The Australia national 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
Vic Richardson (captain) Stan McCabe (vice-captain) Ben Barnett Bill Brown Arthur Chipperfield Len Darling Jack Fingleton Chuck Fleetwood-Smith Clarrie Grimmett Ernie McCormick Leo O'Brien Bert Oldfield Bill O'Reilly Morris Sievers
Don Bradman and Alan Kippax were unavailable. Hans Ebeling was selected but later withdrew and was replaced by Sievers. Harold Rowe was the manager.
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.
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. On the tour overall O'Reilly took 95 wickets at an average of 13.56 and Grimmett took 92 at 14.80.
Test series summary
First Test
Second Test
Third Test
Fourth Test
Fifth Test
References
External links Australia in South Africa, 1935-36 at Cricinfo Australia in South Africa 1935-36 at CricketArchive Test Cricket Tours – Australia to South Africa 1935-36 at Test Cricket Tours
Further reading Brian Bassano, Vic's Boys: Australia in South Africa 1935-36 Louis Duffus, "The Australians in South Africa", The Cricketer Spring Annual, 1936, pp. 70-77 Jack Fingleton, Cricket Crisis, pp. 214-32 Arthur Mailey, Cricket Sketches: South African Tour 1935-36 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1937