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South Africa in Australia, 1931/32 
Victoria v South Africans 
Melbourne Cricket Ground 
6,8,9,10 February 1932 (4-day match) 
Result: Match drawn 
Toss: Victoria 
Umpires: AN Barlow and J Richards 
Balls per over: 8
 
Close of play:
  Day 1: No play
 Day 2: Victoria 231, South Africans 48/2 (Christy 20*, Taylor 12*)
 Day 3: South Africans 239, Victoria 158/0 (Woodfull 73*, Ponsford 84*)
Victoria 1st innings
*WM Woodfull          run out (Balaskas/Cameron)               44
WH Ponsford           run out (Quinn/Brown)                     8
KE Rigg                                  b Quinn                0
LS Darling            lbw                b Brown               33
HH Oakley             c Steyn            b Balaskas            16
LPJ O'Brien           c Mitchell         b Quinn               23
EL a'Beckett                         c & b Balaskas            23
+BA Barnett           c Viljoen          b Morkel              27
EL McCormick          not out                                  25
LO Fleetwood-Smith    st Cameron         b Balaskas            11
H Ironmonger                             b Morkel               1
Extras                (b 15, lb 5)                             20
Total                 (all out, 65.3 overs, 217 mins)         231
FoW: 1-35, 2-35, 3-89, 4-101, 5-121,
     6-153, 7-190, 8-190, 9-224, 10-231.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Brown                       17      4     41      1
Quinn                       21      7     50      2
Morkel                      10.3    1     36      2
Balaskas                    15      0     79      3
Christy                      2      0      5      0
South Africans 1st innings
B Mitchell            c Barnett          b McCormick           10
SH Curnow             run out (O'Brien/Barnett)                 4
JAJ Christy           c Rigg             b Ironmonger          36
HW Taylor             lbw                b Fleetwood-Smith     54
KG Viljoen            lbw                b Fleetwood-Smith     43
XC Balaskas                              b Fleetwood-Smith      0
DPB Morkel            c Oakley           b Fleetwood-Smith     11
SSL Steyn                            c & b Fleetwood-Smith      6
*+HB Cameron          c Darling          b Ironmonger          45
LS Brown              c Ponsford         b Fleetwood-Smith     11
NA Quinn              not out                                   0
Extras                (b 8, lb 8, nb 3)                        19
Total                 (all out, 71.2 overs, 257 mins)         239
FoW: 1-10, 2-21, 3-92, 4-131, 5-131,
     6-147, 7-163, 8-184, 9-237, 10-239.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McCormick                   20      1     68      1 (3nb)
a'Beckett                    8      0     18      0
Fleetwood-Smith             23.2    3     80      6
Ironmonger                  20      6     54      2
Victoria 2nd innings
*WM Woodfull          not out                                  73
WH Ponsford           not out                                  84
Extras                (b 1)                                     1
Total                 (0 wickets, 26 overs, 83 mins)          158
DNB: KE Rigg, LS Darling, HH Oakley, LPJ O'Brien, EL a'Beckett,
     +BA Barnett, EL McCormick, LO Fleetwood-Smith, H Ironmonger.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Morkel                       5      0     20      0
Quinn                        3      0      7      0
Brown                        8      1     52      0
Balaskas                     8      0     62      0
Christy                      2      0     16      0
 
-  12th Men:J Thomas (Vic) and Q McMillan (SAF)
 -  Crowds: No play, 4518, 2666, no play. Total: 7184 (days 2 & 3
    only). Receipts: 212 pounds
   
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