RESULT

Australia vs England Scorecard, Australia vs England, 26 February, 1937, Melbourne Cricket Ground & Match Stats

AUS

604/10 (140.5 ov)

ENG

239/10 (71.5 ov) & 165/10 (49.2 ov)

Australia won by an innings and 200 runs

Australia 1st Innings

604/10 (140.5 ov)

RR 4.30

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
John Fingleton c Voce b Farnes	17	68	1	0	25.00
Keith Rigg c †Ames b Farnes	28	87	2	0	32.18
Donald Bradman b Farnes	169	191	15	0	88.48
Stanley McCabe c Farnes b Verity	112	155	16	0	72.26
Clayvel Badcock c Worthington b Voce	118	223	15	0	52.91
Ross Gregory c Verity b Farnes	80	181	5	0	44.20
Bert Oldfield c †Ames b Voce	21	88	1	0	23.86
Laurence Nash c †Ames b Farnes	17	59	0	0	28.81
William O'Reilly b Voce	1	8	0	0	12.50
Ernest McCormick not out	17	51	2	0	33.33
Leslie Fleetwood-Smith b Farnes	13	17	1	1	76.47
EXTRAS (b 1, lb 5, w 1, nb 4, p 0)	11
TOTAL (4.30 RUNS PER OVER)	604/10 (140.5 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 54-2 (John Fingleton, 0 ov), 42-1 (Keith Rigg, 0 ov), 346-4 (Donald Bradman, 0 ov), 303-3 (Stanley McCabe, 0 ov), 507-5 (Clayvel Badcock, 0 ov), 544-6 (Ross Gregory, 0 ov), 563-7 (Bert Oldfield, 0 ov), 576-9 (Laurence Nash, 0 ov), 571-8 (William O'Reilly, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Gubby Allan	17	0	99	0	5.82
Kenneth Farnes	28.5	5	96	6	3.33
William Voce	29	3	123	3	4.24
Wally Hammond	16	1	62	0	3.88
Hedley Verity	41	5	127	1	3.10
Thomas Worthington	6	0	60	0	10.00
Maurice Leyland	3	0	26	0	8.67

England 1st Innings

239/10 (71.5 ov)

RR 3.34

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Charles Barnett c †Oldfield b Nash	18	14	3	0	128.57
Thomas Worthington hit wicket b Fleetwood-Smith	44	87	7	0	50.57
Joseph Hardstaff c McCormick b O'Reilly	83	234	8	0	35.47
Wally Hammond c Nash b O'Reilly	14	54	1	0	25.93
Maurice Leyland b O'Reilly	7	16	0	0	43.75
Robert Wyatt c Bradman b O'Reilly	38	97	1	0	39.18
Leslie Ames b Nash	19	43	2	0	44.19
Gubby Allan c †Oldfield b Nash	0	3	0	0	0.00
Hedley Verity c Rigg b Nash	0	14	0	0	0.00
William Voce st †Oldfield b O'Reilly	3	9	0	0	33.33
Kenneth Farnes not out	0	2	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 12, w 0, nb 1, p 0)	13
TOTAL (3.34 RUNS PER OVER)	239/10 (71.5 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 33-1 (Charles Barnett, 0 ov), 96-2 (Thomas Worthington, 0 ov), 202-5 (Joseph Hardstaff, 0 ov), 130-3 (Wally Hammond, 0 ov), 140-4 (Maurice Leyland, 0 ov), 236-7 (Robert Wyatt, 0 ov), 236-6 (Leslie Ames, 0 ov), 236-8 (Gubby Allan, 0 ov), 239-10 (Hedley Verity, 0 ov), 239-9 (William Voce, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Ernest McCormick	13	1	54	0	4.15
Laurence Nash	17.5	1	70	4	3.93
William O'Reilly	23	7	51	5	2.22
Leslie Fleetwood-Smith	18	3	51	1	2.83

England 2nd Innings

165/10 (49.2 ov)

RR 3.35

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Charles Barnett lbw b O'Reilly	41	55	4	1	74.55
Thomas Worthington c Bradman b McCormick	6	16	1	0	37.50
Joseph Hardstaff b Nash	1	4	0	0	25.00
Wally Hammond c Bradman b O'Reilly	56	106	9	0	52.83
Maurice Leyland c McCormick b Fleetwood-Smith	28	69	2	0	40.58
Robert Wyatt run out	9	47	1	0	19.15
Leslie Ames c McCabe b McCormick	11	27	0	0	40.74
Gubby Allan c Nash b O'Reilly	7	26	1	0	26.92
Hedley Verity not out	2	35	0	0	5.71
William Voce c Badcock b Fleetwood-Smith	1	9	0	0	11.11
Kenneth Farnes c Nash b Fleetwood-Smith	0	1	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 3, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	3
TOTAL (3.35 RUNS PER OVER)	165/10 (49.2 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 70-3 (Charles Barnett, 0 ov), 9-1 (Thomas Worthington, 0 ov), 10-2 (Joseph Hardstaff, 0 ov), 121-4 (Wally Hammond, 0 ov), 142-6 (Maurice Leyland, 0 ov), 142-5 (Robert Wyatt, 0 ov), 162-8 (Leslie Ames, 0 ov), 153-7 (Gubby Allan, 0 ov), 165-9 (William Voce, 0 ov), 165-10 (Kenneth Farnes, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Ernest McCormick	9	0	33	2	3.67
Laurence Nash	7	1	34	1	4.86
William O'Reilly	19	6	58	3	3.05
Leslie Fleetwood-Smith	13.2	3	36	3	2.70
Stanley McCabe	1	0	1	0	1.00

* = not out SR = Strike Rate RR = Run Rate

Match Information

SERIES: Australia vs England
DATE & TIME: Friday, February 26, 1937 · 07:30 PM
TOSS: Toss Australia won the toss and elected to bat
Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne