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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th January 1937 (timeless match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australia won by 365 runs |
| Umpires | GE Borwick, JD Scott |
| Close of play day 1 | Australia (1) 181/6 (McCabe 63*, Oldfield 21*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Australia (2) 3/1 (Fleetwood-Smith 0*, Ward 1*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Australia (2) 194/5 (Fingleton 39*, Bradman 56*) |
| Close of play day 4 | Australia (2) 500/6 (Bradman 248*, McCabe 14*) |
| Close of play day 5 | England (2) 236/6 (Leyland 69*, Robins 27*) |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JHW Fingleton | c Sims b Robins | 38 | 117 | 119 | 4 | - | |
| WA Brown | c Ames b Voce | 1 | 17 | 29 | - | - | |
| *DG Bradman | c Robins b Verity | 13 | 21 | 28 | - | - | |
| KE Rigg | c Verity b Allen | 16 | 51 | 45 | 1 | - | |
| SJ McCabe | c Worthington b Voce | 63 | 146 | 144 | 6 | - | |
| LS Darling | c Allen b Verity | 20 | 54 | 56 | 1 | - | |
| MW Sievers | st Ames b Robins | 1 | 23 | 22 | - | - | |
| +WAS Oldfield | not out | 27 | 65 | 81 | 3 | - | |
| WJ O'Reilly | c Sims b Hammond | 4 | 19 | 19 | - | - | |
| FA Ward | st Ames b Hammond | 7 | 13 | 10 | - | - | |
| LO Fleetwood-Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 6 lb, 2 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 65.3 overs) | 200 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7 (Brown), 2-33 (Bradman), 3-69 (Rigg), 4-79 (Fingleton), 5-122 (Darling), 6-130 (Sievers), 7-183 (McCabe), 8-190 (O'Reilly), 9-200 (Ward) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Voce | 18 | 3 | 49 | 2 | - | - | |
| Allen | 12 | 2 | 35 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sims | 9 | 1 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Verity | 14 | 4 | 24 | 2 | - | - | |
| Robins | 7 | 0 | 31 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hammond | 5.3 | 0 | 16 | 2 | - | - | |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TS Worthington | c Bradman b McCabe | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | - | |
| CJ Barnett | c Darling b Sievers | 11 | 34 | 27 | 2 | - | |
| WR Hammond | c Darling b Sievers | 32 | 88 | 81 | 4 | - | |
| M Leyland | c Darling b O'Reilly | 17 | 49 | 41 | 1 | - | |
| JM Sims | c Brown b Sievers | 3 | 15 | 27 | - | - | |
| +LEG Ames | b Sievers | 3 | 23 | 19 | - | - | |
| RWV Robins | c O'Reilly b Sievers | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| J Hardstaff | b O'Reilly | 3 | 3 | 6 | - | - | |
| *GOB Allen | not out | 0 | 2 | 9 | - | - | |
| H Verity | c Brown b O'Reilly | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - | |
| W Voce | not out | 0 | 4 | 3 | - | - | |
| Extras | (5 b, 1 lb, 1 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 28.2 overs) | 76 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Worthington), 2-14 (Barnett), 3-56 (Leyland), 4-68 (Hammond), 5-71 (Sims), 6-71 (Robins), 7-76 (Ames), 8-76 (Hardstaff), 9-76 (Verity) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McCabe | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sievers | 11.2 | 5 | 21 | 5 | - | - | |
| O'Reilly | 12 | 5 | 28 | 3 | - | - | |
| Fleetwood-Smith | 3 | 1 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WJ O'Reilly | c and b Voce | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| LO Fleetwood-Smith | c Verity b Voce | 0 | 7 | 13 | - | - | |
| FA Ward | c Hardstaff b Verity | 18 | 75 | 68 | - | - | |
| KE Rigg | lbw b Sims | 47 | 120 | 122 | 3 | - | |
| WA Brown | c Barnett b Voce | 20 | 39 | 43 | 1 | - | |
| JHW Fingleton | c Ames b Sims | 136 | 428 | 386 | 6 | - | |
| *DG Bradman | c Allen b Verity | 270 | 375 | 458 | 22 | - | |
| SJ McCabe | lbw b Allen | 22 | 51 | 43 | 2 | - | |
| LS Darling | b Allen | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| MW Sievers | not out | 25 | 86 | 71 | 1 | - | |
| +WAS Oldfield | lbw b Verity | 7 | 28 | 23 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (6 b, 2 lb, 10 nb, 1 w) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 149.7 overs) | 564 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (O'Reilly), 2-3 (Fleetwood-Smith), 3-38 (Ward), 4-74 (Brown), 5-97 (Rigg), 6-443 (Fingleton), 7-511 (McCabe), 8-511 (Darling), 9-549 (Bradman), 10-564 (Oldfield) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Voce | 29 | 2 | 120 | 3 | - | - | |
| Hammond | 22 | 3 | 89 | 0 | - | - | |
| Allen | 23 | 2 | 84 | 2 | - | - | |
| Verity | 37.7 | 9 | 79 | 3 | - | - | |
| Robins | 11 | 2 | 46 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sims | 23 | 1 | 109 | 2 | - | - | |
| Worthington | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TS Worthington | c Sievers b Ward | 16 | 95 | 82 | 1 | - | |
| CJ Barnett | lbw b O'Reilly | 23 | 57 | 45 | 4 | - | |
| WR Hammond | b Sievers | 51 | 92 | 78 | 7 | - | |
| M Leyland | not out | 111 | 212 | 194 | 11 | - | |
| +LEG Ames | b Fleetwood-Smith | 19 | 44 | 34 | 3 | - | |
| J Hardstaff | c Ward b Fleetwood-Smith | 17 | 22 | 16 | 2 | - | |
| *GOB Allen | c Sievers b Fleetwood-Smith | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | - | |
| RWV Robins | b O'Reilly | 61 | 68 | 65 | 7 | - | |
| H Verity | c McCabe b O'Reilly | 11 | 25 | 15 | 1 | - | |
| JM Sims | lbw b Fleetwood-Smith | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| W Voce | c Bradman b Fleetwood-Smith | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Extras | (3 lb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 78.6 overs) | 323 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-29 (Barnett), 2-65 (Worthington), 3-117 (Hammond), 4-155 (Ames), 5-179 (Hardstaff), 6-195 (Allen), 7-306 (Robins), 8-322 (Verity), 9-323 (Sims), 10-323 (Voce) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Sievers | 12 | 2 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| McCabe | 8 | 0 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| O'Reilly | 21 | 6 | 65 | 3 | - | - | |
| Fleetwood-Smith | 25.6 | 2 | 124 | 5 | - | - | |
| Ward | 12 | 1 | 60 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> LS Darling made his last appearance in Test matches
--> MW Sievers made his last appearance in Test matches
--> JM Sims made his last appearance in Test matches
--> SJ McCabe (1) 50 in 126 balls, 119 minutes with 5 fours
--> JHW Fingleton (2) 50 in 153 balls, 158 minutes with 1 four
--> JHW Fingleton (2) 100 in 335 balls, 302 minutes with 4 fours
--> JHW Fingleton (2) passed his previous highest score of 118 in Test matches
--> JHW Fingleton (2) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 109
--> JHW Fingleton (2) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 63
--> DG Bradman (2) 50 in 57 balls, 85 minutes with 3 fours
--> DG Bradman (2) 100 in 145 balls, 198 minutes with 7 fours
--> DG Bradman (2) 150 in 216 balls with 11 fours
--> DG Bradman (2) 200 in 293 balls, 354 minutes with 16 fours
--> DG Bradman (2) 250 in 340 balls with 22 fours
--> DG Bradman (2) passed 4000 runs in Test matches when he reached 18
--> MW Sievers (2) passed his previous highest score of 24 in Test matches
--> WR Hammond (2) 50 in 88 balls, 75 minutes with 7 fours
--> M Leyland (2) 50 in 109 balls, 92 minutes with 5 fours
--> M Leyland (2) 100 in 194 balls, 168 minutes with 11 fours
--> RWV Robins (2) 50 in 54 balls, 47 minutes with 5 fours
--> RWV Robins (2) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 54
--> H Verity (2) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 1
--> WA Brown made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> LO Fleetwood-Smith made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> MW Sievers achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed RWV Robins in the England first innings (previous best was 3-29)
--> MW Sievers achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the England first innings
--> MW Sievers achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed RWV Robins in the England first innings (previous best was 3-29)
--> MW Sievers achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the England first innings
--> LO Fleetwood-Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed W Voce in the England second innings (previous best was 4-64)
--> LO Fleetwood-Smith achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the England second innings
--> WJ O'Reilly reached 100 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed RWV Robins, his 2nd wicket in the England second innings
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