RESULT

Australia vs South Africa Scorecard, Australia vs South Africa, 18 December, 1931, Sydney Cricket Ground & Match Stats

AUS

469/10 (154.5 ov)

153/10 (73.0 ov) & 161/10 (73.3 ov)

Australia won by an innings and 155 runs

South Africa 1st Innings

153/10 (73.0 ov)

RR 2.10

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
James Christy c Nitschke b Grimmett	14	0	1	0	0.00
Bruce Mitchell b McCabe	1	0	0	0	0.00
Denys Morkel st †Oldfield b Grimmett	20	0	3	0	0.00
Horace Cameron b Wall	11	0	2	0	0.00
Herbert Taylor c Lee b Grimmett	7	0	0	0	0.00
Kenneth Viljoen b Ironmonger	37	0	3	0	0.00
Eric Dalton b Grimmett	21	0	1	0	0.00
Cyril Vincent not out	31	0	5	0	0.00
Lennox Brown b McCabe	2	0	0	0	0.00
Neville Quinn lbw b McCabe	5	0	0	0	0.00
Alexander Bell b McCabe	0	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 3, w 1, nb 0, p 0)	4
TOTAL (2.10 RUNS PER OVER)	153/10 (73.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 31-2 (James Christy, 0 ov), 6-1 (Bruce Mitchell, 0 ov), 36-3 (Denys Morkel, 0 ov), 62-5 (Horace Cameron, 0 ov), 54-4 (Herbert Taylor, 0 ov), 136-7 (Kenneth Viljoen, 0 ov), 91-6 (Eric Dalton, 0 ov), 143-8 (Lennox Brown, 0 ov), 153-9 (Neville Quinn, 0 ov), 153-10 (Alexander Bell, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Thomas Wall	18	4	46	1	2.56
Stanley McCabe	12	5	13	4	1.08
Clarence Grimmett	24	12	28	4	1.17
Bert Ironmonger	12	1	38	1	3.17
Philip Lee	7	1	24	0	3.43

Australia 1st Innings

469/10 (154.5 ov)

RR 3.04

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
William Woodfull c Mitchell b Vincent	58	0	5	0	0.00
William Ponsford b Quinn	5	0	0	0	0.00
Keith Rigg b Bell	127	0	12	0	0.00
Donald Bradman c Viljoen b Morkel	112	0	10	0	0.00
Stanley McCabe c Christy b Vincent	79	0	7	0	0.00
Holmesdale Nitschke b Bell	47	0	3	0	0.00
Philip Lee c †Cameron b Brown	0	0	0	0	0.00
Bert Oldfield c †Cameron b Bell	8	0	0	0	0.00
Clarence Grimmett not out	9	0	1	0	0.00
Thomas Wall c Morkel b Bell	6	0	1	0	0.00
Bert Ironmonger c †Cameron b Bell	0	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 5, lb 12, w 1, nb 0, p 0)	18
TOTAL (3.04 RUNS PER OVER)	469/10 (154.5 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 143-2 (William Woodfull, 0 ov), 6-1 (William Ponsford, 0 ov), 254-3 (Keith Rigg, 0 ov), 347-4 (Donald Bradman, 0 ov), 432-5 (Stanley McCabe, 0 ov), 444-7 (Holmesdale Nitschke, 0 ov), 433-6 (Philip Lee, 0 ov), 457-8 (Bert Oldfield, 0 ov), 469-9 (Thomas Wall, 0 ov), 469-10 (Bert Ironmonger, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Alexander Bell	46.5	6	140	5	2.99
Neville Quinn	42	10	95	1	2.26
Lennox Brown	29	3	100	1	3.45
Cyril Vincent	24	5	75	2	3.13
Denys Morkel	12	2	33	1	2.75
Bruce Mitchell	1	0	8	0	8.00

South Africa 2nd Innings

161/10 (73.3 ov)

RR 2.20

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
James Christy c Woodfull b Ironmonger	41	0	7	0	0.00
Bruce Mitchell c †Oldfield b Wall	24	0	1	0	0.00
Denys Morkel lbw b Grimmett	17	0	1	0	0.00
Horace Cameron b Wall	0	0	0	0	0.00
Herbert Taylor c Grimmett b Ironmonger	6	0	0	0	0.00
Kenneth Viljoen b Grimmett	0	0	0	0	0.00
Eric Dalton c Bradman b Ironmonger	14	0	1	0	0.00
Cyril Vincent c Ponsford b Grimmett	35	0	3	0	0.00
Lennox Brown c Wall b Lee	8	0	0	0	0.00
Neville Quinn st †Oldfield b Grimmett	1	0	0	0	0.00
Alexander Bell not out	1	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 5, lb 8, w 0, nb 1, p 0)	14
TOTAL (2.20 RUNS PER OVER)	161/10 (73.3 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 70-1 (James Christy, 0 ov), 89-2 (Bruce Mitchell, 0 ov), 100-4 (Denys Morkel, 0 ov), 89-3 (Horace Cameron, 0 ov), 100-5 (Herbert Taylor, 0 ov), 100-6 (Kenneth Viljoen, 0 ov), 122-7 (Eric Dalton, 0 ov), 160-9 (Cyril Vincent, 0 ov), 144-8 (Lennox Brown, 0 ov), 161-10 (Neville Quinn, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Thomas Wall	18	5	31	2	1.72
Stanley McCabe	3	0	25	0	8.33
Clarence Grimmett	20.3	7	44	4	2.15
Bert Ironmonger	19	10	22	3	1.16
Philip Lee	13	4	25	1	1.92

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

Match Information

SERIES: Australia vs South Africa
DATE & TIME: Friday, December 18, 1931 · 07:30 PM
TOSS: Toss South Africa won the toss and elected to bat
VENUE: Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney