Australian cricket team in South Africa in 1935–36
The
South Africa. Australia won the Test series 4–0. Australia were captained by Vic Richardson; South Africa by Herby Wade
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The team
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
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
First Test
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- 15 December was taken as a rest day.
- F Nicholson and JB Robertson (both SA), and EL McCormick and LO Fleetwood-Smith (both AUS) made their Test debuts.
Second Test
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- 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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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- There was no play on the first day.
Fourth Test
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Fifth Test
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- 1 March was taken as a rest day.
References
- ^ a b "Australia to South Africa 1935-36". Test Cricket Tours. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ "Test bowling for Australia, Australia in South Africa 1935-36". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ "First-class bowling for Australians, Australia in South Africa 1935-36". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
External links
- Australia in South Africa, 1935-36 at Cricinfo
- Australia in South Africa 1935-36 at CricketArchive
- Test Cricket Tours – Australia to South Africa 1935-36 at Test Cricket Tours
Further reading
- Brian Bassano, Vic's Boys: Australia in South Africa 1935-36
- Louis Duffus, "The Australians in South Africa", The Cricketer Spring Annual, 1936, pp. 70-77
- Jack Fingleton, Cricket Crisis, pp. 214-32
- Arthur Mailey, Cricket Sketches: South African Tour 1935-36
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1937