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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 24th, 26th, 28th, 29th December 1931 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Victoria won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Victoria won by 3 wickets |
| Points | Victoria 5; New South Wales 0 |
| Umpires | AN Barlow, J Richards |
| Close of play day 1 | Victoria (1) 8/2 (Ponsford 6*, Barnett 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | New South Wales (2) 248/9 (O'Reilly 35*, Theak 10*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Victoria (2) 314/5 (Darling 52*, a'Beckett 9*) |
| New South Wales first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| OW Bill | c Ryder b Ironmonger | 86 | 126 | 7 | 1 | ||
| +HSB Love | b Smith | 37 | |||||
| RN Nutt | c Barnett b a'Beckett | 21 | |||||
| JL Donnelly | c Rigg b Alexander | 1 | - | - | |||
| SF Hird | c Barnett b Ironmonger | 6 | |||||
| BM Salmon | c Barnett b Darling | 15 | |||||
| LR Leabeater | c and b Alexander | 37 | |||||
| *RHB Bettington | c Barnett b Ironmonger | 38 | |||||
| WA Hunt | c Rigg b a'Beckett | 18 | |||||
| WJ O'Reilly | c and b Ironmonger | 5 | - | ||||
| HJT Theak | not out | 2 | - | - | |||
| Extras | (3 b, 6 lb, 1 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 275 minutes, 71.3 overs) | 276 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-89 (Love), 2-146 (Bill), 3-148 (Donnelly), 4-159 (Hird), 5-161 (Nutt), 6-212 (Leabeater), 7-212 (Salmon), 8-254 (Hunt), 9-269 (O'Reilly), 10-276 (Bettington, 71.3 ov) | |||||||
| Victoria bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Alexander | 18 | 1 | 71 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| a'Beckett | 16 | 1 | 45 | 2 | - | - | |
| Smith | 13 | 0 | 64 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ironmonger | 22.3 | 5 | 75 | 4 | - | - | |
| Darling | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | - | - | |
| Victoria first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *WM Woodfull | lbw b O'Reilly | 2 | |||||
| WH Ponsford | c Love b Theak | 6 | |||||
| SAJ Smith | b O'Reilly | 0 | - | - | |||
| +BA Barnett | lbw b O'Reilly | 9 | |||||
| KE Rigg | c Hird b Theak | 3 | - | - | |||
| J Ryder | c Hird b O'Reilly | 0 | - | - | |||
| LPJ O'Brien | b Hunt | 20 | |||||
| LS Darling | b Hunt | 51 | 53 | 3 | - | ||
| EL a'Beckett | c Bill b O'Reilly | 3 | - | - | |||
| H Ironmonger | not out | 6 | |||||
| HH Alexander | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 2 lb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 124 minutes, 32.1 overs) | 103 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6 (Woodfull), 2-8 (Smith), 3-8 (Ponsford), 4-16 (Rigg), 5-17 (Ryder), 6-26 (Barnett), 7-83 (O'Brien), 8-96 (Darling), 9-103 (a'Beckett, 32.1 ov) | |||||||
| New South Wales bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Theak | 9 | 0 | 35 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hunt | 10 | 3 | 18 | 2 | - | - | |
| O'Reilly | 9.1 | 1 | 22 | 5 | - | - | |
| Bettington | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| New South Wales second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| OW Bill | lbw b Smith | 12 | |||||
| +HSB Love | lbw b a'Beckett | 0 | |||||
| RN Nutt | c Ponsford b Smith | 23 | |||||
| JL Donnelly | c Ponsford b Ironmonger | 15 | |||||
| SF Hird | c Barnett b Darling | 40 | 44 | 4 | - | ||
| BM Salmon | lbw b Smith | 41 | |||||
| LR Leabeater | lbw b Smith | 56 | 90 | 6 | - | ||
| *RHB Bettington | b Ryder | 6 | |||||
| WA Hunt | c Barnett b Smith | 5 | - | ||||
| WJ O'Reilly | b Ironmonger | 43 | 30 | 3 | 3 | ||
| HJT Theak | not out | 14 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 2 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 226 minutes, 58.3 overs) | 260 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2 (Love), 2-27 (Bill), 3-46 (Donnelly), 4-51 (Nutt), 5-115 (Hird), 6-173 (Salmon), 7-186 (Bettington), 8-193 (Hunt), 9-214 (Leabeater), 10-260 (O'Reilly, 58.3 ov) | |||||||
| Victoria bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Alexander | 9 | 0 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| a'Beckett | 12 | 1 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ironmonger | 15.3 | 2 | 58 | 2 | - | - | |
| Smith | 13 | 1 | 86 | 5 | - | - | |
| Darling | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ryder | 5 | 0 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
| Victoria second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *WM Woodfull | c and b Salmon | 147 | 280 | 6 | - | ||
| WH Ponsford | b Theak | 5 | - | ||||
| KE Rigg | lbw b O'Reilly | 28 | |||||
| J Ryder | b Bettington | 7 | |||||
| LPJ O'Brien | c Hird b Theak | 51 | 106 | 4 | - | ||
| LS Darling | not out | 111 | 159 | 9 | - | ||
| EL a'Beckett | b O'Reilly | 21 | |||||
| +BA Barnett | b Hird | 21 | |||||
| SAJ Smith | not out | 18 | |||||
| H Ironmonger | did not bat | ||||||
| HH Alexander | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 b, 9 lb, 8 nb) | 26 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 402 minutes, 117.7 overs) | 435 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19 (Ponsford), 2-111 (Rigg), 3-125 (Ryder), 4-227 (O'Brien), 5-280 (Woodfull), 6-345 (a'Beckett), 7-393 (Barnett) | |||||||
| New South Wales bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Theak | 25 | 1 | 94 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hunt | 31 | 1 | 90 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| O'Reilly | 35.7 | 6 | 112 | 2 | - | 7 | |
| Bettington | 12 | 2 | 46 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hird | 11 | 0 | 57 | 1 | - | - | |
| Salmon | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> JL Donnelly made his debut in Sheffield Shield matches
--> BM Salmon made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> BM Salmon made his last appearance in Sheffield Shield matches
--> RHB Bettington made his last appearance in Sheffield Shield matches
--> BM Salmon (2) passed his previous highest score of 31 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> WJ O'Reilly (2) passed his previous highest score of 31 in First-Class matches
--> WJ O'Reilly (2) passed his previous highest score of 31 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> HJT Theak (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in First-Class matches
--> WM Woodfull (2) passed 3000 runs in Sheffield Shield matches when he reached 45
--> LS Darling (2) passed his previous highest score of 96 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> LS Darling (2) made his first century in Sheffield Shield matches
--> LS Darling (2) passed his previous highest score of 96 in First-Class matches
--> LS Darling (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> LS Darling (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 106
--> EL a'Beckett reached 50 wickets in Sheffield Shield matches when he dismissed RN Nutt, his 1st wicket in the New South Wales first innings
--> WJ O'Reilly achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed EL a'Beckett in the Victoria first innings (previous best was 4-35)
--> WJ O'Reilly achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Victoria first innings
--> WJ O'Reilly achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Sheffield Shield matches when he dismissed SAJ Smith in the Victoria first innings (previous best was 1-20)
--> WJ O'Reilly achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Sheffield Shield matches in the Victoria first innings
--> SAJ Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the New South Wales second innings (previous best was 5-96)
--> SAJ Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Sheffield Shield matches in the New South Wales second innings (previous best was 5-96)
12th Men: HH Oakley (Vic) and GS Amos (NSW)
Crowds: 4593, 13503, 12126, 6439. Total: 36,661. Receipts: 1156 pounds
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