AustraliaTest ground1928 to 1931
Exhibition Ground
Brisbane, Australia
Exhibition Ground in numbers
Exhibition Ground, in Brisbane, Australia, has staged 2 Tests in CricArcade's archives. The first was a Test between England and Australia in 1928, and the most recent international here was in 1931.
None of the 2 Tests played at Exhibition Ground has been drawn, 2 won by the side batting first and 0 by the side batting second. Australia have played only 2 of them; the most frequent sides are Australia (2), England (1) and West Indies (1). Donald Bradman has made more Test runs here than anyone, 242 in 3 innings with 1 hundred, and Clarrie Grimmett has taken the most wickets, 18 in 2 Tests. The highest total is Australia's 558 in 1931; the highest individual score Donald Bradman's 223 against West Indies in 1931; the best bowling Harold Larwood's 6 for 32 in 1928. The heaviest defeat was West Indies', by an innings and 217 runs against Australia in 1931.
Tests at Exhibition Ground
2 Tests, 1928 to 1931. The first was England v Australia on 30 November 1928: England won by 675 runs.
- Won batting first
- Won batting second
- Drawn / tied
First-innings totals by decade
| Decade | Tests | Average first-innings total |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 1 | 521 |
| 1930s | 1 | 558 |
Most runs
| Batter | Team | Inns | Runs | 100s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Bradman | Australia | 3 | 242 | 1 |
| Patsy Hendren | England | 2 | 214 | 1 |
| George Headley | West Indies | 2 | 130 | 1 |
| Bill Ponsford | Australia | 3 | 117 | 1 |
| Alan Kippax | Australia | 3 | 115 | 0 |
Most wickets
| Bowler | Team | Tests | Wkts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarrie Grimmett | Australia | 2 | 18 |
| Harold Larwood | England | 1 | 8 |
| Bert Ironmonger | Australia | 2 | 7 |
| Ron Oxenham | Australia | 1 | 6 |
| Maurice Tate | England | 1 | 5 |
Test records
- Highest total
- 558
- Lowest completed total
- 148
- Highest score
- 223 · Donald Bradman
- Best bowling
- 6/32 · Harold Larwood
- Biggest innings win
- Inns & 217
- Biggest win by runs
- 675 runs
Most recent matches
- Australia v West Indies (Test, 16 January 1931): Australia won by an innings and 217 runs
- England v Australia (Test, 30 November 1928): England won by 675 runs
Sources
- CricArcade Test archive: 2 scorecards at this ground
- Figures computed with scripts/build-archive-derived.ts over the scorecards