Australian national cricket team in South Africa in the 1935/36 season

The tour of the South African national cricket team to Australia in the 1935/36 season took place from November 5, 1935 to March 3, 1936. The international cricket tour was part of the 1935/36 international cricket season and comprised five tests . South Africa won the series 4–0.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in Australia in the 1931/32 season .

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Sahara Stadium Kingsmead	Durban	25,000	1st & 5th test
Wanderers Stadium	Johannesburg	34,000	2nd & 4th test
Newlands Cricket Ground	Cape Town	25,000	3rd test

The teams named the following squads.

test
South Africa	Australia
Xen Balaskas Ernest Bock Dooley Briscoe Bob Crisp Eric Dalton Eric Davies Robert Harvey Chud Langton Bruce Mitchell Nipper Nicholson Dudley Nourse Buster nubs Jack Robertson Eric Rowan Jack Siedle Ken Viljoen Billy Wade Peter van der Merwe	Bill Brown Arthur Chipperfield Rick darling Jack Fingleton Chuck Fleetwood-Smith Clarrie Grimmett Stan McCabe Ernie McCormick Leo O'Brien Bill O'Reilly Bert Oldfield Vic Richardson

December 14-18 scorecard	Durban	South Africa 248 (114.2) & 282 (115)	-	Australia 429 (162.2) & 102-1 (36.3)
		Australia wins with 9 wickets

December 24-28 Scorecard	Johannesburg	South Africa 157 (63.2) & 491 (149.3)	-	Australia 250 (81.3) & 274-2 (76)
		draw

January 1st - 4th scorecard	Cape Town	Australia 362-8d (115)	-	South Africa 102 (38.2) & 182 (87.4) (f / o)
		Australia wins with one innings and 78 runs

February 15-17 scorecard	Johannesburg	South Africa 157 (63.4) & 98 (43.5)	-	Australia 439 (127.4)
		Australia wins with one innings and 184 runs

February 28 - March 3 scorecard	Durban	South Africa 222 (109.1) & 227 (113.1)	-	Australia 455 (146.5)
		Australia wins with one innings and 6 runs