Full Scorecard of Australia vs England 5th Test 1936/37 - Score Report

result

5th Test, Melbourne, Feb 26 - Mar 3 1937, England tour of Australia

Australia

604

England

(49.2 ov)(f/o) 239 & 165

Australia won by an innings and 200 runs

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jack Fingleton	c Voce b Farnes	17	68	89	1	0	25.00

Keith Rigg	c †Ames b Farnes	28	87	78	2	0	32.18

Donald Bradman (c)	b Farnes	169	191	223	15	0	88.48

Stan McCabe	c Farnes b Verity	112	155	163	16	0	72.25

Jack Badcock	c Worthington b Voce	118	223	205	15	0	52.91

Ross Gregory	c Verity b Farnes	80	181	195	5	0	44.19

Bert Oldfield †	c †Ames b Voce	21	88	76	1	0	23.86

Laurie Nash	c †Ames b Farnes	17	59	75	0	0	28.81

Bill O'Reilly	b Voce	1	8	15	0	0	12.50

Ernie McCormick	not out	17	51	47	2	0	33.33

Chuck Fleetwood-Smith	b Farnes	13	17	27	1	1	76.47

Extras	(b 1, lb 5, nb 4, w 1)	11
TOTAL	(140.5 Ov, RR: 4.29)	604
Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Keith Rigg), 2-54 (Jack Fingleton), 3-303 (Stan McCabe), 4-346 (Donald Bradman), 5-507 (Jack Badcock), 6-544 (Ross Gregory), 7-563 (Bert Oldfield), 8-571 (Bill O'Reilly), 9-576 (Laurie Nash), 10-604 (Chuck Fleetwood-Smith)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Gubby Allen	17	0	99	0	4.36	-	-	-
Ken Farnes	28.5	5	96	6	2.51	-	-	-
Bill Voce	29	3	123	3	3.18	-	-	-
Wally Hammond	16	1	62	0	2.90	-	-	-
Hedley Verity	41	5	127	1	2.32	-	-	-
Stan Worthington	6	0	60	0	7.50	-	-	-
Maurice Leyland	3	0	26	0	6.50	-	-	-

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Charlie Barnett	c †Oldfield b Nash	18	14	17	3	0	128.57

Stan Worthington	hit wicket b Fleetwood-Smith	44	87	98	7	0	50.57

Joe Hardstaff	c McCormick b O'Reilly	83	234	240	8	0	35.47

Wally Hammond	c Nash b O'Reilly	14	54	62	1	0	25.92

Maurice Leyland	b O'Reilly	7	16	13	0	0	43.75

Bob Wyatt	c Bradman b O'Reilly	38	97	127	1	0	39.17

Les Ames †	b Nash	19	43	39	2	0	44.18

Gubby Allen (c)	c †Oldfield b Nash	0	3	9	0	0	0.00

Hedley Verity	c Rigg b Nash	0	14	17	0	0	0.00

Bill Voce	st †Oldfield b O'Reilly	3	9	6	0	0	33.33

Ken Farnes	not out	0	2	3	0	0	0.00

Extras	(lb 12, nb 1)	13
TOTAL	(71.5 Ov, RR: 3.33)	239
Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Charlie Barnett), 2-96 (Stan Worthington), 3-130 (Wally Hammond), 4-140 (Maurice Leyland), 5-202 (Joe Hardstaff), 6-236 (Les Ames), 7-236 (Bob Wyatt), 8-236 (Gubby Allen), 9-239 (Bill Voce), 10-239 (Hedley Verity)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ernie McCormick	13	1	54	0	3.11	-	-	-
Laurie Nash	17.5	1	70	4	2.97	-	-	-
Bill O'Reilly	23	7	51	5	1.66	-	-	-
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith	18	3	51	1	2.12	-	-	-

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Charlie Barnett	lbw b O'Reilly	41	55	61	4	1	74.54

Stan Worthington	c Bradman b McCormick	6	16	18	1	0	37.50

Joe Hardstaff	b Nash	1	4	4	0	0	25.00

Wally Hammond	c Bradman b O'Reilly	56	106	95	9	0	52.83

Maurice Leyland	c McCormick b Fleetwood-Smith	28	69	95	2	0	40.57

Bob Wyatt	run out	9	47	31	1	0	19.14

Les Ames †	c McCabe b McCormick	11	27	41	0	0	40.74

Gubby Allen (c)	c Nash b O'Reilly	7	26	18	1	0	26.92

Hedley Verity	not out	2	35	29	0	0	5.71

Bill Voce	c Badcock b Fleetwood-Smith	1	9	8	0	0	11.11

Ken Farnes	c Nash b Fleetwood-Smith	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Extras	(lb 3)	3
TOTAL	(49.2 Ov, RR: 3.35)	165
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Stan Worthington), 2-10 (Joe Hardstaff), 3-70 (Charlie Barnett), 4-121 (Wally Hammond), 5-142 (Bob Wyatt), 6-142 (Maurice Leyland), 7-153 (Gubby Allen), 8-162 (Les Ames), 9-165 (Bill Voce), 10-165 (Ken Farnes)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ernie McCormick	9	0	33	2	2.75	-	-	-
Laurie Nash	7	1	34	1	3.64	-	-	-
Bill O'Reilly	19	6	58	3	2.28	-	-	-
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith	13.2	3	36	3	2.03	-	-	-
Stan McCabe	1	0	1	0	0.75	-	-	-

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of Australia
Season	1936/37
Series result	Australia won the 5-match series 3-2
Match number	Test no. 259
Match days	day(0-day match)
Umpires	George Borwick John Scott
Balls per over	8

Fri, 26 Feb - day 1 -Australia 1st innings 342/3 (Donald Bradman 165*, Jack Badcock 12*, null ov)

Sat, 27 Feb - day 2 -Australia 1st innings 593/9 (Ernie McCormick 9*, Chuck Fleetwood-Smith 11*, null ov)

Sun, 28 Feb - rest day

Mon, 01 Mar - day 3 -England 1st innings 184/4 (Joe Hardstaff 73*, Bob Wyatt 20*, null ov)

Tue, 02 Mar - day 4 -England 2nd innings 165/8 (Hedley Verity 2*, Bill Voce 1*, null ov)

Wed, 03 Mar - day 5 -England 2nd innings 165/10 (49.2 ov) - end of match

Player Name	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