AUS vs SA, South Africa tour of Australia 1931/32, 3rd Test at Melbourne, December 31, 1931 - January 06, 1932

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3rd Test, Melbourne, December 31, 1931 - January 06, 1932, South Africa tour of Australia

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Australia

198 & 554

South Africa

(T:395) 358 & 225

Australia won by 169 runs

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Australia 1st Innings

South Africa 1st Innings

Australia 2nd Innings

South Africa 2nd Innings

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Australia 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bill Woodfull (c)	c †Cameron b Bell	7	-	48	0	0	-
Bill Ponsford	b Bell	7	-	17	1	0	-
Donald Bradman	c †Cameron b Quinn	2	-	14	0	0	-
Alan Kippax	c Bell b Quinn	52	-	114	4	1	-
Stan McCabe	c Morkel b Bell	22	-	45	4	0	-
Keith Rigg	c Mitchell b Bell	68	-	98	5	0	-
Ted a'Beckett	c Mitchell b Quinn	6	-	10	0	0	-
Bert Oldfield †	c Vincent b Quinn	0	-	3	0	0	-
Clarrie Grimmett	c Morkel b Bell	9	-	34	-	0	-
Tim Wall	not out	6	-	18	-	0	-
Bert Ironmonger	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
Sandy Bell	26.1	9	69	5	2.63	-	-	-
Neville Quinn	31	13	42	4	1.35	-	-	-
Denys Morkel	3	0	12	0	4.00	-	-	-
Cyril Vincent	12	1	32	0	2.66	-	-	-
Quintin McMillan	2	0	22	0	11.00	-	-	-
Jim Christy	3	0	14	0	4.66	-	-	-

South Africa 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Syd Curnow	b Grimmett	47	-	144	3	0	-
Bruce Mitchell	c McCabe b Wall	17	-	58	1	0	-
Jim Christy	c McCabe b Ironmonger	16	-	64	1	0	-
Herbie Taylor	lbw b Grimmett	11	-	46	0	0	-
Denys Morkel	lbw b Ironmonger	33	-	89	2	0	-
Jock Cameron (c)†	st †Oldfield b Ironmonger	39	-	96	4	0	-
Ken Viljoen	c Wall b McCabe	111	-	205	9	0	-
Cyril Vincent	c †Oldfield b Wall	16	-	60	1	0	-
Quintin McMillan	c †Oldfield b Wall	29	-	129	3	0	-
Neville Quinn	b McCabe	11	-	51	-	0	-
Sandy Bell	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
Tim Wall	37	5	98	3	2.64	-	-	-
Ted a'Beckett	18	5	29	0	1.61	-	-	-
Clarrie Grimmett	63	23	100	2	1.58	-	-	-
Bert Ironmonger	49	26	72	3	1.46	-	-	-
Stan McCabe	21.3	4	41	2	1.90	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bill Woodfull (c)	c Mitchell b McMillan	161	-	300	5	0	-
Bill Ponsford	c Mitchell b Bell	34	-	53	2	0	-
Donald Bradman	lbw b Vincent	167	-	183	18	0	-
Alan Kippax	c Curnow b McMillan	67	-	150	5	0	-
Stan McCabe	c Mitchell b McMillan	71	-	97	5	1	-
Keith Rigg	c Mitchell b Vincent	1	-	3	0	0	-
Ted a'Beckett	b Vincent	4	-	20	0	0	-
Bert Oldfield †	lbw b McMillan	0	-	9	0	0	-
Clarrie Grimmett	not out	16	-	41	-	0	-
Tim Wall	b Vincent	12	-	24	-	0	-
Bert Ironmonger	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
Sandy Bell	36	6	101	1	2.80	-	-	-
Neville Quinn	36.4	6	113	1	3.08	-	-	-
Denys Morkel	4	0	15	0	3.75	-	-	-
Cyril Vincent	55	16	154	4	2.80	-	-	-
Quintin McMillan	33	3	150	4	4.54	-	-	-

South Africa 2nd Innings (T: 395 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Syd Curnow	b Grimmett	9	-	34	1	0	-
Bruce Mitchell	c & b Grimmett	46	-	177	0	0	-
Jim Christy	c †Oldfield b Ironmonger	63	-	112	5	0	-
Herbie Taylor	b Grimmett	38	-	108	1	0	-
Denys Morkel	b Ironmonger	4	-	4	1	0	-
Jock Cameron (c)†	lbw b Ironmonger	13	-	45	0	0	-
Ken Viljoen	b Ironmonger	2	-	21	0	0	-
Cyril Vincent	c Ponsford b Grimmett	34	-	40	5	1	-
Quintin McMillan	c Wall b Grimmett	1	-	26	0	0	-
Neville Quinn	not out	0	-	8	0	0	-
Sandy Bell	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
Tim Wall	13	3	35	0	2.69	-	-	-
Ted a'Beckett	3	1	6	0	2.00	-	-	-
Clarrie Grimmett	46	14	92	6	2.00	-	-	-
Bert Ironmonger	42	18	54	4	1.28	-	-	-
Stan McCabe	10	1	21	0	2.10	-	-	-
Donald Bradman	1	0	2	0	2.00	-	-	-

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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	South Africa tour of Australia
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	George Borwick George Hele

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Played at MELBOURNE, December 31, January 1, 2, 4, 5, 6

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South Africa Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
SH Curnow	bowled	9
B Mitchell	caught	46
JAJ Christy	caught	63
HW Taylor	bowled	38
DPB Morkel	bowled	4
HB Cameron	lbw	13
KG Viljoen	bowled	2
CL Vincent	caught	34
Q McMillan	caught	1
NA Quinn	not out	0
AJ Bell	bowled	0	2
Extras	(b 8, lb 6, nb 1)
Total	225(10 wkts; 115 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
TW Wall	13	3	35	0	2.69
EL a'Beckett	3	1	6	0	2
CV Grimmett	46	14	92	6	2
H Ironmonger	42	18	54	4	1.28
SJ McCabe	10	1	21	0	2.1
DG Bradman	1	0	2	0	2

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	18	Bruce Mitchell	Syd Curnow
2nd	102	Jim Christy	Bruce Mitchell
3rd	13	Herbie Taylor	Bruce Mitchell
4th	5	Herbie Taylor	Denys Morkel
5th	40	Herbie Taylor	Jock Cameron
6th	8	Herbie Taylor	Ken Viljoen
7th	2	Herbie Taylor	Cyril Vincent
8th	20	Cyril Vincent	Quintin McMillan
9th	17	Cyril Vincent	Neville Quinn
10th	0	Neville Quinn	Sandy Bell

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