Australian cricket team in South Africa in 1935–36

The Australian 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]

References

1 2 "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 CricketArchive
Test Cricket Tours – Australia to South Africa 1935-36 at Test Cricket Tours

International cricket tours of South Africa
Test and LOI tours
Australia	1902–03 1921–22 1935–36 1949–50 1957–58 1966–67 1969–70 1993–94 1996–97 1999–2000 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2011–12 2013–14 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
Bangladesh	2002–03 2008–09 2017–18
England	1888–89 1891–92 1895–96 1898–99 1905–06 1909–10 1913–14 1922–23 1927–28 1930–31 1938–39 1948–49 1956–57 1964–65 1995–96 1999–2000 2004–05 2009–10 2015–16 2019–20
India	1992–93 1996–97 2001–02 2006–07 2010–11 2013–14 2017–18 2021-22
Kenya	2001–02 2008–09
New Zealand	1953–54 1961–62 1994–95 2000–01 2005–06 2007–08 2012–13 2015 2016
Pakistan	1994–95 1997–98 2002–03 2006–07 2012–13 2013–14 2018–19
Sri Lanka	1994–95 1997–98 2000–01 2002–03 2011–12 2016–17 2017-18 2018–19 2020-21
West Indies	1998–99 2003–04 2007–08 2014–15
Zimbabwe	1999–2000 2004–05 2006–07 2009–10 2010–11 2018–19
Tournaments hosted
Multiple teams	1997 2001 2003 2007 2009
Other tours
Note: during the isolation of South Africa from international cricket between 1970 and 1991, there were seven unofficial tours (italicised below) by various teams, known as the South African rebel tours.
Australian	1919 1985–86 1986–87
Bangladeshi	2000–01
Dutch	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 2000–01 2001–02 2003–04 2005–06
English	1924–25 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1981–82 1989–90 1999–2000
Irish	2000–01 2011–12 2016–17
Kenyan	1995–96
Multi-national	1959–60
Namibian	1992–93 1993–94
Scottish	1991–92 1992–93 2012–13
Sri Lankan	1982–83
West Indian	1982–83 1983–84

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

Australian cricket team in South Africa in 1935–36

The team

The tour

References

External links

Further reading