GUIDES

The Follow-On Rule, Explained— What the follow-on is, when a captain can enforce it, and how the margin has changed since cricket's first Test in 1877.
How CricArcade Decides a Single Delivery— The geometric-mean matchup at the heart of every engine: how a batter's numbers and a bowler's become a run and a wicket probability, then a result.
How a Test Pitch Plays— Green tops, dustbowls and roads: 60-plus real venues, per-match pitch preparation, wear over five days, the new ball and the sessions in The Follow-On.
The Six Eras of Test Cricket— From the three-day Golden Age to the DRS era: six periods of Test cricket, each calibrated to the real match record, and two findings that surprised us.
Test Captaincy: Declarations, the Follow-On and Reviews— When to bat first, when to declare, whether to enforce the follow-on and when to burn a review, and how The Follow-On's AI captain weighs each call.
Settling In, and the Myth of the Nervous Nineties— A new batter is most vulnerable early, and the nervous nineties turn out to be a myth. How CricArcade models both, measured from real Test data.
How to Read a Cricket Scorecard— A plain-English guide to the batting card, bowling figures, extras, fall of wickets and the result line, with what every abbreviation actually means.

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South Africa v Australia 5th Test

Australia tour of South Africa - 1935 (1935/36) · Kingsmead, Durban · 28 February 1936 · South Africa won the toss and chose to bat

Australia won by an innings and 6 runs

Australia won by an innings and 6 runs. Jack Fingleton top-scored with 118 for Australia.

South Africa ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1936 TESTS Kingsmead ARCHIVE

South Africa, 216 (10 wkts)

Jack Siedle	caught (Jack Fingleton)	36	0
Herby Wade	caught (Vic Richardson)	26	0
Bruce Mitchell	caught (Clarrie Grimmett)	10	0
Dudley Nourse	lbw	50	0
Ken Viljoen	caught (Arthur Chipperfield)	56	0
Robert Harvey	caught (Bert Oldfield)	28	0
Chud Langton	stumping (Bert Oldfield)	1	0
Xen Balaskas	stumping (Bert Oldfield)	2	0
Bob Crisp	bowled	0	1
Edward van der Merwe	not out	7	0
Eric Davies	bowled	0	0

Ernie McCormick 20.10-8-37-3Stan McCabe 7.00-0-20-0Clarrie Grimmett 45.00-18-100-7Bill O'Reilly 37.00-15-59-0

Australia, 432 (10 wkts)

Jack Fingleton	bowled	118	0
Bill Brown	caught (Chud Langton)	84	0
Stan McCabe	caught (Bruce Mitchell)	1	0
Leo O'Brien	caught (Edward van der Merwe)	48	0
Len Darling	lbw	62	0
Arthur Chipperfield	caught (Xen Balaskas)	18	0
Vic Richardson	bowled	45	0
Bert Oldfield	caught (Bob Crisp)	29	0
Clarrie Grimmett	caught (Jack Siedle)	14	0
Bill O'Reilly	caught (Jack Siedle)	13	0
Ernie McCormick	not out	0	0

Eric Davies 18.00-0-54-0Bob Crisp 19.00-2-65-2Chud Langton 33.00-9-69-2Xen Balaskas 51.00-4-157-1Bruce Mitchell 25.50-2-87-5

South Africa, 215 (10 wkts)

Jack Siedle	caught (Bill Brown)	46	0
Herby Wade	bowled	25	0
Bruce Mitchell	not out	72	0
Dudley Nourse	bowled	41	0
Ken Viljoen	lbw	25	0
Robert Harvey	caught (Vic Richardson)	1	0
Chud Langton	bowled	3	0
Xen Balaskas	caught (Vic Richardson)	0	0
Edward van der Merwe	caught (Vic Richardson)	0	0
Eric Davies	caught (Vic Richardson)	2	0
Bob Crisp	caught (Vic Richardson)	0	1

Ernie McCormick 15.00-1-64-0Stan McCabe 2.00-0-11-0Clarrie Grimmett 48.00-23-73-6Bill O'Reilly 40.10-18-47-4Arthur Chipperfield 8.00-1-20-0

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