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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 31st December 1931, 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th January 1932 (timeless match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australia won by 169 runs |
| Umpires | GE Borwick, GA Hele |
| Close of play day 1 | South Africa (1) 46/1 (Curnow 22*, Christy 3*) |
| Close of play day 2 | South Africa (1) 268/7 (Viljoen 65*, McMillan 10*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Australia (2) 206/1 (Woodfull 73*, Bradman 97*) |
| Close of play day 4 | Australia (2) 554/9 (Grimmett 16*, Ironmonger 0*) |
| Close of play day 5 | South Africa (2) 198/7 (Vincent 10*, McMillan 1*) |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *WM Woodfull | c Cameron b Bell | 7 | 48 | - | - | ||
| WH Ponsford | b Bell | 7 | 17 | 1 | - | ||
| DG Bradman | c Cameron b Quinn | 2 | 14 | - | - | ||
| AF Kippax | c Bell b Quinn | 52 | 114 | 4 | 1 | ||
| SJ McCabe | c Morkel b Bell | 22 | 45 | 4 | - | ||
| KE Rigg | c Mitchell b Bell | 68 | 98 | 5 | - | ||
| EL a'Beckett | c Mitchell b Quinn | 6 | 10 | - | - | ||
| +WAS Oldfield | c Vincent b Quinn | 0 | 3 | - | - | ||
| CV Grimmett | c Morkel b Bell | 9 | 34 | - | |||
| TW Wall | not out | 6 | 18 | - | |||
| H Ironmonger | run out | 12 | 12 | 2 | - | ||
| Extras | (1 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 77.1 overs) | 198 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11 (Ponsford), 2-16 (Bradman), 3-25 (Woodfull), 4-74 (McCabe), 5-135 (Kippax), 6-143 (a'Beckett), 7-143 (Oldfield), 8-173 (Rigg), 9-179 (Grimmett), 10-198 (Ironmonger, 77.1 ov) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bell | 26.1 | 9 | 69 | 5 | - | - | |
| Quinn | 31 | 13 | 42 | 4 | - | - | |
| Morkel | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Vincent | 12 | 1 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| McMillan | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Christy | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| South Africa first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SH Curnow | b Grimmett | 47 | 144 | 3 | - | ||
| B Mitchell | c McCabe b Wall | 17 | 58 | 1 | - | ||
| JAJ Christy | c McCabe b Ironmonger | 16 | 64 | 1 | - | ||
| HW Taylor | lbw b Grimmett | 11 | 46 | - | - | ||
| DPB Morkel | lbw b Ironmonger | 33 | 89 | 2 | - | ||
| *+HB Cameron | st Oldfield b Ironmonger | 39 | 96 | 4 | - | ||
| KG Viljoen | c Wall b McCabe | 111 | 205 | 9 | - | ||
| CL Vincent | c Oldfield b Wall | 16 | 60 | 1 | - | ||
| Q McMillan | c Oldfield b Wall | 29 | 129 | 3 | - | ||
| NA Quinn | b McCabe | 11 | 51 | - | |||
| AJ Bell | not out | 10 | 38 | - | |||
| Extras | (3 b, 13 lb, 2 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 188.3 overs) | 358 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-39 (Mitchell), 2-79 (Christy), 3-89 (Curnow), 4-108 (Taylor), 5-163 (Morkel), 6-183 (Cameron), 7-225 (Vincent), 8-329 (Viljoen), 9-336 (McMillan), 10-358 (Quinn, 188.3 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wall | 37 | 5 | 98 | 3 | - | - | |
| a'Beckett | 18 | 5 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Grimmett | 63 | 23 | 100 | 2 | - | - | |
| Ironmonger | 49 | 26 | 72 | 3 | - | - | |
| McCabe | 21.3 | 4 | 41 | 2 | - | - | |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *WM Woodfull | c Mitchell b McMillan | 161 | 300 | 5 | - | ||
| WH Ponsford | c Mitchell b Bell | 34 | 53 | 2 | - | ||
| DG Bradman | lbw b Vincent | 167 | 183 | 18 | - | ||
| AF Kippax | c Curnow b McMillan | 67 | 150 | 5 | - | ||
| SJ McCabe | c Mitchell b McMillan | 71 | 97 | 5 | 1 | ||
| KE Rigg | c Mitchell b Vincent | 1 | 3 | - | - | ||
| EL a'Beckett | b Vincent | 4 | 20 | - | - | ||
| +WAS Oldfield | lbw b McMillan | 0 | 9 | - | - | ||
| CV Grimmett | not out | 16 | 41 | - | |||
| TW Wall | b Vincent | 12 | 24 | - | |||
| H Ironmonger | b Quinn | 0 | 9 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (17 b, 3 lb, 1 nb) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 164.4 overs) | 554 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-54 (Ponsford), 2-328 (Bradman), 3-408 (Woodfull), 4-519 (Kippax), 5-521 (McCabe), 6-521 (Rigg), 7-524 (Oldfield), 8-530 (a'Beckett), 9-550 (Wall), 10-554 (Ironmonger, 164.4 ov) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bell | 36 | 6 | 101 | 1 | - | - | |
| Quinn | 36.4 | 6 | 113 | 1 | - | - | |
| Vincent | 55 | 16 | 154 | 4 | - | - | |
| McMillan | 33 | 3 | 150 | 4 | - | - | |
| Morkel | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| South Africa second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SH Curnow | b Grimmett | 9 | 34 | 1 | - | ||
| B Mitchell | c and b Grimmett | 46 | 177 | - | - | ||
| JAJ Christy | c Oldfield b Ironmonger | 63 | 112 | 5 | - | ||
| HW Taylor | b Grimmett | 38 | 108 | 1 | - | ||
| DPB Morkel | b Ironmonger | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | ||
| *+HB Cameron | lbw b Ironmonger | 13 | 45 | - | - | ||
| KG Viljoen | b Ironmonger | 2 | 21 | - | - | ||
| CL Vincent | c Ponsford b Grimmett | 34 | 40 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Q McMillan | c Wall b Grimmett | 1 | 26 | - | - | ||
| NA Quinn | not out | 0 | 8 | - | - | ||
| AJ Bell | b Grimmett | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| Extras | (8 b, 6 lb, 1 nb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 115 overs) | 225 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18 (Curnow), 2-120 (Christy), 3-133 (Mitchell), 4-138 (Morkel), 5-178 (Cameron), 6-186 (Viljoen), 7-188 (Taylor), 8-208 (McMillan), 9-225 (Vincent), 10-225 (Bell, 115 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wall | 13 | 3 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| a'Beckett | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Grimmett | 46 | 14 | 92 | 6 | - | - | |
| Ironmonger | 42 | 18 | 54 | 4 | - | - | |
| McCabe | 10 | 1 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bradman | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> EL a'Beckett made his last appearance in Test matches
--> AF Kippax (1) 50 in 106 minutes with 4 fours and 1 six
--> AF Kippax (1) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 32
--> AF Kippax (1) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> KE Rigg (1) 50 in 78 minutes
--> SH Curnow (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Test matches
--> KG Viljoen (1) passed his previous highest score of 44 in Test matches
--> KG Viljoen (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> KG Viljoen (1) 50 in 108 minutes
--> KG Viljoen (1) 100 in 193 minutes
--> WM Woodfull (2) 50 in 114 minutes
--> WM Woodfull (2) 100 in 212 minutes with 2 fours
--> WM Woodfull (2) 150 in 286 minutes
--> WM Woodfull (2) passed his previous highest score of 155 in Test matches
--> WM Woodfull (2) passed 1500 runs in Test matches when he reached 13
--> DG Bradman (2) 50 in 64 minutes
--> DG Bradman (2) 100 in 98 minutes
--> DG Bradman (2) 150 in 168 minutes
--> AF Kippax (2) 50 in 112 minutes
--> SJ McCabe (2) 50 in 57 minutes
--> JAJ Christy (2) 50 in 91 minutes
--> JAJ Christy (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 63
--> CL Vincent (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 22
--> Q McMillan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed WAS Oldfield in the Australia second innings (previous best was 3-78)
--> Q McMillan reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed SJ McCabe, his 3rd wicket in the Australia second innings
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