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5th Test-The Ashes (England in Australia) 1936

TESTMelbourne Cricket GroundFri, 26 Feb - Wed, 03 Mar 1937

AUS

Australia

604/10 (20.00)

England

76/3 (20.00) & 165/10 (49.2)

ENG

Australia won by an innings and 200 runs

AUSAustralia innings

604/10 (20.00)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	R	4s	6s	Career	R	4s	6s
Jack Fingleton c Voce b Farnes	17	68	89	1	0	25.00	In 1937	398	22	0	Career	1066	44	1
Keith Rigg c (wk)Ames b Farnes	28	87	78	2	0	32.18	In 1937	118	8	0	Career	401	28	0
Donald Bradman (c) b Farnes	169	191	223	15	0	88.48	In 1937	810	62	0	Career	4659	458	5
Stan McCabe c Farnes b Verity	112	155	163	16	0	72.25	In 1937	491	57	0	Career	2386	217	3
Jack Badcock c Worthington b Voce	118	223	205	15	0	52.91	In 1937	128	16	0	Career	128	16	0
Ross Gregory c Verity b Farnes	80	181	195	5	0	44.19	In 1937	153	7	0	Career	153	7	0
Bert Oldfield (WK) c (wk)Ames b Voce	21	88	76	1	0	23.86	In 1937	79	7	0	Career	1427	79	1
Laurie Nash c (wk)Ames b Farnes	17	59	75	0	0	28.81	In 1937	17	0	0	Career	30	1	0
Bill O'Reilly b Voce	1	8	15	0	0	12.50	In 1937	56	2	3	Career	350	9	9
Ernie McCormick not out	17	51	47	2	0	33.33	In 1937	33	2	0	Career	52	2	0
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith b Farnes	13	17	27	1	1	76.47	In 1937	18	1	1	Career	24	1	1
Extras (b 1, lb 5, nb 4, w 1)	11
Total 604 140.5 Ov (RR: 4.29)	604	1128		58	1

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	W	Best	Career	W
Gubby Allen	17.00	0	99	0	4.36	In 1937	17	7/37	Career	71
Ken Farnes	28.50	5	96	6	2.51	In 1937	11	6/96	Career	27
Bill Voce	29.00	3	123	3	3.18	In 1937	26	7/79	Career	91
Wally Hammond	16.00	1	62	0	2.90	In 1937	12	5/30	Career	64
Hedley Verity	41.00	5	127	1	2.32	In 1937	10	8/61	Career	100
Stan Worthington	6.00	0	60	0	7.50	In 1937	0	2/24	Career	8
Maurice Leyland	3.00	0	26	0	6.50	In 1937	0	3/91	Career	5

ENGEngland innings

76/3 (20.00)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	R	4s	6s	Career	R	4s	6s
Charlie Barnett c (wk)Oldfield b Nash	18	14	17	3	0	128.57	In 1937	395	48	3	Career	610	48	5
Stan Worthington hit wicket b Fleetwood-Smith	44	87	98	7	0	50.57	In 1937	74	10	0	Career	321	29	0
Joe Hardstaff c McCormick b O'Reilly	83	234	240	8	0	35.47	In 1937	256	24	0	Career	362	39	0
Wally Hammond c Nash b O'Reilly	14	54	62	1	0	25.92	In 1937	468	57	0	Career	5388	359	21
Maurice Leyland b O'Reilly	7	16	13	0	0	43.75	In 1937	441	35	0	Career	2577	192	7
Bob Wyatt c Bradman b O'Reilly	38	97	127	1	0	39.17	In 1937	100	7	0	Career	1839	57	6
Les Ames (WK) b Nash	19	43	39	2	0	44.18	In 1937	166	19	0	Career	1874	135	6
Gubby Allen (c) c (wk)Oldfield b Nash	0	3	9	0	0	0.00	In 1937	150	17	1	Career	656	57	2
Hedley Verity c Rigg b Nash	0	14	17	0	0	0.00	In 1937	75	6	0	Career	548	11	0
Bill Voce st (wk)Oldfield b O'Reilly	3	9	6	0	0	33.33	In 1937	19	2	0	Career	262	6	7
Ken Farnes not out	0	2	3	0	0	0.00	In 1937	7	0	0	Career	19	0	0
Extras (lb 12, nb 1)	13
Total 239 71.5 Ov (RR: 3.33)	239	573		22	0

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	W	Best	Career	W
Ernie McCormick	13.00	1	54	0	3.11	In 1937	11	3/26	Career	26
Laurie Nash	17.50	1	70	4	2.97	In 1937	5	4/18	Career	10
Bill O'Reilly	23.00	7	51	5	1.66	In 1937	25	7/189	Career	114
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith	18.00	3	51	1	2.12	In 1937	19	6/129	Career	28

AUSAustralia innings

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	R	4s	6s	Career	R	4s	6s
Charlie Barnett lbw b O'Reilly	41	55	61	4	1	74.54	In 1937	395	48	3	Career	610	48	5
Stan Worthington c Bradman b McCormick	6	16	18	1	0	37.50	In 1937	74	10	0	Career	321	29	0
Joe Hardstaff b Nash	1	4	4	0	0	25.00	In 1937	256	24	0	Career	362	39	0
Wally Hammond c Bradman b O'Reilly	56	106	95	9	0	52.83	In 1937	468	57	0	Career	5388	359	21
Maurice Leyland c McCormick b Fleetwood-Smith	28	69	95	2	0	40.57	In 1937	441	35	0	Career	2577	192	7
Bob Wyatt run out	9	47	31	1	0	19.14	In 1937	100	7	0	Career	1839	57	6
Les Ames (WK) c McCabe b McCormick	11	27	41	0	0	40.74	In 1937	166	19	0	Career	1874	135	6
Gubby Allen (c) c Nash b O'Reilly	7	26	18	1	0	26.92	In 1937	150	17	1	Career	656	57	2
Hedley Verity not out	2	35	29	0	0	5.71	In 1937	75	6	0	Career	548	11	0
Bill Voce c Badcock b Fleetwood-Smith	1	9	8	0	0	11.11	In 1937	19	2	0	Career	262	6	7
Ken Farnes c Nash b Fleetwood-Smith	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	In 1937	7	0	0	Career	19	0	0
Extras (lb 3)	3
Total 165 49.2 Ov (RR: 3.35)	165	395		18	1