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Australia v West Indies @ Sydney Cricket Ground
1, 2, 3, 5 January 1931 (timeless Test)
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: GE Borwick, WG French
Match Result: Australia won by an innings and 172 runs
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Bill Ponsford | b Tommy Scott | 183 | - | 348 | 11 | - |
| 2. Archie Jackson | c George Francis b Herman Griffith | 8 | - | 24 | - | - |
| 3. Don Bradman | c Ivan Barrow b George Francis | 25 | - | 40 | 3 | - |
| 4. Alan Kippax | c Barto Bartlett b Herman Griffith | 10 | - | 27 | - | - |
| 5. Stan McCabe | lbw b Tommy Scott | 31 | - | 59 | 2 | - |
| *6. Bill Woodfull | c Ivan Barrow b Learie Constantine | 58 | - | 139 | - | - |
| 7. Alan Fairfax | c Learie Constantine b George Francis | 15 | - | 21 | - | - |
| +8. Bert Oldfield | run out ( > > ) | 0 | - | 3 | - | - |
| 9. Clarrie Grimmett | b Tommy Scott | 12 | - | 25 | 1 | - |
| 10. Alec Hurwood | c Freddie Martin b Tommy Scott | 5 | - | 8 | - | - |
| 11. Bert Ironmonger | not out | 3 | - | 5 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-12 (Archie Jackson), 2-52 (Don Bradman), 3-69 (Alan Kippax), 4-140 (Stan McCabe), 5-323 (Bill Woodfull), 6-341 (Alan Fairfax), 7-344 (Bert Oldfield), 8-361 (Bill Ponsford), 9-364 (Clarrie Grimmett), 369 (Alec Hurwood). |
| Extras | 6b, 5lb, 5w, 3nb, 0pen) 19 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 116.4 ovs) 369 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Herman Griffith | 28 | 4 | 57 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Learie Constantine | 18 | 2 | 56 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| George Francis | 27 | 3 | 70 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tommy Scott | 15.4 | 0 | 66 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Freddie Martin | 18 | 1 | 60 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lionel Birkett | 10 | 1 | 41 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
West Indies
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Clifford Roach | run out ( > > ) | 7 | - | 60 | - | - |
| 2. Lionel Birkett | c Alec Hurwood b Alan Fairfax | 3 | - | 8 | - | - |
| 3. George Headley | b Alan Fairfax | 14 | - | 27 | 1 | - |
| 4. Freddie Martin | lbw b Clarrie Grimmett | 10 | - | 15 | 1 | - |
| *5. Jackie Grant | c Alec Hurwood b Bert Ironmonger | 6 | - | 33 | - | - |
| 6. Learie Constantine | c Don Bradman b Clarrie Grimmett | 12 | - | 17 | 1 | - |
| +7. Ivan Barrow | c Archie Jackson b Alan Fairfax | 17 | - | 36 | 2 | - |
| 8. George Francis | b Clarrie Grimmett | 8 | - | 20 | 1 | - |
| 9. Tommy Scott | not out | 15 | - | 23 | 2 | - |
| 10. Herman Griffith | c Alan Kippax b Clarrie Grimmett | 8 | - | 13 | - | - |
| 11. Barto Bartlett | absent hurt | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-3 (Lionel Birkett), 2-26 (George Headley), 3-36 (Freddie Martin), 4-36 (Clifford Roach), 5-57 (Learie Constantine), 6-63 (Jackie Grant), 7-80 (George Francis), 8-88 (Ivan Barrow), 9-107 (Herman Griffith). |
| Extras | 6b, 0lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 7 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 50.1 ovs) 107 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Alan Fairfax | 13 | 4 | 19 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Alec Hurwood | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Clarrie Grimmett | 19.1 | 3 | 54 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bert Ironmonger | 13 | 3 | 20 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
West Indies
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Clifford Roach | c Alan Kippax b Stan McCabe | 25 | - | 42 | 3 | - |
| 2. Lionel Birkett | c Stan McCabe b Alec Hurwood | 8 | - | 17 | - | - |
| 3. George Headley | c Archie Jackson b Alec Hurwood | 2 | - | 5 | - | - |
| 4. Freddie Martin | c Stan McCabe b Alec Hurwood | 0 | - | 2 | - | - |
| *5. Jackie Grant | not out | 15 | - | 60 | - | - |
| 6. Learie Constantine | b Alec Hurwood | 8 | - | 8 | 1 | - |
| +7. Ivan Barrow | c Stan McCabe b Bert Ironmonger | 10 | - | 13 | 1 | - |
| 8. George Francis | c Bert Oldfield b Bert Ironmonger | 0 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 9. Tommy Scott | c Bill Woodfull b Bert Ironmonger | 17 | - | 15 | 1 | - |
| 10. Herman Griffith | lbw b Clarrie Grimmett | 0 | - | 2 | - | - |
| 11. Barto Bartlett | absent hurt | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-26 (Lionel Birkett), 2-32 (George Headley), 3-32 (Freddie Martin), 4-42 (Clifford Roach), 5-53 (Learie Constantine), 6-67 (Ivan Barrow), 7-67 (George Francis), 8-90 (Tommy Scott), 9-90 (Herman Griffith). |
| Extras | 1b, 2lb, 1w, 1nb, 0pen) 5 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 30.3 ovs) 90 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Alan Fairfax | 5 | 1 | 21 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Alec Hurwood | 11 | 2 | 22 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Clarrie Grimmett | 3.3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bert Ironmonger | 4 | 1 | 13 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Stan McCabe | 7 | 0 | 20 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Bill Ponsford, Archie Jackson, Don Bradman, Alan Kippax, Stan McCabe, Bill Woodfull, Alan Fairfax, Bert Oldfield, Clarrie Grimmett, Alec Hurwood, Bert Ironmonger