South African cricket team in Australia in 1931–32
The South Africa national cricket team toured Australia in the 1931–32 season and played five Test matches against Australia. Australia won the series 5–0, all of their victories being by a substantial margin, three of them by an innings.
Test series summary
[edit]First Test
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- 29 November was taken as a rest day.
- There was no play on the third and fourth days.
- HC Nitschke (AUS) made his Test debut.
Second Test
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Third Test
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- 3 January was taken as a rest day.
Fourth Test
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73/0 (19.2 overs) WM Woodfull 37* |
- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- 31 January was taken as a rest day.
- WA Hunt, WJ O'Reilly and HM Thurlow (all AUS) made their Test debuts.
Fifth Test
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- 14 February was taken as a rest day.
- There was no play on the second day.
- JHW Fingleton and LJ Nash (both AUS) made their Test debuts.
- Clarrie Grimmett, who had taken 33 wickets in the first four Test matches, did not bowl a single ball in the match.
- The match aggregate of 234 runs is the lowest in Test match history.
- The total playing time of 5 hours and 53 minutes is still the shortest for a completed Test match.
- Donald Bradman twisted his ankle in the Australian dressing room when going out to field for the 1st South African innings and took no part in the match.
References
[edit]Annual reviews
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
- Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
- Ray Robinson, On Top Down Under, Cassell, 1975
External links
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