Australian cricket team in South Africa in 1935–36

The Australia national cricket team toured South Africa from November 1935 to March 1936 and played a five-match Test series against South Africa. Australia won the Test series 4–0. Australia were captained by Vic Richardson; South Africa by Herby Wade.

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

14, 16, 17, 18 December 1935
(4-day match)
Scorecard

South Africa	v	Australia
248 (114.2 overs) EAB Rowan 66 LO Fleetwood-Smith 4/64 (28 overs)		429 (162.2 overs) SJ McCabe 149 ACB Langton 4/113 (48.2 overs)
282 (115 overs) AD Nourse 91 WJ O'Reilly 5/49 (17 overs)		102/1 (36.3 overs) WA Brown 55 EL Dalton 1/12 (1.3 overs)

Australia won by 9 wickets
Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban
Umpires: JC Collings and WG Routledge

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

24, 26, 27, 28 December 1935
(4-day match)
Scorecard

South Africa	v	Australia
157 (63.2 overs) EAB Rowan 38 WJ O'Reilly 4/54 (20.2 overs)		250 (81.3 overs) JHW Fingleton 62 B Mitchell 4/26 (7.3 overs)
491 (149.3 overs) AD Nourse 231 CV Grimmett 3/111 (58 overs)		274/2 (76.1 overs) SJ McCabe 189* RJ Crisp 1/62 (17.1 overs)

Match drawn
Old Wanderers, Johannesburg
Umpires: RGA Ashman and JC Collings

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

1, 2, 3, 4 January 1936
(4-day match)
Scorecard

Australia	v	South Africa
362/8d (115 overs) WA Brown 121 XC Balaskas 4/126 (38 overs)		102 (38.2 overs) AD Nourse 44* CV Grimmett 5/32 (17 overs)
		182 (f/o) (87.4 overs) IJ Siedle 59 CV Grimmett 5/56 (36.4 overs)

Australia won by an innings and 78 runs
Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
Umpires: RGA Ashman and JC Collings

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
There was no play on the first day.

Fourth Test

15, 17 February 1936
(4-day match)
Scorecard

South Africa	v	Australia
157 (63.4 overs) IJ Siedle 44 WJ O'Reilly 5/20 (21 overs)		439 (127.4 overs) JHW Fingleton 108 EQ Davies 4/75 (24.4 overs)
98 (43.5 overs) B Mitchell 48* CV Grimmett 7/40 (19.5 overs)

Australia won by an innings and 184 runs
Old Wanderers, Johannesburg
Umpires: RGA Ashman and JC Collings

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
16 February was taken as a rest day.
The match was scheduled for four days but completed in two.
RL Harvey and EQ Davies (both SA) made their Test debuts.

Fifth Test

28, 29 February, 2, 3 March 1936
(4-day match)
Scorecard

South Africa	v	Australia
222 (109.1 overs) KG Viljoen 56 CV Grimmett 7/100 (45 overs)		455 (146.5 overs) JHW Fingleton 118 B Mitchell 5/87 (25.5 overs)
227 (113.1 overs) B Mitchell 72* CV Grimmett 6/73 (48 overs)

Australia won by an innings and 6 runs
Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban
Umpires: JC Collings and WG Routledge

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

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