- Test no. 259 | 1936/37 season
- Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- 26,27 February, 1,2,3 March 1937 (timeless match)
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| JHW Fingleton | c Voce b Farnes | 17 | 89 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| KE Rigg | c †Ames b Farnes | 28 | 78 | 87 | 2 | 0 | 32.18 | |
| DG Bradman* | b Farnes | 169 | 223 | 191 | 15 | 0 | 88.48 | |
| SJ McCabe | c Farnes b Verity | 112 | 163 | 155 | 16 | 0 | 72.25 | |
| CL Badcock | c Worthington b Voce | 118 | 205 | 223 | 15 | 0 | 52.91 | |
| RG Gregory | c Verity b Farnes | 80 | 195 | 181 | 5 | 0 | 44.19 | |
| WAS Oldfield† | c †Ames b Voce | 21 | 76 | 88 | 1 | 0 | 23.86 | |
| LJ Nash | c †Ames b Farnes | 17 | 75 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 28.81 | |
| WJ O'Reilly | b Voce | 1 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 | |
| EL McCormick | not out | 17 | 47 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| LO Fleetwood-Smith | b Farnes | 13 | 27 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 76.47 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 5, w 1, nb 4) | 11 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 140.5 overs) | 604 | (3.22 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-42 (Rigg), 2-54 (Fingleton), 3-303 (McCabe), 4-346 (Bradman), 5-507 (Badcock), 6-544 (Gregory), 7-563 (Oldfield), 8-571 (O'Reilly), 9-576 (Nash), 10-604 (Fleetwood-Smith) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GOB Allen | 17 | 0 | 99 | 0 | 4.36 | |||
| K Farnes | 28.5 | 5 | 96 | 6 | 2.51 | |||
| W Voce | 29 | 3 | 123 | 3 | 3.18 | |||
| WR Hammond | 16 | 1 | 62 | 0 | 2.90 | |||
| H Verity | 41 | 5 | 127 | 1 | 2.32 | |||
| TS Worthington | 6 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 7.50 | |||
| M Leyland | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 6.50 |
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| CJ Barnett | c †Oldfield b Nash | 18 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 128.57 | |
| TS Worthington | hit wicket b Fleetwood-Smith | 44 | 98 | 87 | 7 | 0 | 50.57 | |
| J Hardstaff jnr | c McCormick b O'Reilly | 83 | 240 | 234 | 8 | 0 | 35.47 | |
| WR Hammond | c Nash b O'Reilly | 14 | 62 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 25.92 | |
| M Leyland | b O'Reilly | 7 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 43.75 | |
| RES Wyatt | c Bradman b O'Reilly | 38 | 127 | 97 | 1 | 0 | 39.17 | |
| LEG Ames† | b Nash | 19 | 39 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 44.18 | |
| GOB Allen* | c †Oldfield b Nash | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| H Verity | c Rigg b Nash | 0 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| W Voce | st †Oldfield b O'Reilly | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| K Farnes | not out | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 12, nb 1) | 13 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 71.5 overs) | 239 | (2.50 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-33 (Barnett), 2-96 (Worthington), 3-130 (Hammond), 4-140 (Leyland), 5-202 (Hardstaff), 6-236 (Ames), 7-236 (Wyatt), 8-236 (Allen), 9-239 (Voce), 10-239 (Verity) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| EL McCormick | 13 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 3.11 | |||
| LJ Nash | 17.5 | 1 | 70 | 4 | 2.97 | |||
| WJ O'Reilly | 23 | 7 | 51 | 5 | 1.66 | |||
| LO Fleetwood-Smith | 18 | 3 | 51 | 1 | 2.12 |
| England 2nd innings (following on) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| CJ Barnett | lbw b O'Reilly | 41 | 61 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 74.54 | |
| TS Worthington | c Bradman b McCormick | 6 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 37.50 | |
| J Hardstaff jnr | b Nash | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| WR Hammond | c Bradman b O'Reilly | 56 | 95 | 106 | 9 | 0 | 52.83 | |
| M Leyland | c McCormick b Fleetwood-Smith | 28 | 95 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 40.57 | |
| RES Wyatt | run out | 9 | 31 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 19.14 | |
| LEG Ames† | c McCabe b McCormick | 11 | 41 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 40.74 | |
| GOB Allen* | c Nash b O'Reilly | 7 | 18 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 26.92 | |
| H Verity | not out | 2 | 29 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 5.71 | |
| W Voce | c Badcock b Fleetwood-Smith | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 | |
| K Farnes | c Nash b Fleetwood-Smith | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 3) | 3 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 49.2 overs) | 165 | (2.51 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-9 (Worthington), 2-10 (Hardstaff), 3-70 (Barnett), 4-121 (Hammond), 5-142 (Wyatt), 6-142 (Leyland), 7-153 (Allen), 8-162 (Ames), 9-165 (Voce), 10-165 (Farnes) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| EL McCormick | 9 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 2.75 | |||
| LJ Nash | 7 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 3.64 | |||
| WJ O'Reilly | 19 | 6 | 58 | 3 | 2.28 | |||
| LO Fleetwood-Smith | 13.2 | 3 | 36 | 3 | 2.03 | |||
| SJ McCabe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.75 |
| Match details |
| Balls per over 8 |
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Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series Australia won the 5-match series 3-2 |
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Umpires
GE Borwick and JD Scott |
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Close of play 26 Feb day 1 - Australia 1st innings 342/3 (DG Bradman 165*, CL Badcock 12*) 27 Feb day 2 - Australia 1st innings 593/9 (EL McCormick 9*, LO Fleetwood-Smith 11*) 28 Feb rest day 1 Mar day 3 - England 1st innings 184/4 (J Hardstaff jnr 73*, RES Wyatt 20*) 2 Mar day 4 - England 2nd innings 165/8 (H Verity 2*, W Voce 1*) 3 Mar day 5 - England 2nd innings 165 (49.2 ov) - end of match |
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