Australia vs South Africa, 2nd Test at Melbourne, Dec 31 1910 - Match Result

RESULT

2nd Test, Melbourne, December 31, 1910 - January 04, 1911, South Africa tour of Australia

Australia

348 & 327

South Africa

(T:170) 506 & 80

Australia won by 89 runs

Faulkner has become the top scorer for SA in Tests with 1108 runs, going past Sinclair's 988

104

Faulkner has broken the record for most runs in boundaries (104) in an innings in Tests for SA, going past Gordon White's 88

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Scorecard summary

Australia1st Inn

348/10(79.4 overs)

85 (100)

2/34 (10.4)

75 (123)

2/69 (10)

South Africa1st Inn

506/10(153 overs)

204 (320)

4/134 (48)

77 (150)

3/81 (29)

Australia2nd Inn

327/10(79.3 overs)

159 (158)

4/76 (22)

48 (130)

4/81 (16)

South Africa2nd Inn

80/10(32 overs)

17 (51)

6/17 (16)

16 (24)

4/47 (15)

Match details

GroundMelbourne Cricket Ground

TossAustralia, elected to bat first

Series

South Africa tour of Australia

Season1910/11

Series resultAustralia led the 5-match series 2-0

Match numberTest no. 112

Match daysday (0-day match)

Umpires

Bob Crockett

William Hannah

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Australia v South Africa 1910-11

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