The Ashes, 1936/37, 5th Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
26,27 February, 1,2,3 March 1937 (timeless match)
Result: Australia won by an innings and 200 runs
Australia wins the 5-Test series 3-2
Toss: Australia
Umpires: GE Borwick and JD Scott
Balls per over: 8
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 342/3 (Bradman 165*, Badcock 12*)
Day 2: Australia 593/9 (McCormick 9*, Fleetwood-Smith 11*)
Day 3: Australia 604, England 184/4 (Hardstaff 73*, Wyatt 20*)
Day 4: England 239 and 165/8 (Verity 2*, Voce 1*)
Australia 1st innings
JHW Fingleton c Voce b Farnes 17
KE Rigg c Ames b Farnes 28
*DG Bradman b Farnes 169
SJ McCabe c Farnes b Verity 112
CL Badcock c Worthington b Voce 118
RG Gregory c Verity b Farnes 80
+WAS Oldfield c Ames b Voce 21
LJ Nash c Ames b Farnes 17
WJ O'Reilly b Voce 1
EL McCormick not out 17
LO'B Fleetwood-Smith b Farnes 13
Extras (b 1, lb 5, w 1, nb 4) 11
Total (all out, 140.5 overs) 604
FoW: 1-42, 2-54, 3-303, 4-346, 5-507,
6-544, 7-563, 8-571, 9-576, 10-604.
Bowling O M R W
Allen 17 0 99 0
Farnes 28.5 5 96 6
Voce 29 3 123 3
Hammond 16 1 62 0
Verity 41 5 127 1
Worthington 6 0 60 0
Leyland 3 0 26 0
England 1st innings
CJ Barnett c Oldfield b Nash 18
TS Worthington hit wicket b Fleetwood-Smith 44
J Hardstaff jnr c McCormick b O'Reilly 83
WR Hammond c Nash b O'Reilly 14
M Leyland b O'Reilly 7
RES Wyatt c Bradman b O'Reilly 38
+LEG Ames b Nash 19
*GOB Allen c Oldfield b Nash 0
H Verity c Rigg b Nash 0
W Voce st Oldfield b O'Reilly 3
K Farnes not out 0
Extras (lb 12, nb 1) 13
Total (all out, 71.5 overs) 239
FoW: 1-33, 2-96, 3-130, 4-140, 5-202,
6-236, 7-236, 8-236, 9-239, 10-239.
Bowling O M R W
McCormick 13 1 54 0
Nash 17.5 1 70 4
O'Reilly 23 7 51 5
Fleetwood-Smith 18 3 51 1
England 2nd innings (following on)
CJ Barnett lbw b O'Reilly 41
TS Worthington c Bradman b McCormick 6
J Hardstaff jnr b Nash 1
WR Hammond c Bradman b O'Reilly 56
M Leyland c McCormick b Fleetwood-Smith 28
RES Wyatt run out 9
+LEG Ames c McCabe b McCormick 11
*GOB Allen c Nash b O'Reilly 7
H Verity not out 2
W Voce c Badcock b Fleetwood-Smith 1
K Farnes c Nash b Fleetwood-Smith 0
Extras (lb 3) 3
Total (all out, 49.2 overs) 165
FoW: 1-9, 2-10, 3-70, 4-121, 5-142,
6-142, 7-153, 8-162, 9-165, 10-165.
Bowling O M R W
McCormick 9 0 33 2
Nash 7 1 34 1
O'Reilly 19 6 58 3
Fleetwood-Smith 13.2 3 36 3
McCabe 1 0 1 0
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