Australia vs South Africa, 5th Test at Melbourne, Feb 12 1932 - Full Scorecard

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5th Test, Melbourne, February 12 - 15, 1932, South Africa tour of Australia

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South Africa

36 & 45

Australia

153

Australia won by an innings and 72 runs

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South Africa 1st Innings

Australia 1st Innings

South Africa 2nd Innings

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South Africa 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bruce Mitchell	c Rigg b McCabe	2	-	11	0	0	-
Syd Curnow	c †Oldfield b Nash	3	-	36	0	0	-
Jim Christy	c Grimmett b Nash	4	-	34	0	0	-
Herbie Taylor	c Kippax b Nash	0	-	7	0	0	-
Ken Viljoen	c sub b Ironmonger	1	-	15	0	0	-
Jock Cameron (c)†	c McCabe b Nash	11	-	37	1	0	-
Denys Morkel	c Nash b Ironmonger	1	-	8	0	0	-
Cyril Vincent	c Nash b Ironmonger	1	-	8	0	0	-
Quintin McMillan	st †Oldfield b Ironmonger	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Neville Quinn	not out	5	-	6	0	0	-
Sandy Bell	st †Oldfield b Ironmonger	0	-	4	0	0	-
Extras	(b 2, lb 3, nb 3)	8
Total	23.2 Ov (RR: 1.54)	36
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Bruce Mitchell), 2-16 (Syd Curnow), 3-16 (Herbie Taylor), 4-17 (Jim Christy), 5-19 (Ken Viljoen), 6-25 (Denys Morkel), 7-31 (Cyril Vincent), 8-31 (Quintin McMillan), 9-33 (Jock Cameron), 10-36 (Sandy Bell)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Laurie Nash	12	6	18	4	1.50	-	-	-
Stan McCabe	4	1	4	1	1.00	-	-	-
Bert Ironmonger	7.2	5	6	5	0.81	-	-	-

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bill Woodfull (c)	b Bell	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Jack Fingleton	c Vincent b Bell	40	-	77	1	0	-
Keith Rigg	c Vincent b Quinn	22	-	46	1	0	-
Alan Kippax	c Curnow b McMillan	42	-	84	2	0	-
Stan McCabe	c †Cameron b Bell	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Laurie Nash	b Quinn	13	-	30	1	0	-
Bert Oldfield †	c Curnow b McMillan	11	-	19	-	0	-
Clarrie Grimmett	c †Cameron b Quinn	9	-	24	-	0	-
Bill O'Reilly	c Curnow b McMillan	13	-	12	-	0	-
Bert Ironmonger	not out	0	-	8	0	0	-
Donald Bradman	absent hurt	-	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(lb 3)	3
Total	54.3 Ov (RR: 2.80)	153
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Bill Woodfull), 2-51 (Keith Rigg), 3-75 (Jack Fingleton), 4-75 (Stan McCabe), 5-112 (Laurie Nash), 6-125 (Alan Kippax), 7-131 (Bert Oldfield), 8-148 (Bill O'Reilly), 9-153 (Clarrie Grimmett)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Sandy Bell	16	0	52	3	3.25	-	-	-
Neville Quinn	19.3	4	29	3	1.48	-	-	-
Cyril Vincent	11	2	40	0	3.63	-	-	-
Quintin McMillan	8	0	29	3	3.62	-	-	-

South Africa 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jim Christy	c & b Nash	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Syd Curnow	c Fingleton b Ironmonger	16	-	70	3	0	-
Sandy Bell	c McCabe b O'Reilly	6	-	45	0	0	-
Bruce Mitchell	c †Oldfield b Ironmonger	4	-	13	0	0	-
Jock Cameron (c)†	c McCabe b O'Reilly	0	-	12	0	0	-
Denys Morkel	c Rigg b Ironmonger	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Herbie Taylor	c Bradman b Ironmonger	2	-	5	0	0	-
Ken Viljoen	c †Oldfield b O'Reilly	0	-	6	0	0	-
Cyril Vincent	not out	8	-	20	1	0	-
Quintin McMillan	c †Oldfield b Ironmonger	0	-	9	0	0	-
Neville Quinn	c Fingleton b Ironmonger	5	-	10	0	0	-
Extras	(b 3, lb 1)	4
Total	31.3 Ov (RR: 1.42)	45
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Jim Christy), 2-12 (Sandy Bell), 3-25 (Bruce Mitchell), 4-30 (Syd Curnow), 5-30 (Denys Morkel), 6-30 (Jock Cameron), 7-32 (Herbie Taylor), 8-32 (Ken Viljoen), 9-33 (Quintin McMillan), 10-45 (Neville Quinn)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Laurie Nash	7	4	4	1	0.57	-	-	-
Bert Ironmonger	15.3	7	18	6	1.16	-	-	-
Bill O'Reilly	9	5	19	3	2.11	-	-	-

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Fri, 12 Feb - day 1 - South Africa 2nd innings 5/1 (Syd Curnow 1*, Sandy Bell 4*)

Sat, 13 Feb - day 2 - no play

Sun, 14 Feb - rest day

Mon, 15 Feb - day 3 - South Africa 2nd innings 45 (31.3 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	South Africa, elected to bat first
Series	South Africa tour of Australia
Season	1931/32
Series result	Australia won the 5-match series 5-0
Match number	Test no. 216
Match days	day (0-day match)
Test debut	Jack Fingleton Laurie Nash
Umpires	George Borwick George Hele

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South Africa Innings

Player Name		R	B
JAJ Christy	caught	0	1
SH Curnow	caught	16
AJ Bell	caught	6
B Mitchell	caught	4
HB Cameron	caught	0
DPB Morkel	caught	0	3
HW Taylor	caught	2
KG Viljoen	caught	0
CL Vincent	not out	8
Q McMillan	caught	0
NA Quinn	caught	5
Extras	(b 3, lb 1)
Total	45(10 wkts; 31.3 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
LJ Nash	7	4	4	1	0.57
H Ironmonger	15.3	7	18	6	1.16
WJ O'Reilly	9	5	19	3	2.11

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	0	Jim Christy	Syd Curnow
2nd	12	Sandy Bell	Syd Curnow
3rd	13	Bruce Mitchell	Syd Curnow
4th	5	Jock Cameron	Syd Curnow
5th	0	Jock Cameron	Denys Morkel
6th	0	Herbie Taylor	Jock Cameron
7th	2	Herbie Taylor	Ken Viljoen
8th	0	Cyril Vincent	Ken Viljoen
9th	1	Cyril Vincent	Quintin McMillan
10th	12	Cyril Vincent	Neville Quinn

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