Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jack Fingleton	c Sims b Robins	38	117	119	4	0	32.47
Bill Brown	c †Ames b Voce	1	17	29	0	0	5.88
Donald Bradman (c)	c Robins b Verity	13	21	28	0	0	61.90
Keith Rigg	c Verity b Allen	16	51	45	1	0	31.37
Stan McCabe	c Worthington b Voce	63	146	144	6	0	43.15
Len Darling	c Allen b Verity	20	54	56	1	0	37.03
Morris Sievers	st †Ames b Robins	1	23	22	0	0	4.34
Bert Oldfield †	not out	27	65	81	3	0	41.53
Bill O'Reilly	c Sims b Hammond	4	19	19	0	0	21.05
Frank Ward	st †Ames b Hammond	7	13	10	0	0	53.84
Extras	(b 2, lb 6, nb 2)	10
Total	65.3 Ov (RR: 3.05)	200/9d
Did not bat: Chuck Fleetwood-Smith
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Bill Brown), 2-33 (Donald Bradman), 3-69 (Keith Rigg), 4-79 (Jack Fingleton), 5-122 (Len Darling), 6-130 (Morris Sievers), 7-183 (Stan McCabe), 8-190 (Bill O'Reilly), 9-200 (Frank Ward)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bill Voce	18	3	49	2	2.04	-	-	-
Gubby Allen	12	2	35	1	2.18	-	-	-
Jim Sims	9	1	35	0	2.91	-	-	-
Hedley Verity	14	4	24	2	1.28	-	-	-
Walter Robins	7	0	31	2	3.32	-	-	-
Wally Hammond	5.3	0	16	2	2.23	-	-	-

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stan Worthington	c Bradman b McCabe	0	4	2	0	0	0.00
Charlie Barnett	c Darling b Sievers	11	34	27	2	0	32.35
Wally Hammond	c Darling b Sievers	32	88	81	4	0	36.36
Maurice Leyland	c Darling b O'Reilly	17	49	41	1	0	34.69
Jim Sims	c Brown b Sievers	3	15	27	0	0	20.00
Les Ames †	b Sievers	3	23	19	0	0	13.04
Walter Robins	c O'Reilly b Sievers	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Joe Hardstaff	b O'Reilly	3	3	6	0	0	100.00
Gubby Allen (c)	not out	0	2	9	0	0	0.00
Hedley Verity	c Brown b O'Reilly	0	3	1	0	0	0.00
Bill Voce	not out	0	4	3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 1, nb 1)	7
Total	28.2 Ov (RR: 2.69)	76/9d
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Stan Worthington), 2-14 (Charlie Barnett), 3-56 (Maurice Leyland), 4-68 (Wally Hammond), 5-71 (Jim Sims), 6-71 (Walter Robins), 7-76 (Les Ames), 8-76 (Joe Hardstaff), 9-76 (Hedley Verity)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Stan McCabe	2	1	7	1	2.62	-	-	-
Morris Sievers	11.2	5	21	5	1.40	-	-	-
Bill O'Reilly	12	5	28	3	1.75	-	-	-
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith	3	1	13	0	3.25	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bill O'Reilly	c & b Voce	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith	c Verity b Voce	0	7	13	0	0	0.00
Frank Ward	c Hardstaff b Verity	18	75	68	0	0	24.00
Keith Rigg	lbw b Sims	47	120	122	3	0	39.16
Bill Brown	c Barnett b Voce	20	39	43	1	0	51.28
Jack Fingleton	c †Ames b Sims	136	428	386	6	0	31.77
Donald Bradman (c)	c Allen b Verity	270	375	458	22	0	72.00
Stan McCabe	lbw b Allen	22	51	43	2	0	43.13
Len Darling	b Allen	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Morris Sievers	not out	25	86	71	1	0	29.06
Bert Oldfield †	lbw b Verity	7	28	23	1	0	25.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 2, nb 10, w 1)	19
Total	149.7 Ov (RR: 3.76)	564
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Bill O'Reilly), 2-3 (Chuck Fleetwood-Smith), 3-38 (Frank Ward), 4-74 (Bill Brown), 5-97 (Keith Rigg), 6-443 (Jack Fingleton), 7-511 (Stan McCabe), 8-511 (Len Darling), 9-549 (Donald Bradman), 10-564 (Bert Oldfield)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bill Voce	29	2	120	3	3.10	-	-	-
Gubby Allen	23	2	84	2	2.73	-	-	-
Jim Sims	23	1	109	2	3.55	-	-	-
Hedley Verity	37.7	9	79	3	1.56	-	-	-
Walter Robins	11	2	46	0	3.13	-	-	-
Wally Hammond	22	3	89	0	3.03	-	-	-
Stan Worthington	4	0	18	0	3.37	-	-	-

England 2nd Innings (T: 689 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stan Worthington	c Sievers b Ward	16	95	82	1	0	16.84
Charlie Barnett	lbw b O'Reilly	23	57	45	4	0	40.35
Wally Hammond	b Sievers	51	92	78	7	0	55.43
Maurice Leyland	not out	111	212	194	11	0	52.35
Les Ames †	b Fleetwood-Smith	19	44	34	3	0	43.18
Joe Hardstaff	c Ward b Fleetwood-Smith	17	22	16	2	0	77.27
Gubby Allen (c)	c Sievers b Fleetwood-Smith	11	11	8	1	0	100.00
Walter Robins	b O'Reilly	61	68	65	7	0	89.70
Hedley Verity	c McCabe b O'Reilly	11	25	15	1	0	44.00
Jim Sims	lbw b Fleetwood-Smith	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Bill Voce	c Bradman b Fleetwood-Smith	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 3)	3
Total	78.6 Ov (RR: 4.10)	323
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Charlie Barnett), 2-65 (Stan Worthington), 3-117 (Wally Hammond), 4-155 (Les Ames), 5-179 (Joe Hardstaff), 6-195 (Gubby Allen), 7-306 (Walter Robins), 8-322 (Hedley Verity), 9-323 (Jim Sims), 10-323 (Bill Voce)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Stan McCabe	8	0	32	0	3.00	-	-	-
Morris Sievers	12	2	39	1	2.43	-	-	-
Bill O'Reilly	21	6	65	3	2.32	-	-	-
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith	25.6	2	124	5	3.61	-	-	-
Frank Ward	12	1	60	1	3.75	-	-	-

Close of Play

Fri, 01 Jan - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 181/6 (Stan McCabe 63*, Bert Oldfield 21*)

Sat, 02 Jan - day 2 - Australia 2nd innings 3/1 (Chuck Fleetwood-Smith 0*, Frank Ward 1*)

Sun, 03 Jan - rest day

Mon, 04 Jan - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 194/5 (Jack Fingleton 39*, Donald Bradman 56*)

Tue, 05 Jan - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 500/6 (Donald Bradman 248*, Stan McCabe 14*)

Wed, 06 Jan - day 5 - England 2nd innings 236/6 (Maurice Leyland 69*, Walter Robins 27*)

Thu, 07 Jan - day 6 - England 2nd innings 323 (78.6 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of Australia
Season	1936/37
Series result	England led the 5-match series 2-1
Match number	Test no. 257
Match days	day (0-day match)
Umpires	George Borwick John Scott

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England Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
SJ McCabe	8	0	32	0	3
MW Sievers	12	2	39	1	2.43
WJ O'Reilly	21	6	65	3	2.32
LO Fleetwood-Smith	25.6	2	124	5	3.61
FA Ward	12	1	60	1	3.75

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