f13390 t208	Australia v West Indies
	West Indies in Australia and New Zealand 1930/31 (5th Test)
Venue	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 27th, 28th February, 2nd, 3rd, 4th March 1931 (timeless match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	West Indies won the toss and decided to bat
Result	West Indies won by 30 runs
Umpires	HJ Armstrong, WG French
Close of play day 1	West Indies (1) 298/2 (Martin 100*, Grant 48*)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 89/5 (McCabe 0*, Fairfax 0*)
Close of play day 3	West Indies (2) 124/5 (Grant 27*, Bartlett 0*)
Close of play day 4	No play

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West Indies first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FR Martin	not out	123		347	11	-
CA Roach	lbw b Grimmett	31		67	5	-
GA Headley	lbw b McCabe	105		146	13	-
*GC Grant	c McCabe b Ironmonger	62		99	8	-
JED Sealy	c Kippax b Grimmett	4		7	-	-
LN Constantine	c McCabe b Ironmonger	0
EL Bartlett	b Grimmett	0
+IM Barrow	not out	7
OC Scott	did not bat
GN Francis	did not bat
HC Griffith	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 135 overs)	350
Fall of wickets:
1-70 (Roach), 2-222 (Headley), 3-332 (Grant), 4-337 (Sealy), 5-338 (Constantine), 6-341 (Bartlett)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fairfax	21	2	60	0	-	-
Oxenham	24	10	51	0	-	-
Ironmonger	42	16	95	2	-	-
Grimmett	33	7	100	3	-	-
McCabe	15	5	26	1	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WM Woodfull	c Constantine b Martin	22		103	-	-
WH Ponsford	c Bartlett b Francis	7		15	-	-
DG Bradman	c Francis b Martin	43		51	3	-
AF Kippax	c Sealy b Constantine	3		2	-	-
KE Rigg	c Barrow b Francis	14		25	1	-
SJ McCabe	c Headley b Francis	21		35	1	-
AG Fairfax	st Barrow b Scott	54		116	5	-
RK Oxenham	c Barrow b Francis	0		12	-	-
+WAS Oldfield	run out	36		52	4	-
CV Grimmett	not out	15		27	1	-
H Ironmonger	b Griffith	1		9	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 79.2 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Ponsford), 2-66 (Bradman), 3-69 (Kippax), 4-89 (Rigg), 5-89 (Woodfull), 6-130 (McCabe), 7-134 (Oxenham), 8-196 (Oldfield), 9-215 (Fairfax), 10-224 (Ironmonger, 79.2 ov)

West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Francis	19	6	48	4	-	-
Griffith	13.2	3	31	1	-	-
Martin	27	3	67	2	-	-
Constantine	10	2	28	1	-	-
Scott	10	1	42	1	-	-

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West Indies second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FR Martin	c McCabe b Grimmett	20		47	1	-
CA Roach	c Oldfield b Ironmonger	34		65	6	-
GA Headley	b Oxenham	30		60	3	-
*GC Grant	not out	27		63	2	-
JED Sealy	run out	7		6	-	-
LN Constantine	c Bradman b Ironmonger	4		5	-	-
EL Bartlett	not out	0		5	-	-
+IM Barrow	did not bat
OC Scott	did not bat
GN Francis	did not bat
HC Griffith	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 51 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-46 (Martin), 2-66 (Roach), 3-103 (Headley), 4-113 (Sealy), 5-124 (Constantine)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCabe	7	2	17	0	-	-
Oxenham	10	4	14	1	-	-
Grimmett	18	4	47	1	-	-
Ironmonger	16	7	44	2	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WM Woodfull	c Constantine b Griffith	18		53	1	-
WH Ponsford	c Constantine b Martin	28		56	2	-
DG Bradman	b Griffith	0		11	-	-
+WAS Oldfield	lbw b Griffith	0	1	2	-	-
AF Kippax	c Roach b Constantine	10		23	2	-
KE Rigg	c Barrow b Constantine	16		32	1	-
SJ McCabe	c Grant b Martin	44		64	3	-
AG Fairfax	not out	60		147	3	-
RK Oxenham	lbw b Scott	14		22	-	-
CV Grimmett	c Constantine b Griffith	12		26	-	-
H Ironmonger	run out	4		7	-	-
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	14
Total	(all out, 75.3 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-49 (Woodfull), 2-49 (Ponsford), 3-53 (Oldfield), 4-53 (Bradman), 5-65 (Kippax), 6-76 (Rigg), 7-155 (McCabe), 8-180 (Oxenham), 9-214 (Grimmett), 10-220 (Ironmonger, 75.3 ov)

West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Francis	16	2	32	0	-	-
Constantine	17	2	50	2	-	-
Martin	18	4	44	2	-	-
Griffith	13.3	3	50	4	-	-
Scott	11	0	30	1	-	-

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Notes
--> FR Martin (1) passed his previous highest score of 44 in Test matches
--> GA Headley (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 69
--> GA Headley (1) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 96
--> KE Rigg made his debut in Test matches
--> CV Grimmett reached 750 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed CA Roach, his 1st wicket in the West Indies first innings
--> HC Griffith reached 200 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed WM Woodfull, his 1st wicket in the Australia second innings

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