- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras20 (b 12, lb 4, nb 4)TOTAL360 all out (102.2 Overs, RR: 3.51)Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Bill Woodfull), 2-65 (Bill Ponsford), 3-82 (Jack Fingleton), 4-87 (Alan Kippax), 5-216 (Vic Richardson), 6-231 (Bert Oldfield), 7-299 (Clarrie Grimmett), 8-300 (Lisle Nagel), 9-305 (Bill O'Reilly), 10-360 (Tim Wall)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB H Larwood 31 5 96 5 3.09 0 0 W Voce 29 4 110 4 3.79 0 0 GOB Allen 15 1 65 0 4.33 0 0 WR Hammond 14.2 0 34 1 2.37 0 0 H Verity 13 4 35 0 2.69 0 0
02/12Result
1st Test, England [Marylebone Cricket Club] tour of Australia at Sydney, Dec 2-7 1932
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![Australia]( "Australia")
360 & 164 -
![England]( "England")
524 & 1/0 (0.1 ov)
02/12Result
1st Test, England [Marylebone Cricket Club] tour of Australia at Sydney, Dec 2-7 1932
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![Australia]( "Australia")
360 & 164 -
![England]( "England")
524 & 1/0 (0.1 ov)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras30 (b 7, lb 17, nb 6)TOTAL524 all out (229.4 Overs, RR: 2.28)Fall of wickets: 1-112 (Bob Wyatt), 2-300 (Wally Hammond), 3-423 (Herbert Sutcliffe), 4-423 (Maurice Leyland), 5-470 (Douglas Jardine), 6-479 (Hedley Verity), 7-519 (Gubby Allen), 8-522 (Les Ames), 9-522 (Harold Larwood), 10-524 (Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB TW Wall 38 4 104 3 2.73 0 0 LE Nagel 43.4 9 110 2 2.51 0 0 WJ O'Reilly 67 32 117 3 1.74 0 0 CV Grimmett 64 22 118 1 1.84 0 0 SJ McCabe 15 2 42 1 2.80 0 0 AF Kippax 2 1 3 0 1.50 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras17 (b 12, lb 2, nb 2, w 1)TOTAL164 all out (63.3 Overs, RR: 2.58)Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Bill Ponsford), 2-10 (Bill Woodfull), 3-61 (Stan McCabe), 4-61 (Vic Richardson), 5-100 (Alan Kippax), 6-104 (Bert Oldfield), 7-105 (Jack Fingleton), 8-113 (Clarrie Grimmett), 9-151 (Tim Wall), 10-164 (Bill O'Reilly)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB H Larwood 18 4 28 5 1.55 0 0 W Voce 17.3 5 54 2 3.08 0 0 GOB Allen 9 5 13 1 1.44 0 0 WR Hammond 15 6 37 2 2.46 0 0 H Verity 4 1 15 0 3.75 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras0TOTAL1/0 (0.1 Overs, RR: 6)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB SJ McCabe 0.1 0 1 0 6.00 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Australia , elected to bat first
Series result
England led the 5-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Match days
2,3,5,6,7 December 1932 (timeless match)
Test debut
Umpires
Close of Play
- Fri, 2 Dec - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 290/6 (SJ McCabe 127*, CV Grimmett 17*)
- Sat, 3 Dec - day 2 - England 1st innings 252/1 (H Sutcliffe 116*, WR Hammond 87*)
- Sun, 4 Dec - rest day
- Mon, 5 Dec - day 3 - England 1st innings 479/6 (Nawab of Pataudi snr 80*)
- Tue, 6 Dec - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 164/9 (LE Nagel 21*, WJ O'Reilly 7*)
- Wed, 7 Dec - day 5 - England 2nd innings 1/0 (0.1 ov) - end of match
England [Marylebone Cricket Club] tour of Australia 1932-33 News
The decline of working-class cricketers in England
Before the Second World War, the majority of the English team were of working-class backgrounds. When England recently took the field against New Zealand, that number had dropped to just one-third
An irresistible force
Douglas Jardine's desire to win back the Ashes at all costs brought him the urn, and vilification in England and Australia
Bodyline
There was outrage over England's tactics in the 1932-33 Ashes, but in the years that followed bouncers shocked no one
Speedy Harry
Was Bodyline's chief protagonist the quickest ever? Duncan Hamilton does a good job of convincing us
Look back in equanimity
David Frith's history of cricket's most fractious series is exhaustive in its attention to detail
