Australia vs South Africa, 3rd Test at Melbourne, Dec 31 1931 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
3rd Test, Melbourne, December 31, 1931 - January 06, 1932, South Africa tour of Australia
Australia 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c †Cameron b Bell | 7 | - | 48 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| b Bell | 7 | - | 17 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| c †Cameron b Quinn | 2 | - | 14 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c Bell b Quinn | 52 | - | 114 | 4 | 1 | - | |||
| c Morkel b Bell | 22 | - | 45 | 4 | 0 | - | |||
| c Mitchell b Bell | 68 | - | 98 | 5 | 0 | - | |||
| c Mitchell b Quinn | 6 | - | 10 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c Vincent b Quinn | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c Morkel b Bell | 9 | - | 34 | - | 0 | - | |||
| not out | 6 | - | 18 | - | 0 | - | |||
| run out | 12 | - | 12 | 2 | 0 | - | |||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 4, nb 1, w 1) | 7 | |||||||
| Total | 77.1 Ov (RR: 2.56) | 198 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Bill Ponsford), 2-16 (Donald Bradman), 3-25 (Bill Woodfull), 4-74 (Stan McCabe), 5-135 (Alan Kippax), 6-143 (Ted a'Beckett), 7-143 (Bert Oldfield), 8-173 (Keith Rigg), 9-179 (Clarrie Grimmett), 10-198 (Bert Ironmonger) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26.1 | 9 | 69 | 5 | 2.63 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | 13 | 42 | 4 | 1.35 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 2.66 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 11.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4.66 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
South Africa 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b Grimmett | 47 | - | 144 | 3 | 0 | - | |||
| c McCabe b Wall | 17 | - | 58 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| c McCabe b Ironmonger | 16 | - | 64 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| lbw b Grimmett | 11 | - | 46 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| lbw b Ironmonger | 33 | - | 89 | 2 | 0 | - | |||
| st †Oldfield b Ironmonger | 39 | - | 96 | 4 | 0 | - | |||
| c Wall b McCabe | 111 | - | 205 | 9 | 0 | - | |||
| c †Oldfield b Wall | 16 | - | 60 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| c †Oldfield b Wall | 29 | - | 129 | 3 | 0 | - | |||
| b McCabe | 11 | - | 51 | - | 0 | - | |||
| not out | 10 | - | 38 | - | 0 | - | |||
| Extras | (b 3, lb 13, nb 2) | 18 | |||||||
| Total | 188.3 Ov (RR: 1.89) | 358 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Bruce Mitchell), 2-79 (Jim Christy), 3-89 (Syd Curnow), 4-108 (Herbie Taylor), 5-163 (Denys Morkel), 6-183 (Jock Cameron), 7-225 (Cyril Vincent), 8-329 (Ken Viljoen), 9-336 (Quintin McMillan), 10-358 (Neville Quinn) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 5 | 98 | 3 | 2.64 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 1.61 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 63 | 23 | 100 | 2 | 1.58 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 49 | 26 | 72 | 3 | 1.46 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 21.3 | 4 | 41 | 2 | 1.90 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Australia 2nd Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Mitchell b McMillan | 161 | - | 300 | 5 | 0 | - | |||
| c Mitchell b Bell | 34 | - | 53 | 2 | 0 | - | |||
| lbw b Vincent | 167 | - | 183 | 18 | 0 | - | |||
| c Curnow b McMillan | 67 | - | 150 | 5 | 0 | - | |||
| c Mitchell b McMillan | 71 | - | 97 | 5 | 1 | - | |||
| c Mitchell b Vincent | 1 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| b Vincent | 4 | - | 20 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| lbw b McMillan | 0 | - | 9 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| not out | 16 | - | 41 | - | 0 | - | |||
| b Vincent | 12 | - | 24 | - | 0 | - | |||
| b Quinn | 0 | - | 9 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| Extras | (b 17, lb 3, nb 1) | 21 | |||||||
| Total | 164.4 Ov (RR: 3.36) | 554 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-54 (Bill Ponsford), 2-328 (Donald Bradman), 3-408 (Bill Woodfull), 4-519 (Alan Kippax), 5-521 (Stan McCabe), 6-521 (Keith Rigg), 7-524 (Bert Oldfield), 8-530 (Ted a'Beckett), 9-550 (Tim Wall), 10-554 (Bert Ironmonger) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 6 | 101 | 1 | 2.80 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 36.4 | 6 | 113 | 1 | 3.08 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3.75 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 55 | 16 | 154 | 4 | 2.80 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | 3 | 150 | 4 | 4.54 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
South Africa 2nd Innings (T: 395 runs)
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b Grimmett | 9 | - | 34 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| c & b Grimmett | 46 | - | 177 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c †Oldfield b Ironmonger | 63 | - | 112 | 5 | 0 | - | |||
| b Grimmett | 38 | - | 108 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| b Ironmonger | 4 | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| lbw b Ironmonger | 13 | - | 45 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| b Ironmonger | 2 | - | 21 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c Ponsford b Grimmett | 34 | - | 40 | 5 | 1 | - | |||
| c Wall b Grimmett | 1 | - | 26 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| not out | 0 | - | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| b Grimmett | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 8, lb 6, nb 1) | 15 | |||||||
| Total | 115 Ov (RR: 1.95) | 225 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Syd Curnow), 2-120 (Jim Christy), 3-133 (Bruce Mitchell), 4-138 (Denys Morkel), 5-178 (Jock Cameron), 6-186 (Ken Viljoen), 7-188 (Herbie Taylor), 8-208 (Quintin McMillan), 9-225 (Cyril Vincent), 10-225 (Sandy Bell) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 2.69 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 46 | 14 | 92 | 6 | 2.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 42 | 18 | 54 | 4 | 1.28 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 2.10 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
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Close of Play
Thu, 31 Dec - day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 46/1 (Syd Curnow 22*, Jim Christy 3*)
Fri, 01 Jan - day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 268/7 (Ken Viljoen 65*, Quintin McMillan 10*)
Sat, 02 Jan - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 206/1 (Bill Woodfull 73*, Donald Bradman 97*)
Sun, 03 Jan - rest day
Mon, 04 Jan - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 554/9 (Clarrie Grimmett 16*, Bert Ironmonger 0*)
Tue, 05 Jan - day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 198/7 (Cyril Vincent 10*, Quintin McMillan 1*)
Wed, 06 Jan - day 6 - South Africa 2nd innings 225 (115 ov) - end of match
Match Details
| Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Toss | Australia, elected to bat first |
| Series | |
| Season | 1931/32 |
| Series result | Australia led the 5-match series 3-0 |
| Match number | Test no. 214 |
| Match days | day (0-day match) |
| Umpires | |
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South Africa Innings
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