckett | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2.00 | |||
| CV Grimmett | 46 | 14 | 92 | 6 | 2.00 | |||
| H Ironmonger | 42 | 18 | 54 | 4 | 1.28 | |||
| SJ McCabe | 10 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 2.10 | |||
| DG Bradman | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Match details |
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Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series Australia led the 5-match series 3-0 |
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Umpires
GE Borwick and GA Hele |
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Close of play 31 Dec day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 46/1 (SH Curnow 22*, JAJ Christy 3*) 1 Jan day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 268/7 (KG Viljoen 65*, Q McMillan 10*) 2 Jan day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 206/1 (WM Woodfull 73*, DG Bradman 97*) 3 Jan rest day 4 Jan day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 554/9 (CV Grimmett 16*, H Ironmonger 0*) 5 Jan day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 198/7 (CL Vincent 10*, Q McMillan 1*) 6 Jan day 6 - South Africa 2nd innings 225 (115 ov) - end of match |
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