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AUS flag AUSWon toss. Elected to bat
604
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239 & 165
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Overs: 140.5 RR: 4.29 vs spin: 2.61
vs seam: 3.42
Overs: 49.2 RR: 3.34 vs spin: 2.19
vs seam: 3.00
Fri 26/02/37 Australia v England, 5th Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by an innings and 200 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 604 (140.5; RR: 4.29)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JHW Fingleton c Voce b Farnes 17 68 1 0 25.00
KE Rigg c Ames b Farnes 28 87 2 0 32.18
DG Bradman b Farnes 169 191 15 0 88.48
SJ McCabe c Farnes b Verity 112 155 16 0 72.26
CL Badcock c Worthington b Voce 118 223 15 0 52.91
RG Gregory c Verity b Farnes 80 181 5 0 44.20
WAS Oldfield c Ames b Voce 21 88 1 0 23.86
LJ Nash c Ames b Farnes 17 59 0 0 28.81
WJ O'Reilly b Voce 1 8 0 0 12.50
EL McCormick not out 17 51 2 0 33.33
LO Fleetwood-Smith b Farnes 13 17 1 1 76.47
Extras (1b, 5lb, 1w, 4nb) 11  
TOTAL 604 all out (140.5 overs; RR: 4.29)

Fall of wickets

42-1 (KE Rigg 0.0 ov), 54-2 (JHW Fingleton 0.0 ov), 303-3 (SJ McCabe 0.0 ov), 346-4 (DG Bradman 0.0 ov), 507-5 (CL Badcock 0.0 ov), 544-6 (RG Gregory 0.0 ov), 563-7 (WAS Oldfield 0.0 ov), 571-8 (WJ O'Reilly 0.0 ov), 576-9 (LJ Nash 0.0 ov), 604-10 (LO Fleetwood-Smith 140.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GOB Allen 17.0 0 99 0 5.82 0 0
K Farnes 28.5 5 96 6 3.43 0 0
W Voce 29.0 3 123 3 4.24 0 0
WR Hammond 16.0 1 62 0 3.88 0 0
H Verity 41.0 5 127 1 3.10 0 0
TS Worthington 6.0 0 60 0 10.00 0 0
M Leyland 3.0 0 26 0 8.67 0 0

England - 1st Inns 239 (71.5; RR: 3.33)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CJ Barnett c Oldfield b Nash 18 14 3 0 128.57
TS Worthington hit wicket b Fleetwood-Smith 44 87 7 0 50.57
J Hardstaff c McCormick b O'Reilly 83 234 8 0 35.47
WR Hammond c Nash b O'Reilly 14 54 1 0 25.93
M Leyland b O'Reilly 7 16 0 0 43.75
RES Wyatt c Bradman b O'Reilly 38 97 1 0 39.18
LEG Ames b Nash 19 43 2 0 44.19
GOB Allen c Oldfield b Nash 0 3 0 0 0.00
H Verity c Rigg b Nash 0 14 0 0 0.00
W Voce st Oldfield b O'Reilly 3 9 0 0 33.33
K Farnes not out 0 2 0 0 0.00
Extras (0b, 12lb, 0w, 1nb) 13  
TOTAL 239 all out (71.5 overs; RR: 3.33)

Fall of wickets

33-1 (CJ Barnett 0.0 ov), 96-2 (TS Worthington 0.0 ov), 130-3 (WR Hammond 0.0 ov), 140-4 (M Leyland 0.0 ov), 202-5 (J Hardstaff 0.0 ov), 236-6 (LEG Ames 0.0 ov), 236-7 (RES Wyatt 0.0 ov), 236-8 (GOB Allen 0.0 ov), 239-9 (W Voce 0.0 ov), 239-10 (H Verity 71.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
EL McCormick 13.0 1 54 0 4.15 0 0
LJ Nash 17.5 1 70 4 4.12 0 0
WJ O'Reilly 23.0 7 51 5 2.22 0 0
LO Fleetwood-Smith 18.0 3 51 1 2.83 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 165 (49.2; RR: 3.34)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CJ Barnett lbw b O'Reilly 41 55 4 1 74.55
TS Worthington c Bradman b McCormick 6 16 1 0 37.50
J Hardstaff b Nash 1 4 0 0 25.00
WR Hammond c Bradman b O'Reilly 56 106 9 0 52.83
M Leyland c McCormick b Fleetwood-Smith 28 69 2 0 40.58
RES Wyatt run out 9 47 1 0 19.15
LEG Ames c McCabe b McCormick 11 27 0 0 40.74
GOB Allen c Nash b O'Reilly 7 26 1 0 26.92
H Verity not out 2 35 0 0 5.71
W Voce c Badcock b Fleetwood-Smith 1 9 0 0 11.11
K Farnes c Nash b Fleetwood-Smith 0 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (0b, 3lb, 0w, 0nb) 3  
TOTAL 165 all out (49.2 overs; RR: 3.34)

Fall of wickets

9-1 (TS Worthington 0.0 ov), 10-2 (J Hardstaff 0.0 ov), 70-3 (CJ Barnett 0.0 ov), 121-4 (WR Hammond 0.0 ov), 142-5 (RES Wyatt 0.0 ov), 142-6 (M Leyland 0.0 ov), 153-7 (GOB Allen 0.0 ov), 162-8 (LEG Ames 0.0 ov), 165-9 (W Voce 0.0 ov), 165-10 (K Farnes 49.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
EL McCormick 9.0 0 33 2 3.67 0 0
LJ Nash 7.0 1 34 1 4.86 0 0
WJ O'Reilly 19.0 6 58 3 3.05 0 0
SJ McCabe 1.0 0 1 0 1.00 0 0
LO Fleetwood-Smith 13.2 3 36 3 2.77 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v England at Melbourne, 5th Test

Date

Friday February 26, 1937

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

1:00am UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

GE Borwick, JD Scott

Australia Team

Playing XI

WAS Oldfield, DG Bradman, SJ McCabe, KE Rigg, WJ O'Reilly, JHW Fingleton, LJ Nash, LO Fleetwood-Smith, EL McCormick, CL Badcock, RG Gregory

England Team

Playing XI

WR Hammond, RES Wyatt, M Leyland, LEG Ames, TS Worthington, W Voce, GOB Allen, H Verity, CJ Barnett, K Farnes, J Hardstaff