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Full scorecard - Partnerships - Career averages - Almanack report

Test no. 259
The Ashes - 5th Test
Australia v England
1936/37 season

Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground on 26,27 February, 1,2,3 March 1937 (timeless match)

Result Australia won by an innings and 200 runs

Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
JHW Fingleton c Voce b Farnes 17 89 68 1 0 25.00
KE Rigg c wicketkeeperAmes b Farnes 28 78 87 2 0 32.18
captain DG Bradman b Farnes 169 223 191 15 0 88.48
SJ McCabe c Farnes b Verity 112 163 155 16 0 72.25
CL Badcock c Worthington b Voce 118 205 223 15 0 52.91
RG Gregory c Verity b Farnes 80 195 181 5 0 44.19
wicketkeeper WAS Oldfield c wicketkeeperAmes b Voce 21 76 88 1 0 23.86
LJ Nash c wicketkeeperAmes b Farnes 17 75 59 0 0 28.81
WJ O'Reilly b Voce 1 15 8 0 0 12.50
EL McCormick not out 17 47 51 2 0 33.33
LO Fleetwood-Smith b Farnes 13 27 17 1 1 76.47
    Extras (b 1, lb 5, w 1, nb 4) 11
    Total (all out; 140.5 overs) 604 (3.22 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-42 (Rigg), 2-54 (Fingleton), 3-303 (McCabe), 4-346 (Bradman), 5-507 (Badcock), 6-544 (Gregory), 7-563 (Oldfield), 8-571 (O'Reilly), 9-576 (Nash), 10-604 (Fleetwood-Smith)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 GOB Allen 17 0 99 0 4.36
 K Farnes 28.5 5 96 6 2.51
 W Voce 29 3 123 3 3.18
 WR Hammond 16 1 62 0 2.90
 H Verity 41 5 127 1 2.32
 TS Worthington 6 0 60 0 7.50
 M Leyland 3 0 26 0 6.50

England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
CJ Barnett c wicketkeeperOldfield b Nash 18 17 14 3 0 128.57
TS Worthington hit wicket b Fleetwood-Smith 44 98 87 7 0 50.57
J Hardstaff jnr c McCormick b O'Reilly 83 240 234 8 0 35.47
WR Hammond c Nash b O'Reilly 14 62 54 1 0 25.92
M Leyland b O'Reilly 7 13 16 0 0 43.75
RES Wyatt c Bradman b O'Reilly 38 127 97 1 0 39.17
wicketkeeper LEG Ames b Nash 19 39 43 2 0 44.18
captain GOB Allen c wicketkeeperOldfield b Nash 0 9 3 0 0 0.00
H Verity c Rigg b Nash 0 17 14 0 0 0.00
W Voce st wicketkeeperOldfield b O'Reilly 3 6 9 0 0 33.33
K Farnes not out 0 3 2 0 0 0.00
    Extras (lb 12, nb 1) 13
    Total (all out; 71.5 overs) 239 (2.50 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-33 (Barnett), 2-96 (Worthington), 3-130 (Hammond), 4-140 (Leyland), 5-202 (Hardstaff), 6-236 (Ames), 7-236 (Wyatt), 8-236 (Allen), 9-239 (Voce), 10-239 (Verity)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 EL McCormick 13 1 54 0 3.11
 LJ Nash 17.5 1 70 4 2.97
 WJ O'Reilly 23 7 51 5 1.66
 LO Fleetwood-Smith 18 3 51 1 2.12

England 2nd innings (following on) R M B 4s 6s SR
CJ Barnett lbw b O'Reilly 41 61 55 4 1 74.54
TS Worthington c Bradman b McCormick 6 18 16 1 0 37.50
J Hardstaff jnr b Nash 1 4 4 0 0 25.00
WR Hammond c Bradman b O'Reilly 56 95 106 9 0 52.83
M Leyland c McCormick b Fleetwood-Smith 28 95 69 2 0 40.57
RES Wyatt run out 9 31 47 1 0 19.14
wicketkeeper LEG Ames c McCabe b McCormick 11 41 27 0 0 40.74
captain GOB Allen c Nash b O'Reilly 7 18 26 1 0 26.92
H Verity not out 2 29 35 0 0 5.71
W Voce c Badcock b Fleetwood-Smith 1 8 9 0 0 11.11
K Farnes c Nash b Fleetwood-Smith 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
    Extras (lb 3) 3
    Total (all out; 49.2 overs) 165 (2.51 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-9 (Worthington), 2-10 (Hardstaff), 3-70 (Barnett), 4-121 (Hammond), 5-142 (Wyatt), 6-142 (Leyland), 7-153 (Allen), 8-162 (Ames), 9-165 (Voce), 10-165 (Farnes)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 EL McCormick 9 0 33 2 2.75
 LJ Nash 7 1 34 1 3.64
 WJ O'Reilly 19 6 58 3 2.28
 LO Fleetwood-Smith 13.2 3 36 3 2.03
 SJ McCabe 1 0 1 0 0.75

Balls per over 8

Toss Australia, who chose to bat first
Series Australia won the 5-match series 3-2

Umpires GE Borwick and JD Scott

Close of play
26 Feb day 1 - Australia 1st innings 342/3 (DG Bradman 165*, CL Badcock 12*)
27 Feb day 2 - Australia 1st innings 593/9 (EL McCormick 9*, LO Fleetwood-Smith 11*)
28 Feb rest day
1 Mar day 3 - England 1st innings 184/4 (J Hardstaff jnr 73*, RES Wyatt 20*)
2 Mar day 4 - England 2nd innings 165/8 (H Verity 2*, W Voce 1*)
3 Mar day 5 - England 2nd innings 165 (49.2 ov) - end of match

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