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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 13th, 14th February 1931 (timeless match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | West Indies won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australia won by an innings and 122 runs |
| Umpires | AN Barlow, J Richards |
| Close of play day 1 | Australia (1) 197/1 (Woodfull 75*, Bradman 92*) |
| West Indies first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CA Roach | c Kippax b Grimmett | 20 | 51 | 1 | - | ||
| FR Martin | lbw b Ironmonger | 17 | 69 | - | - | ||
| GA Headley | c Jackson b Ironmonger | 33 | 54 | 3 | - | ||
| LS Birkett | c McCabe b Ironmonger | 0 | 4 | - | - | ||
| EL Bartlett | st Oldfield b Ironmonger | 9 | 43 | - | |||
| *GC Grant | c Oldfield b Ironmonger | 0 | 6 | - | - | ||
| LN Constantine | c Jackson b Grimmett | 7 | 10 | 1 | - | ||
| +IM Barrow | c Fairfax b Ironmonger | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| OC Scott | run out | 11 | 12 | 2 | - | ||
| GN Francis | not out | 0 | 9 | - | - | ||
| HC Griffith | c Fairfax b Ironmonger | 0 | 2 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (2 nb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 50 overs) | 99 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-32 (Roach), 2-51 (Martin), 3-53 (Birkett), 4-81 (Headley), 5-81 (Grant), 6-88 (Bartlett), 7-88 (Barrow), 8-88 (Constantine), 9-99 (Scott), 10-99 (Griffith, 50 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Fairfax | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Oxenham | 6 | 1 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ironmonger | 20 | 7 | 23 | 7 | - | - | |
| Grimmett | 19 | 7 | 46 | 2 | - | - | |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *WM Woodfull | run out | 83 | 142 | 7 | - | ||
| WH Ponsford | st Barrow b Constantine | 24 | 49 | - | |||
| DG Bradman | c Roach b Martin | 152 | 154 | 13 | - | ||
| A Jackson | c Birkett b Constantine | 15 | 41 | 1 | - | ||
| SJ McCabe | run out | 2 | 8 | - | - | ||
| AG Fairfax | c Birkett b Martin | 16 | 52 | - | |||
| AF Kippax | b Martin | 24 | 33 | 3 | - | ||
| RK Oxenham | c Constantine b Griffith | 0 | 7 | - | - | ||
| +WAS Oldfield | not out | 1 | 2 | - | - | ||
| H Ironmonger | did not bat | ||||||
| CV Grimmett | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 3 lb, 1 nb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 89.2 overs) | 328 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-50 (Ponsford), 2-206 (Woodfull), 3-265 (Jackson), 4-275 (McCabe), 5-286 (Bradman), 6-325 (Kippax), 7-326 (Oxenham), 8-328 (Fairfax, 89.2 ov) | |||||||
| West Indies bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Francis | 13 | 0 | 51 | 0 | - | - | |
| Griffith | 8 | 1 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Scott | 11 | 0 | 47 | 0 | - | - | |
| Constantine | 25 | 4 | 83 | 2 | - | - | |
| Martin | 30.2 | 3 | 91 | 3 | - | - | |
| Birkett | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| West Indies second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CA Roach | lbw b Fairfax | 7 | 8 | - | |||
| LN Constantine | c Kippax b Fairfax | 10 | |||||
| GA Headley | c Fairfax b Ironmonger | 11 | |||||
| LS Birkett | c Jackson b Ironmonger | 13 | 2 | - | |||
| *GC Grant | c McCabe b Ironmonger | 3 | |||||
| FR Martin | c Oldfield b Fairfax | 10 | |||||
| EL Bartlett | b Fairfax | 6 | 1 | - | |||
| +IM Barrow | c Oxenham b Ironmonger | 13 | |||||
| OC Scott | not out | 20 | 27 | 1 | 1 | ||
| HC Griffith | b Grimmett | 4 | 1 | - | |||
| GN Francis | c Jackson b Grimmett | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 6 lb, 1 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 35.4 overs) | 107 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8 (Roach), 2-32 (Constantine), 3-36 (Headley), 4-49 (Grant), 5-60 (Birkett), 6-60 (Martin), 7-67 (Bartlett), 8-92 (Barrow), 9-97 (Griffith), 10-107 (Francis, 35.4 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Fairfax | 14 | 2 | 31 | 4 | - | - | |
| Ironmonger | 17 | 4 | 56 | 4 | - | - | |
| Grimmett | 4.4 | 0 | 10 | 2 | - | - | |
Notes
--> A Jackson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> A Jackson made his last appearance in Test matches
--> LS Birkett made his last appearance in Test matches
--> WM Woodfull (1) 50 in 90 minutes
--> DG Bradman (1) 50 in 45 minutes
--> DG Bradman (1) 100 in 102 minutes
--> DG Bradman (1) 150 in 147 minutes
--> LS Birkett (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> H Ironmonger achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed GC Grant in the West Indies first innings (previous best was 3-13)
--> H Ironmonger achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the West Indies first innings
--> FR Martin achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed AF Kippax in the Australia first innings (previous best was 1-128)
--> AG Fairfax achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the West Indies second innings (previous best was 4-101)
--> H Ironmonger reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed GC Grant, his 2nd wicket in the West Indies second innings
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