Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bill Brown	c & b Robertson	121	-	-	-	1	-
Jack Fingleton	c Wade b Balaskas	112	-	-	-	0	-
Stan McCabe	c & b Balaskas	0	-	-	0	0	-
Len Darling	lbw b Balaskas	12	-	-	-	0	-
Vic Richardson (c)	lbw b Crisp	14	-	-	-	0	-
Arthur Chipperfield	b Langton	30	-	-	-	0	-
Bert Oldfield †	b Robertson	8	-	-	-	0	-
Clarrie Grimmett	not out	30	-	-	-	0	-
Bill O'Reilly	b Balaskas	17	-	-	-	0	-
Ernie McCormick	not out	0	-	-	0	0	-
Extras	(b 14, lb 4)	18
Total	115 Ov (RR: 3.14)	362/8d
Did not bat: Chuck Fleetwood-Smith
Fall of wickets: 1-233 (Jack Fingleton), 2-235 (Stan McCabe), 3-251 (Bill Brown), 4-259 (Len Darling), 5-299 (Vic Richardson), 6-313 (Arthur Chipperfield), 7-313 (Bert Oldfield), 8-361 (Bill O'Reilly)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Crisp	14	2	30	1	2.14	-	-	-
Chud Langton	30	2	94	1	3.13	-	-	-
Jack Robertson	29	8	75	2	2.58	-	-	-
Xen Balaskas	38	1	126	4	3.31	-	-	-
Bruce Mitchell	4	0	19	0	4.75	-	-	-

South Africa 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jack Siedle	lbw b Grimmett	1	-	-	0	0	-
Herby Wade (c)	c & b McCabe	0	-	-	0	0	-
Eric Rowan	b Grimmett	12	-	-	-	0	-
Bruce Mitchell	c Fingleton b O'Reilly	14	-	-	-	0	-
Ken Viljoen	st †Oldfield b Fleetwood-Smith	14	-	-	-	0	-
Dudley Nourse	not out	44	-	-	-	0	-
Nipper Nicholson †	b Fleetwood-Smith	0	-	-	0	0	-
Chud Langton	b Grimmett	3	-	-	0	0	-
Bob Crisp	b Grimmett	0	-	-	0	0	-
Xen Balaskas	b Grimmett	0	-	-	0	0	-
Jack Robertson	run out	1	-	-	0	0	-
Extras	(lb 13)	13
Total	38.2 Ov (RR: 2.66)	102
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Herby Wade), 2-12 (Eric Rowan), 3-21 (Jack Siedle), 4-29 (Bruce Mitchell), 5-86 (Ken Viljoen), 6-88 (Nipper Nicholson), 7-95 (Chud Langton), 8-95 (Bob Crisp), 9-95 (Xen Balaskas), 10-102 (Jack Robertson)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ernie McCormick	2	1	3	0	1.50	-	-	-
Stan McCabe	2	1	9	1	4.50	-	-	-
Bill O'Reilly	11	4	24	1	2.18	-	-	-
Clarrie Grimmett	17	4	32	5	1.88	-	-	-
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith	6.2	0	21	2	3.31	-	-	-

South Africa 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jack Siedle	b Grimmett	59	-	-	-	0	-
Herby Wade (c)	lbw b Fleetwood-Smith	31	-	-	-	0	-
Eric Rowan	c Richardson b O'Reilly	19	-	-	-	0	-
Dudley Nourse	c & b Grimmett	25	-	-	-	0	-
Bruce Mitchell	b Grimmett	0	-	-	0	0	-
Ken Viljoen	c O'Reilly b Grimmett	23	-	-	-	0	-
Nipper Nicholson †	c & b O'Reilly	4	-	-	-	0	-
Chud Langton	b O'Reilly	4	-	-	-	0	-
Bob Crisp	c Richardson b O'Reilly	0	-	-	0	0	-
Jack Robertson	not out	12	-	-	-	0	-
Xen Balaskas	b Grimmett	2	-	-	0	0	-
Extras	(b 1, lb 2)	3
Total	87.4 Ov (RR: 2.07)	182
Fall of wickets: 1-87 (Herby Wade), 2-97 (Jack Siedle), 3-137 (Dudley Nourse), 4-137 (Eric Rowan), 5-139 (Bruce Mitchell), 6-146 (Nipper Nicholson), 7-156 (Chud Langton), 8-156 (Bob Crisp), 9-174 (Ken Viljoen), 10-182 (Xen Balaskas)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ernie McCormick	2	0	8	0	4.00	-	-	-
Bill O'Reilly	25	15	35	4	1.40	-	-	-
Clarrie Grimmett	36.4	17	56	5	1.52	-	-	-
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith	24	4	80	1	3.33	-	-	-

Close of Play

Wed, 01 Jan - day 1 - no play

Thu, 02 Jan - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 362/8 (Clarrie Grimmett 30*, Ernie McCormick 0*)

Fri, 03 Jan - day 3 - South Africa 2nd innings 11/0 (Jack Siedle 5*, Herby Wade 5*)

Sat, 04 Jan - day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 182 (87.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

When Grimmett took his seventh wicket he passed SF Barnes' world record of 189 Test wickets.

Match Details

Newlands, Cape Town
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of South Africa
Season	1935/36
Series result	Australia led the 5-match series 2-0
Match number	Test no. 249
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	JC Collings Richard Ashman

Match Coverage

South Africa v Australia 1935-36

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South Africa Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
EL McCormick	2	0	8	0	4
WJ O'Reilly	25	15	35	4	1.4
CV Grimmett	36.4	17	56	5	1.52
LO Fleetwood-Smith	24	4	80	1	3.33

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