Australia vs West Indies, 1st Test at Adelaide, Dec 12 1930 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

1st Test, Adelaide, December 12 - 16, 1930, West Indies tour of Australia

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West Indies

296 & 249

Australia

(T:170) 376 & 172/0

Australia won by 10 wickets

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West Indies 1st Innings

Australia 1st Innings

West Indies 2nd Innings

Australia 2nd Innings

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West Indies 1st Innings 

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Clifford Roach	st †Oldfield b Hurwood	56	-	130	2	1	-
Lionel Birkett	c & b Grimmett	27	-	47	-	0	-
George Headley	c Wall b Grimmett	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Freddie Martin	b Grimmett	39	-	88	6	0	-
Baron Constantine	c Wall b Grimmett	1	-	3	0	0	-
Jackie Grant (c)	not out	53	-	188	-	0	-
Barto Bartlett	lbw b Grimmett	84	-	119	7	0	-
Ivan Barrow †	c Bradman b Grimmett	12	-	28	-	0	-
George Francis	lbw b Hurwood	5	-	20	-	0	-
Tommy Scott	c Fairfax b Grimmett	3	-	5	0	0	-
Herman Griffith	b Hurwood	1	-	2	0	0	-
Extras	(b 6, lb 8, nb 1)	15
Total	127.1 Ov (RR: 2.32)	296
Fall of wickets 1-58 (Lionel Birkett), 2-58 (George Headley), 3-118 (Clifford Roach), 4-123 (Baron Constantine), 5-131 (Freddie Martin), 6-245 (Barto Bartlett), 7-269 (Ivan Barrow), 8-290 (George Francis), 9-295 (Tommy Scott), 10-296 (Herman Griffith)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Tim Wall	16	0	64	0	4.00	-	0	0
Alan Fairfax	11	1	36	0	3.27	-	0	0
Clarrie Grimmett	48	19	87	7	1.81	-	0	0
Alec Hurwood	36.1	14	55	3	1.52	-	0	0
Stan McCabe	12	3	32	0	2.66	-	0	0
Donald Bradman	4	0	7	0	1.75	-	0	0

Australia 1st Innings 

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bill Ponsford	c Birkett b Francis	24	-	65	-	0	-
Archie Jackson	c †Barrow b Francis	31	-	60	-	0	-
Donald Bradman	c Grant b Griffith	4	-	15	0	0	-
Alan Kippax	c †Barrow b Griffith	146	-	229	18	0	-
Stan McCabe	c & b Constantine	90	-	132	9	0	-
Bill Woodfull (c)	run out	6	-	25	-	0	-
Alan Fairfax	not out	41	-	108	3	1	-
Bert Oldfield †	c Francis b Scott	15	-	40	-	0	-
Clarrie Grimmett	c †Barrow b Scott	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Alec Hurwood	c Martin b Scott	0	-	2	0	0	-
Tim Wall	lbw b Scott	0	-	2	0	0	-
Extras	(b 2, lb 10, nb 7)	19
Total	117.5 Ov (RR: 3.19)	376
Fall of wickets 1-56 (Archie Jackson), 2-59 (Bill Ponsford), 3-64 (Donald Bradman), 4-246 (Stan McCabe), 5-269 (Bill Woodfull), 6-341 (Alan Kippax), 7-374 (Bert Oldfield), 8-374 (Clarrie Grimmett), 9-374 (Alec Hurwood), 10-376 (Tim Wall)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
George Francis	18	7	43	2	2.38	-	0	0
Baron Constantine	22	0	89	1	4.04	-	0	0
Herman Griffith	28	4	69	2	2.46	-	0	0
Freddie Martin	29	3	73	0	2.51	-	0	0
Tommy Scott	20.5	2	83	4	3.98	-	0	0

West Indies 2nd Innings 

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Clifford Roach	b Hurwood	9	-	-	-	0	-
Lionel Birkett	st †Oldfield b Grimmett	64	-	104	5	0	-
George Headley	st †Oldfield b Grimmett	11	-	-	-	0	-
Freddie Martin	run out	3	-	-	0	0	-
Baron Constantine	b Grimmett	14	-	-	2	0	-
Jackie Grant (c)	not out	71	-	160	6	0	-
Barto Bartlett	c Grimmett b Hurwood	11	-	-	-	0	-
Ivan Barrow †	lbw b Bradman	27	-	75	-	0	-
George Francis	b Hurwood	3	-	-	0	0	-
Tommy Scott	c Kippax b Hurwood	8	-	-	-	0	-
Herman Griffith	st †Oldfield b Grimmett	10	-	-	-	0	-
Extras	(b 16, lb 2)	18
Total	98 Ov (RR: 2.54)	249
Fall of wickets 1-15 (Clifford Roach), 2-47 (George Headley), 3-52 (Freddie Martin), 4-74 (Baron Constantine), 5-115 (Lionel Birkett), 6-138 (Barto Bartlett), 7-203 (Ivan Barrow), 8-208 (George Francis), 9-220 (Tommy Scott), 10-249 (Herman Griffith)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Tim Wall	10	1	20	0	2.00	-	0	0
Alan Fairfax	3	2	6	0	2.00	-	0	0
Clarrie Grimmett	38	7	96	4	2.52	-	0	0
Alec Hurwood	34	11	86	4	2.52	-	0	0
Stan McCabe	8	2	15	0	1.87	-	0	0
Donald Bradman	5	1	8	1	1.60	-	0	0

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 170 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bill Ponsford	not out	92	-	148	5	0	-
Archie Jackson	not out	70	-	148	3	0	-
Extras	(b 8, nb 1, w 1)	10
Total	55.3 Ov (RR: 3.09)	172/0
Did not bat Donald Bradman,  Alan Kippax,  Stan McCabe,  Bill Woodfull (c),  Alan Fairfax,  Bert Oldfield †,  Clarrie Grimmett,  Alec Hurwood,  Tim Wall

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
George Francis	10	1	30	0	3.00	-	0	0
Baron Constantine	9.3	3	27	0	2.84	-	0	0
Herman Griffith	10	1	20	0	2.00	-	0	0
Freddie Martin	11	0	28	0	2.54	-	0	0
Tommy Scott	13	0	55	0	4.23	-	0	0
Lionel Birkett	2	0	2	0	1.00	-	0	0

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Close of Play

Fri, 12 Dec

day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 286/7 (Jackie Grant 49*, George Francis 3*)

Sat, 13 Dec

day 2 - Australia 1st innings 297/5 (Alan Kippax 118*, Alan Fairfax 7*)

Sun, 14 Dec

rest day

Mon, 15 Dec

day 3 - West Indies 2nd innings 203/7 (Jackie Grant 50*)

Tue, 16 Dec

day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 172/0 (55.3 ov) - end of match

Match Details

GroundAdelaide Oval

TossWest Indies, elected to bat first

Series

West Indies tour of Australia

Season1930/31

Series resultAustralia led the 5-match series 1-0

Match numberTest no. 199

Match daysday (0-day match)

Test debut

Alec Hurwood

Jackie Grant

Lionel Birkett

Umpires

Arthur Jenkins

George Hele

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Australia v West Indies 1930-31

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