f15274 t251	South Africa v Australia
	Australia in South Africa 1935/36 (5th Test)
Venue	Kingsmead, Durban on 28th, 29th February, 2nd, 3rd March 1936 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Africa won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by an innings and 6 runs
Umpires	JC Collings, WG Routledge
Close of play day 1	South Africa (1) 199/8 (Viljoen 42*, van der Merwe 0*)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 239/2 (Fingleton 117*, O'Brien 23*)
Close of play day 3	South Africa (2) 110/2 (Mitchell 16*, Nourse 20*)

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South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IJ Siedle	c Fingleton b Grimmett	36		156	3	-
*HF Wade	c Richardson b Grimmett	26		50	3	-
B Mitchell	c and b Grimmett	10		36	1	-
AD Nourse	lbw b Grimmett	50		74	7	-
KG Viljoen	c Chipperfield b McCormick	56		130	6	-
RL Harvey	c Oldfield b McCormick	28		49	3	-
ACB Langton	st Oldfield b Grimmett	1		13	-	-
XC Balaskas	st Oldfield b Grimmett	2		20	-	-
RJ Crisp	b Grimmett	0		1	-	-
+EA van der Merwe	not out	7		40	-	-
EQ Davies	b McCormick	0		3	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 109.1 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-44 (Wade), 2-57 (Mitchell), 3-124 (Siedle), 4-125 (Nourse), 5-178 (Harvey), 6-183 (Langton), 7-199 (Balaskas), 8-199 (Crisp), 9-220 (Viljoen), 10-222 (Davies, 109.1 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCormick	20.1	8	37	3	-	-
McCabe	7	0	20	0	-	-
Grimmett	45	18	100	7	-	-
O'Reilly	37	15	59	0	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JHW Fingleton	b Crisp	118		224	9	-
WA Brown	c Langton b Mitchell	84		145	8	-
SJ McCabe	c and b Mitchell	1		4	-	-
LPJ O'Brien	c van der Merwe b Balaskas	48		140	4	-
LS Darling	lbw b Mitchell	62		90	5	-
AG Chipperfield	c Balaskas b Mitchell	18		37	2	-
*VY Richardson	b Crisp	45		71	6	-
+WAS Oldfield	c Crisp b Langton	29		67	1	-
CV Grimmett	c Siedle b Mitchell	14		29	-	-
WJ O'Reilly	c Siedle b Langton	13		13	-	1
EL McCormick	not out	0		4	-	-
Extras	(19 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	23
Total	(all out, 146.5 overs)	455
Fall of wickets:
1-162 (Brown), 2-164 (McCabe), 3-240 (Fingleton), 4-316 (O'Brien), 5-338 (Darling), 6-361 (Chipperfield), 7-423 (Richardson), 8-433 (Oldfield), 9-451 (O'Reilly), 10-455 (Grimmett, 146.5 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davies	18	0	54	0	-	-
Crisp	19	2	65	2	-	-
Langton	33	9	69	2	-	-
Balaskas	51	4	157	1	-	1
Mitchell	25.5	2	87	5	-	-

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South Africa second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IJ Siedle	c Brown b Grimmett	46		72	5	-
*HF Wade	b O'Reilly	25		56	1	-
B Mitchell	not out	72		235	8	-
AD Nourse	b O'Reilly	41		91	4	-
KG Viljoen	lbw b Grimmett	25		67	4	-
RL Harvey	c Richardson b Grimmett	1		9	-	-
ACB Langton	b Grimmett	3		9	-	-
XC Balaskas	c Richardson b Grimmett	0		15	-	-
+EA van der Merwe	c Richardson b Grimmett	0		4	-	-
EQ Davies	c Richardson b O'Reilly	2		10	-	-
RJ Crisp	c Richardson b O'Reilly	0		4	-	-
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 113.1 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-63 (Wade), 2-73 (Siedle), 3-146 (Nourse), 4-196 (Viljoen), 5-206 (Harvey), 6-212 (Langton), 7-216 (Balaskas), 8-220 (van der Merwe), 9-227 (Davies), 10-227 (Crisp, 113.1 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCormick	15	1	64	0	-	-
McCabe	2	0	11	0	-	-
Grimmett	48	23	73	6	-	-
O'Reilly	40.1	18	47	4	-	-
Chipperfield	8	1	20	0	-	-

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Notes
--> VY Richardson made his last appearance in Test matches
--> CV Grimmett made his last appearance in Test matches
--> IJ Siedle made his last appearance in Test matches
--> HF Wade made his last appearance in Test matches
--> RL Harvey made his last appearance in Test matches
--> RJ Crisp made his last appearance in Test matches
--> EA van der Merwe made his last appearance in Test matches
--> AD Nourse (1) 50 in 95 balls, 71 minutes with 7 fours
--> KG Viljoen (1) 50 in 113 balls, 105 minutes with 6 fours
--> RL Harvey (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in Test matches
--> JHW Fingleton (1) 50 in 96 balls, 100 minutes with 3 fours
--> JHW Fingleton (1) 100 in 177 balls, 190 minutes with 7 fours
--> JHW Fingleton (1) passed his previous highest score of 112 in Test matches
--> JHW Fingleton (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 82
--> WA Brown (1) 50 in 82 balls, 77 minutes with 5 fours
--> WA Brown (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 62
--> LS Darling (1) 50 in 85 balls, 70 minutes with 4 fours
--> WAS Oldfield (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> B Mitchell (2) 50 in 196 balls, 175 minutes with 6 fours
--> EA van der Merwe made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> CV Grimmett reached 1200 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed IJ Siedle, his 3rd wicket in the South Africa first innings
--> B Mitchell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed CV Grimmett in the Australia first innings (previous best was 4-26)
--> B Mitchell achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the Australia first innings
--> ACB Langton reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed WAS Oldfield, his 1st wicket in the Australia first innings

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