International cricket tour
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
Second Test
- 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
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- There was no play on the first day.
Fourth Test
- 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
- 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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