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Test no. 212

South Africa in Australia Test Series - 1st Test
Australia v South Africa

1931/32 season

Played at Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, on 27,28,30 November, 1,2,3 December 1931 (timeless match)

Result Australia won by an innings and 163 runs


Australia 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	WM Woodfull	lbw b Vincent	76	178	8	0
	WH Ponsford	c Mitchell b Bell	19	40	3	0
	DG Bradman	lbw b Vincent	226	277	22	0
	AF Kippax	c Cameron b Vincent	1	10	0	0
	SJ McCabe	c Vincent b Morkel	27	50	2	0
	HC Nitschke	c Cameron b Bell	6	23	0	0
	RK Oxenham	b Bell	1	3	0	0
	WAS Oldfield	not out	56	117	5	1
	CV Grimmett	b Bell	14	30		0
	TW Wall	lbw b Quinn	14	35		0
	H Ironmonger	b Quinn	2	3	0	0
	Extras	(b 5, lb 1, w 1, nb 1)	8

	Total	(all out; 137.3 overs)	450	(3.27 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-32 (Ponsford), 2-195 (Woodfull), 3-211 (Kippax), 4-292 (McCabe), 5-316 (Nitschke), 6-320 (Oxenham), 7-380 (Bradman), 8-407 (Grimmett), 9-446 (Wall), 10-450 (Ironmonger)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
AJ Bell	42	5	120	4	2.85
DPB Morkel	13	1	57	1	4.38
NA Quinn	38.3	6	113	2	2.93
CL Vincent	34	0	100	3	2.94
Q McMillan	10	0	52	0	5.20


South Africa 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	JAJ Christy	b Wall	24	96	2	0
	SH Curnow	b Ironmonger	11	45	2	0
	B Mitchell	run out	58	291	6	0
	HB Cameron	st Oldfield b Grimmett	4	10	0	0
	HW Taylor	b Wall	41	100	5	0
	EL Dalton	c & b Ironmonger	11	37	1	0
	Q McMillan	c Oxenham b Ironmonger	0	2	0	0
	DPB Morkel	c McCabe b Ironmonger	3	63	0	0
	CL Vincent	c Nitschke b Grimmett	10	40	0	0
	NA Quinn	c sub b Ironmonger	1	25	0	0
	AJ Bell	not out	1	6	0	0
	Extras	(b 2, lb 4)	6

	Total	(all out; 138.1 overs)	170	(1.23 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-25 (Curnow), 2-44 (Christy), 3-49 (Cameron), 4-129 (Taylor), 5-140 (Dalton), 6-140 (McMillan), 7-152 (Morkel), 8-157 (Mitchell), 9-169 (Quinn), 10-170 (Vincent)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
TW Wall	28	14	39	2	1.39
SJ McCabe	11	4	16	0	1.45
CV Grimmett	41.1	21	49	2	1.19
H Ironmonger	47	29	42	5	0.89
RK Oxenham	11	5	18	0	1.63


South Africa 2nd innings (following on)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	JAJ Christy	c McCabe b Ironmonger	15	20		1	1
	SH Curnow	b Grimmett	8	71		1	0
	B Mitchell	b Wall	0	8		0	0
	HB Cameron	b Ironmonger	21	72			1
	HW Taylor	c Oxenham b Ironmonger	47	83		7	0
	EL Dalton	b Wall	6	30			0
	DPB Morkel	b Wall	5	22			0
	Q McMillan	c Nitschke b Wall	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	CL Vincent	c sub b Wall	1	10		0	0
	NA Quinn	c McCabe b Ironmonger	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	AJ Bell	not out	0	2		0	0
	Extras	(b 6, lb 5, nb 3)	14

	Total	(all out; 60.1 overs)	117	(1.94 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-16 (Christy), 2-19 (Mitchell), 3-34 (Curnow), 4-78 (Cameron), 5-97 (Dalton), 6-111 (Morkel), 7-111 (McMillan), 8-117 (Taylor), 9-117 (Quinn), 10-117 (Vincent)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
TW Wall	15.1	7	14	5	0.92
H Ironmonger	30	16	44	4	1.46
CV Grimmett	15	3	45	1	3.00

Toss Australia, who chose to bat first
Series Australia led the 5-match series 1-0

Test debut HC Nitschke (Australia)

Umpires GE Borwick and GA Hele

Close of play
27 Nov day 1 - Australia 1st innings 341/6 (DG Bradman 200*, WAS Oldfield 3*)
28 Nov day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 126/3 (B Mitchell 45*, HW Taylor 38*)
29 Nov rest day
30 Nov day 3 - no play
1 Dec day 4 - no play
2 Dec day 5 - South Africa 1st innings 152/6 (B Mitchell 53*, DPB Morkel 3*)
3 Dec day 6 - South Africa 2nd innings 117 (60.1 ov) - end of match

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