west, indian, cricket, team, australia, zealand, 1930, west, indies, cricket, team, toured, zealand, australia, from, november, 1930, march, 1931, played, five, match, test, series, against, australia, national, cricket, team, australia, series, australia, wer. The West Indies cricket team toured New Zealand and Australia from November 1930 to March 1931 and played a five match Test series against the Australia national cricket team Australia won the series 4 1 Australia were captained by Bill Woodfull while the West Indies were coached by Jackie Grant In addition the West Indians played nine first class matches against Australian state teams and in November one match in New Zealand against Wellington 1 The West Indies team in Melbourne in 1930 Contents 1 Team 2 New Zealand series summary 3 Test series summary 3 1 First Test 3 2 Second Test 3 3 Third Test 3 4 Fourth Test 3 5 Fifth Test 4 References 5 External links 6 Annual reviews 7 Further readingTeam editJackie Grant captain Lionel Birkett vice captain Ivan Barrow Barto Bartlett Learie Constantine Frank de Caires George Francis Herman Griffith George Headley Errol Hunte Frank Martin Clifford Roach Tommy Scott Derek Sealy Edwin St Hill Vibart Wight The manager was R H Mallett New Zealand series summary edit12 13 November 1930 2 day match Scorecard Wellington v nbsp West Indies 195 73 3 overs HM McGirr 37 LN Constantine 6 24 14 3 overs 128 4 36 overs LS Birkett 40 ED Blundell 3 33 11 overs Match drawnBasin Reserve Wellington Umpires LT Cobcroft and WP Page Wellington won the toss and decided to bat Only 90 minutes of play was possible on the second day due to rainTest series summary editFirst Test edit 12 16 December 1930 Timeless Test Scorecard West Indies nbsp v nbsp Australia 296 127 1 overs EL Bartlett 84 CV Grimmett 7 87 48 overs 376 117 5 overs AF Kippax 146 OC Scott 4 83 20 5 overs 249 98 overs GC Grant 71 A Hurwood 4 86 34 overs 0 172 55 3 overs WH Ponsford 92 Australia won by 10 wicketsAdelaide Oval Adelaide Umpires GA Hele and AG Jenkins West Indies won the toss and elected to bat 14 December was taken as a rest day LS Birkett and GC Grant both WIN and A Hurwood AUS made their Test debuts Second Test edit 1 5 January 1931 Timeless Test Scorecard Australia nbsp v nbsp West Indies 369 116 4 overs WH Ponsford 183 OC Scott 4 66 15 4 overs 107 50 1 overs IM Barrow 17 CV Grimmett 4 54 19 1 overs 90 f o 30 3 overs CA Roach 25 A Hurwood 4 22 11 overs Australia won by an innings and 172 runsSydney Cricket Ground Sydney Umpires GE Borwick and WG French Australia won the toss and elected to bat 4 January was taken as a rest day There was no play on the second day Third Test edit 16 20 January 1931 Timeless Test Scorecard Australia nbsp v nbsp West Indies 558 147 overs DG Bradman 223 HC Griffith 4 133 33 overs 193 104 3 overs GA Headley 102 RK Oxenham 4 39 30 overs 148 f o 60 3 overs GA Headley 28 CV Grimmett 5 49 14 3 overs Australia won by an innings and 217 runsExhibition Ground Brisbane Umpires JP Orr and AE Wyeth Australia won the toss and elected to bat 18 January was taken as a rest day Fourth Test edit 13 14 February 1931 Timeless Test Scorecard West Indies nbsp v nbsp Australia 99 50 overs GA Headley 33 H Ironmonger 7 23 20 overs 8 328d 89 2 overs DG Bradman 152 FR Martin 3 91 30 2 overs 107 35 4 overs OC Scott 20 AG Fairfax 4 31 14 overs Australia won by an innings and 122 runsMelbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Umpires AN Barlow and J Richards West Indies won the toss and elected to bat Fifth Test edit 27 February 4 March 1931 Timeless Test Scorecard West Indies nbsp v nbsp Australia 6 350d 135 overs FR Martin 123 CV Grimmett 3 100 33 overs 224 79 2 overs AG Fairfax 54 GN Francis 4 48 19 overs 5 124d 51 overs CA Roach 34 H Ironmonger 2 44 16 overs 220 75 3 overs AG Fairfax 60 HC Griffith 4 50 13 3 overs West Indies won by 30 runsSydney Cricket Ground Sydney Umpires HJ Armstrong and WG French West Indies won the toss and elected to bat 1 March was taken as a rest day There was no play on the fourth day KE Rigg AUS made his Test debut References edit West Indies in Australia and New Zealand 1930 31 CricketArchive Retrieved 28 May 2014 External links editWest Indies in Australia and New Zealand 1930 31 at CricketArchive West Indies to Australia 1930 31 at Test Cricket ToursAnnual reviews editWisden Cricketers Almanack 1932Further reading editBill Frindall The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877 1978 Wisden 1979 Chris Harte A History of Australian Cricket Andre Deutsch 1993 Ray Robinson On Top Down Under Cassell 1975 nbsp This article on an international cricket tour of Australia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article on an international cricket tour of New Zealand is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title West Indian cricket team in Australia and New Zealand in 1930 31 amp oldid 1192614036, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
