The Ashes, 1936/37, 1st Test
Australia v England
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
4,5,7,8,9 December 1936 (timeless match)
Result: England won by 322 runs
England leads the 5-Test series 1-0
Toss: England
Umpires: GE Borwick and JD Scott
Test Debuts: CL Badcock, RH Robinson, MW Sievers, FA Ward (Aus).
Balls per over: 8
Close of Play:
Day 1: England 263/6 (Hardstaff 27*, Robins 6*)
Day 2: England 358, Australia 151/2 (Fingleton 61*, McCabe 37*)
Day 3: Australia 234, England 75/2 (Fagg 24*, Hammond 12*)
Day 4: England 256, Australia 3/1 (Badcock 0*, Sievers 2*)
England 1st innings
TS Worthington c Oldfield b McCormick 0
CJ Barnett c Oldfield b O'Reilly 69
AE Fagg c Oldfield b McCormick 4
WR Hammond c Robinson b McCormick 0
M Leyland b Ward 126
+LEG Ames c Chipperfield b Ward 24
J Hardstaff jnr c McCabe b O'Reilly 43
RWV Robins c sub b O'Reilly 38
*GOB Allen c McCabe b O'Reilly 35
H Verity c Sievers b O'Reilly 7
W Voce not out 4
Extras (b 1, lb 3, nb 4) 8
Total (all out, 113.6 overs) 358
FoW: 1-0 (Worthington), 2-20 (Fagg), 3-20 (Hammond),
4-119 (Barnett), 5-162 (Ames), 6-252 (Leyland),
7-311 (Hardstaff), 8-311 (Robins), 9-343 (Verity),
10-358 (Allen).
Bowling O M R W
McCormick 8 1 26 3
Sievers 16 5 42 0
O'Reilly 40.6 13 102 5
Ward 36 3 138 2
Chipperfield 11 3 32 0
McCabe 2 0 10 0
Australia 1st innings
JHW Fingleton b Verity 100
CL Badcock b Allen 8
*DG Bradman c Worthington b Voce 38
SJ McCabe c Barnett b Voce 51
RH Robinson c Hammond b Voce 2
AG Chipperfield c Ames b Voce 7
MW Sievers b Allen 8
+WAS Oldfield c Ames b Voce 6
WJ O'Reilly c Leyland b Voce 3
FA Ward c Hardstaff b Allen 0
EL McCormick not out 1
Extras (b 4, lb 1, nb 5) 10
Total (all out, 85.6 overs) 234
FoW: 1-13 (Badcock), 2-89 (Bradman), 3-166 (McCabe),
4-176 (Robinson), 5-202 (Chipperfield), 6-220 (Fingleton),
7-229 (Sievers), 8-231 (Oldfield), 9-231 (Ward),
10-234 (O'Reilly).
Bowling O M R W
Allen 16 2 71 3
Voce 20.6 5 41 6
Hammond 4 0 12 0
Verity 28 11 52 1
Robins 17 0 48 0
England 2nd innings
TS Worthington st Oldfield b McCabe 8
CJ Barnett c Badcock b Ward 26
AE Fagg st Oldfield b Ward 27
WR Hammond hit wicket b Ward 25
M Leyland c Bradman b Ward 33
+LEG Ames b Sievers 9
*GOB Allen c Fingleton b Sievers 68
J Hardstaff jnr st Oldfield b Ward 20
RWV Robins c Chipperfield b Ward 0
H Verity lbw b Sievers 19
W Voce not out 2
Extras (b 14, lb 4, nb 1) 19
Total (all out, 116.6 overs) 256
FoW: 1-17 (Worthington), 2-50 (Barnett), 3-82 (Fagg),
4-105 (Hammond), 5-122 (Ames), 6-144 (Leyland),
7-205 (Hardstaff), 8-205 (Robins), 9-247 (Allen),
10-256 (Verity).
Bowling O M R W
Sievers 19.6 9 29 3
O'Reilly 35 15 59 0
Ward 46 16 102 6
Chipperfield 10 2 33 0
McCabe 6 1 14 1
Australia 2nd innings (target: 381 runs)
JHW Fingleton b Voce 0
CL Badcock c Fagg b Allen 0
MW Sievers c Voce b Allen 5
+WAS Oldfield b Voce 10
*DG Bradman c Fagg b Allen 0
SJ McCabe c Leyland b Allen 7
RH Robinson c Hammond b Voce 3
AG Chipperfield not out 26
WJ O'Reilly b Allen 0
FA Ward b Voce 1
EL McCormick absent hurt -
Extras (nb 6) 6
Total (all out, 12.3 overs) 58
FoW: 1-0 (Fingleton), 2-3 (Badcock), 3-7 (Sievers),
4-7 (Bradman), 5-16 (McCabe), 6-20 (Robinson),
7-35 (Oldfield), 8-41 (O'Reilly), 9-58 (Ward).
Bowling O M R W
Voce 6.3 0 16 4
Allen 6 0 36 5
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