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Australian cricket team in South Africa in 1935–36

The Australia national cricket team toured South Africa from November 1935 to March 1936 and played a five-match Test series against South Africa. Australia won the Test series 4–0. Australia were captained by Vic Richardson; South Africa by Herby Wade.

The team

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Don Bradman and Alan Kippax were unavailable. Hans Ebeling was selected but later withdrew and was replaced by Sievers. Harold Rowe was the manager.[1]

The tour

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The Australians played 16 matches, all of them first-class. They won 13 (10 of them by an innings) and drew the other three. Of their four victories in the Tests, three were by an innings.[1]

The leg-spin bowlers Grimmett (44 wickets) and O'Reilly (27) took 71 wickets between them in the Tests; the other Australian bowlers together took 27 wickets.[2] On the tour overall O'Reilly took 95 wickets at an average of 13.56 and Grimmett took 92 at 14.80.[3]

Test series summary

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First Test

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14, 16, 17, 18 December 1935
(4-day match)
Scorecard
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248 (114.2 overs)
EAB Rowan 66
LO Fleetwood-Smith 4/64 (28 overs)
429 (162.2 overs)
SJ McCabe 149
ACB Langton 4/113 (48.2 overs)
282 (115 overs)
AD Nourse 91
WJ O'Reilly 5/49 (17 overs)
102/1 (36.3 overs)
WA Brown 55
EL Dalton 1/12 (1.3 overs)
Australia won by 9 wickets
Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban
Umpires: JC Collings and WG Routledge

Second Test

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24, 26, 27, 28 December 1935
(4-day match)
Scorecard
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157 (63.2 overs)
EAB Rowan 38
WJ O'Reilly 4/54 (20.2 overs)
250 (81.3 overs)
JHW Fingleton 62
B Mitchell 4/26 (7.3 overs)
491 (149.3 overs)
AD Nourse 231
CV Grimmett 3/111 (58 overs)
274/2 (76.1 overs)
SJ McCabe 189*
RJ Crisp 1/62 (17.1 overs)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 25 December was taken as a rest day.
  • AW Briscoe and EG Bock (both SA) made their Test debuts.

Third Test

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1, 2, 3, 4 January 1936
(4-day match)
Scorecard
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362/8d (115 overs)
WA Brown 121
XC Balaskas 4/126 (38 overs)
102 (38.2 overs)
AD Nourse 44*
CV Grimmett 5/32 (17 overs)
182 (f/o) (87.4 overs)
IJ Siedle 59
CV Grimmett 5/56 (36.4 overs)
Australia won by an innings and 78 runs
Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
Umpires: RGA Ashman and JC Collings
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • There was no play on the first day.

Fourth Test

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15, 17 February 1936
(4-day match)
Scorecard
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157 (63.4 overs)
IJ Siedle 44
WJ O'Reilly 5/20 (21 overs)
439 (127.4 overs)
JHW Fingleton 108
EQ Davies 4/75 (24.4 overs)
98 (43.5 overs)
B Mitchell 48*
CV Grimmett 7/40 (19.5 overs)
Australia won by an innings and 184 runs
Old Wanderers, Johannesburg
Umpires: RGA Ashman and JC Collings
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 16 February was taken as a rest day.
  • The match was scheduled for four days but completed in two.
  • RL Harvey and EQ Davies (both SA) made their Test debuts.

Fifth Test

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28, 29 February, 2, 3 March 1936
(4-day match)
Scorecard
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222 (109.1 overs)
KG Viljoen 56
CV Grimmett 7/100 (45 overs)
455 (146.5 overs)
JHW Fingleton 118
B Mitchell 5/87 (25.5 overs)
227 (113.1 overs)
B Mitchell 72*
CV Grimmett 6/73 (48 overs)
Australia won by an innings and 6 runs
Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban
Umpires: JC Collings and WG Routledge
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 1 March was taken as a rest day.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Australia to South Africa 1935-36". Test Cricket Tours. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Test bowling for Australia, Australia in South Africa 1935-36". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  3. ^ "First-class bowling for Australians, Australia in South Africa 1935-36". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
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