This article describes the history of Australian cricket from the 1930-31 season until 1945.

Notable Australian players during this period include Don Bradman, Bert Oldfield, Bill O'Reilly, Bill Woodfull, Bill Ponsford and Stan McCabe.

Contents 1 Domestic cricket 1.1 Sheffield Shield winners 2 International tours of Australia 2.1 West Indies 1930-31 2.2 South Africa 1931-32 2.3 England 1932-33 2.4 MCC 1935-36 2.5 England 1936-37 2.6 New Zealand 1937-38 3 References 4 External sources 5 Further reading

[edit] Domestic cricket

[edit] Sheffield Shield winners

• 1930-31 – Victoria
• 1931-32 – New South Wales
• 1932-33 – New South Wales
• 1933-34 – Victoria
• 1934-35 – Victoria
• 1935-36 – South Australia
• 1936-37 – Victoria
• 1937-38 – New South Wales
• 1938-39 – South Australia
• 1939-40 – New South Wales
• 1941-45 – no competition due to Second World War

[edit] International tours of Australia

[edit] West Indies 1930-31

For more information about this tour, see : West Indian cricket team in Australia in 1930-31

[edit] South Africa 1931-32

For more information about this tour, see : South African cricket team in Australia in 1931-32

[edit] England 1932-33

For more information about this tour, see : English cricket team in Australia in 1932-33

[edit] MCC 1935-36

An English team raised by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) toured Australia and New Zealand in the winter of 1935-36. See : Cricket Archive – tour itinerary

Six first-class matches were played in Australia versus New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia and an All-Australian XI.

For the New Zealand leg of the tour, see History of cricket in New Zealand from 1918-19 to 1945.

The MCC team was captained by Errol Holmes and included Joe Hardstaff junior, James Parks, Wilf Barber, James Langridge and Billy Griffith.

[edit] England 1936-37

For more information about this tour, see : English cricket team in Australia in 1936-37

[edit] New Zealand 1937-38

The New Zealand toured Australia in November 1937 and played three first-class matches against South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales.

New Zealand lost to South Australia by 10 wickets, despite dismissing Don Bradman for only 11. They lost to Victoria by 5 wickets having gained a first innings lead and to New South Wales by 8 wickets.

For details, see: CricketArchive tour itinerary

[edit] References

[edit] External sources

• CricketArchive — itinerary of Australian cricket

[edit] Further reading

• Bill 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

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