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India Down Under

TESTS AT MELBOURNE FROM 1877 TO 1998

Summary of Results

  Played Won Lost Draw
Australia 91 48 28 15
England 51 19 25 7
India 7 2 4 1
New Zealand 3 - 1 2
Pakistan 7 2 3 2
South Africa 9 2 5 2
Sri Lanka 1 - 1 -
West Indies 13 3 9 1
Zimbabwe - - - -
Note: The first Test to be played here was between Australia and England
from 15-19 March, 1877.


Summary of Matches Played between Australia and India
Number Start Date End Date Result
1 1st Jan 1948 5th Jan 1948 Aus 233 runs
2 6th Feb 1948 10th Feb 1948 Aus inn & 177 runs
3 30th Dec 1967 3rd Jan 1968 Aus inn & 4 runs
4 30th Dec 1977 4th Jan 1978 Ind 222 runs
5 7th Feb 1981 11th Feb 1981 Ind 59 runs
6 26th Dec 1985 30th Dec 1985 Drawn
7 26th Dec 1991 29th Dec 1991 Aus 8 wickets


Highest Team Scores
Total For v. Inn. Series
604 Australia England 1st 1936-37
600 Australia England 1st 1924-25
589 England Australia 1st 1911-12
578 Australia South Africa 2nd 1910-11
575-8d Australia India 1st 1947-48


Highest for India
Total For v. Inn. Series
445 India Australia 1st 1985-86


Lowest Team Scores
Total For v. Inn. Series
36 South Africa Australia 1st 1931-32
45 South Africa Australia 2nd 1931-32
61 England Australia 1st 1901-02
61 England Australia 1st 1903-04
67 India Australia 2nd 1947-48
75 England Australia 1st 1894-95


Lowest for Australia
Total For v. Inn. Series
83 Australia India 1st 1980-81


Highest Individual Scores
  Runs For v. Inn. Series
RM Cowper 307 Australia England 1st 1965-66
DG Bradman 270 Australia England 2nd 1936-37
GN Yallop 268 Australia Pakistan 1st 1983-84
IVA Richards 208 West Indies Australia 1st 1984-85
WM Lawry 205 Australia West Indies 1st 1968-69
RN Harvey 205 Australia SA 1st 1952-53
GA Faulkner 204 SA Australia 1st 1910-11
WR Hammond 200 England Australia 1st 1928-29
Note: In all 149 hundreds have been scored at this ground
Hundreds against India (10)

Hundreds against India
  Runs For v. Inn. Series
AR Border 163 Australia India 2nd 1985-86
RN Harvey 153 Australia India 1st 1947-48
IM Chappell 151 Australia India 1st 1967-68
DG Bradman 132 Australia India 1st 1947-48
DG Bradman 127* Australia India 2nd 1947-48
AR Border 124 Australia India 1st 1980-81
RB Simpson 109 Australia India 1st 1967-68
CRJ Matthews 100* Australia India 1st 1985-86
AR Morris 100* Australia India 2nd 1947-48
WW Lawry 100 Australia India 1st 1967-68
Note: Bradman (see above) scored hundreds in each innings in 1947-48

Hundreds for India (4)
  Runs For v. Inn. Series
SM Gavaskar 118 India Australia 2nd 1977-78
V Mankad 116 India Australia 1st 1947-48
GR Viswanath 114 India Australia 1st 1980-81
V Mankad 111 India Australia 1st 1947-48


Best Partnerships for each Wicket
  Wicket Runs For v. Inn. Series
JB Hobbs & W Rhodes 1st 323 England Australia 1st 1911-12
WM Lawry & IM Chappell 2nd 298 Australia West Indies 1st 1968-69
DG Bradman & SJ McCabe 3rd 249 Australia England 1st 1936-37
MH Denness & KWR Fletcher 4th 192 England Australia 1st 1974-75
AR Morris & DG Bradman 5th 223* Australia India 2nd 1947-48
JHW Fingleton & DG Bradman 6th 346 Australia England 2nd 1936-37
GN Yallop & GRJ Matthews 7th 185 Australia Pakistan 1st 1983-84
CE Pellew & JM Gregory 8th 173 Australia England 1st 1920-21
AEV Hartkopf & WAS Oldfield 9th 100 Australia England 1st 1924-25
RA Duff & WW Armstrong 10th 120 Australia England 2nd 1901-02


Best Partnerships for each wicket against India
  Wicket Runs For v. Inn. Series
WM Lawry & RB Simpson 1st 191 Australia India 1st 1967-68
MA Taylor & DC Boon 2nd 106 Australia India 2nd 1991-92
DG Bradman & AL Hassett 3rd 169 Australia India 1st 1947-48
RN Harvey & SJE Loxton 4th 159 Australia India 1st 1947-48
AR Morris & DG Bradman 5th 223* Australia India 2nd 1947-48
IM Chappell & BN Jarman 6th 134 Australia India 1st 1967-68
GRJ Matthews & RJ Bright 7th 66 Australia India 1st 1985-86
IA Healy & MG Hughes 8th 64 Australia India 1st 1991-92
B Dooland & IW Johnson 9th 35 Australia India 1st 1947-48
AR Border & DR Gilbert 10th 77 Australia India 2nd 1985-86


Best Partnerships for each Wicket for India
  Wicket Runs For v. Inn. Series
CPS Chauhan & SM Gavaskar 1st 165 India Australia 2nd 1980-81
V Mankad & HR Adhikari 2nd 124 India Australia 1st 1947-48
AL Wadekar & RF Surti 3rd 116 India Australia 2nd 1967-68
M Azharuddin & DB Vengsarkar 4th 74 India Australia 1st 1985-86
SM Gavaskar & AV Mankad 5th 67 India Australia 2nd 1977-78
Kapil Dev & RJ Shastri 6th 79 India Australia 1st 1985-86
S Abid Ali & MAK Pataudi 7th 49 India Australia 2nd 1967-68
GR Viswanath & SMH Kirmani 7th 49 India Australia 1st 1980-81
RF Surti & EAS Prasanna 8th 74 India Australia 1st 1967-68
KS More & SLV Raju 9th 77 India Australia 1st 1991-92
KS More & J Srinath 10th 35 India Australia 1st 1991-92


Best Bowling in an Innings
  Wkts Runs For v. Inn. Series
Sarfraz Nawaz 9 86 Pakistan Australia 2nd 1978-79
AA Mailey 9 121 Australia England 2nd 1920-21
W Rhodes 8 68 England Australia 2nd 1903-04
GD McKenzie 8 71 Australia West Indies 1st 1968-69
LC Braund 8 81 England Australia 1st 1903-04
MHN Walker 8 143 Australia England 1st 1974-75


Best bowling performance against India
  Wkts Runs For v. 1st Series
GD McKenzie 7 66 Australia India 1st 1967-68


Best bowling performance for India
  Wkts Runs For v. Inn. Series
BS Chandrasekhar 6 52 India Australia 1st 1977-78
BS Chandrasekhar 6 52 India Australia 2nd 1977-78


Best Bowling in a Match
  Wkts Runs For v. Series 1st 2nd
W Rhodes 15 124 England Australia 1903-04 7/56 8/68
W Bates 14 102 England Australia 1882-83 7/28 7/74
MA Noble 13 77 Australia England 1901-02 7/17 6/60
FR Spofforth 13 110 Australia England 1878-79 6/48 7/62
BA Reid 13 148 Australia England 1990-91 6/97 7/51
SF Barnes 13 163 England Australia 1901-02 6/42 7/121
HJ Tayfield 13 165 SA Australia 1952-53 6/84 7/81
AA Mailey 13 236 Australia England 1920-21 4/115 9/121
BS Chandrasekhar 12 104 India Australia 1977-78 6/52 6/52
BA Reid 12 126 Australia India 1991-92 6/66 6/60

Mohandas Menon

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