- Test no. 256 | 1936/37 season
- Played at Sydney Cricket Ground
- 18,19,21,22 December 1936 (timeless match)
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AE Fagg | c Sievers b McCormick | 11 | 29 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 35.48 | |
| CJ Barnett | b Ward | 57 | 107 | 111 | 5 | 0 | 51.35 | |
| WR Hammond | not out | 231 | 460 | 579 | 27 | 0 | 39.89 | |
| M Leyland | lbw b McCabe | 42 | 154 | 171 | 3 | 0 | 24.56 | |
| LEG Ames† | c sub b Ward | 29 | 123 | 143 | 1 | 0 | 20.27 | |
| GOB Allen* | lbw b O'Reilly | 9 | 20 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 42.85 | |
| J Hardstaff jnr | b McCormick | 26 | 75 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| H Verity | not out | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 8, w 1, nb 4) | 21 | ||||||
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| Total | (6 wickets dec; 141.2 overs) | 426 | (2.26 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Did not bat JM Sims, RWV Robins, W Voce |
| Fall of wickets1-27 (Fagg), 2-118 (Barnett), 3-247 (Leyland), 4-351 (Ames), 5-368 (Allen), 6-424 (Hardstaff) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| EL McCormick | 20 | 1 | 79 | 2 | 2.96 | |||
| MW Sievers | 16.2 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 1.38 | |||
| FA Ward | 42 | 8 | 132 | 2 | 2.35 | |||
| WJ O'Reilly | 41 | 17 | 86 | 1 | 1.57 | |||
| AG Chipperfield | 13 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 2.71 | |||
| SJ McCabe | 9 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 2.58 |
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| JHW Fingleton | c Verity b Voce | 12 | 55 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 22.64 | |
| LPJ O'Brien | c Sims b Voce | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| DG Bradman* | c Allen b Voce | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| SJ McCabe | c Sims b Voce | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| AG Chipperfield | c Sims b Allen | 13 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 92.85 | |
| MW Sievers | c Voce b Verity | 4 | 28 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 18.18 | |
| WAS Oldfield† | b Verity | 1 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 | |
| WJ O'Reilly | not out | 37 | 44 | 44 | 2 | 3 | 84.09 | |
| EL McCormick | b Allen | 10 | 35 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 24.39 | |
| FA Ward | b Allen | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| CL Badcock | absent hurt | - | ||||||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 1, nb 1) | 3 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 23.7 overs) | 80 | (2.51 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-1 (O'Brien), 2-1 (Bradman), 3-1 (McCabe), 4-16 (Chipperfield), 5-28 (Fingleton), 6-30 (Sievers), 7-31 (Oldfield), 8-80 (McCormick), 9-80 (Ward) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| W Voce | 8 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0.93 | |||
| GOB Allen | 5.7 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 2.42 | |||
| H Verity | 3 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 4.25 | |||
| WR Hammond | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1.12 | |||
| JM Sims | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 7.50 | |||
| RWV Robins | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3.75 |
| Australia 2nd innings (following on) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| JHW Fingleton | b Sims | 73 | 196 | 248 | 4 | 0 | 29.43 | |
| LPJ O'Brien | c Allen b Hammond | 17 | 43 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 65.38 | |
| DG Bradman* | b Verity | 82 | 171 | 140 | 6 | 0 | 58.57 | |
| SJ McCabe | lbw b Voce | 93 | 174 | 186 | 10 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| AG Chipperfield | b Voce | 21 | 60 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 38.88 | |
| CL Badcock | lbw b Allen | 2 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 11.76 | |
| MW Sievers | run out | 24 | 90 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 25.80 | |
| WAS Oldfield† | c †Ames b Voce | 1 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 | |
| WJ O'Reilly | b Hammond | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| EL McCormick | lbw b Hammond | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| FA Ward | not out | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 3, nb 4) | 7 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 96.7 overs) | 324 | (2.50 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-38 (O'Brien), 2-162 (Fingleton), 3-186 (Bradman), 4-220 (Chipperfield), 5-226 (Badcock), 6-318 (McCabe), 7-319 (Sievers), 8-323 (Oldfield), 9-323 (O'Reilly), 10-324 (McCormick) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| W Voce | 19 | 4 | 66 | 3 | 2.60 | |||
| GOB Allen | 19 | 4 | 61 | 1 | 2.40 | |||
| H Verity | 19 | 7 | 55 | 1 | 2.17 | |||
| WR Hammond | 15.7 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 1.37 | |||
| JM Sims | 17 | 0 | 80 | 1 | 3.52 | |||
| RWV Robins | 7 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2.78 |
| Match details |
| Balls per over 8 |
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Toss England, who chose to bat Series England led the 5-match series 2-0 |
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Umpires
GE Borwick and JD Scott |
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Close of play 18 Dec day 1 - England 1st innings 279/3 (WR Hammond 167*, LEG Ames 14*) 19 Dec day 2 - England 1st innings 426/6 (WR Hammond 231*, H Verity 0*) 20 Dec rest day 21 Dec day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 145/1 (JHW Fingleton 67*, DG Bradman 57*) 22 Dec day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 324 (96.7 ov) - end of match |
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