The

West Indies cricket team The West Indies cricket team, nicknamed the Windies, is a multi-national men's cricket team representing the mainly English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean region and administered by Cricket West Indies. The players on ...

toured

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and

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by ...

from November 1930 to March 1931 and played a five-match Test series against the

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. Australia won the series 4–1. Australia were captained by Bill Woodfull, while the West Indies were coached by

Jackie Grant George Copeland Grant (9 May 1907 – 26 October 1978), known as Jackie Grant, was a West Indian cricketer who captained the Test side from 1930 to 1935. He was later a missionary in South Africa and Rhodesia. Appointed to the Test captaincy ...

. In addition, the West Indians played nine

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against Australian state teams and, in November, one match in New Zealand against

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Team

(captain) *

Lionel Birkett Lionel Sydney Birkett (April 14, 1905, Saint Michael, Barbados – January 16, 1998, Saint James, Barbados) was a West Indian cricketer who played in 4 Tests Test(s), testing, or TEST may refer to: * Test (assessment), an educational assessme ...

(vice-captain) *

Ivan Barrow Ivanhoe Mordecai Barrow (6 January 1911 – 2 April 1979) was a Jamaican cricketer who played 11 Tests for the West Indies. Barrow was born to Hyam and Mamie Barrow, two Sephardic Jews on 6 January 1911, a twin to Frank Norton Barrow. He attende ...

Barto Bartlett Edward Lawson "Barto" Bartlett (March 10, 1906 – December 21, 1976) was a West Indian cricketer who played in West Indies' inaugural Test tour of England in 1928. He was born in Flint Hall, St. Michael, Barbados, and played first-class cric ...

* Learie Constantine *

Frank de Caires Francis Ignatius de Caires (12 May 1909 – 2 February 1959) was a British Guianese cricketer who played three Test matches for West Indies in the 1930s. De Caires, who was of Portuguese descent, was born in British Guiana and developed into ...

* George Francis * Herman Griffith *

George Headley George Alphonso Headley OD, MBE (30 May 1909 – 30 November 1983) was a West Indian cricketer who played 22 Test matches, mostly before World War II. Considered one of the best batsmen to play for the West Indies and one of the greatest cri ...

Errol Hunte Errol Ashton Clairmore Hunte (October 3, 1905, Port of Spain, Trinidad – June 26, 1967, Port of Spain, Trinidad) was a West Indian cricketer who played in three Tests Test(s), testing, or TEST may refer to: * Test (assessment), an educationa ...

* Frank Martin *

Clifford Roach Clifford Archibald Roach (13 March 1904 – 16 April 1988) was a West Indian cricketer who played in West Indies' first Test match in 1928. Two years later, he scored the West Indies' first century in Test matches, followed two matches lat ...

* Tommy Scott * Derek Sealy *

Edwin St Hill Edwin Lloyd St Hill (9 March 1904 – 21 May 1957) was a Trinidadian cricketer who played two Test matches for the West Indies in 1930. His brothers, Wilton and Cyl, also played for Trinidad and Tobago; in addition, the former played Tes ...

Vibart Wight Claude Vibart Wight (28 July 1902 – 4 October 1969) was a West Indian cricketer who played two Tests in the 1920s and 1930s. Wight was born in Georgetown, British Guiana and made his first-class debut in 1925. He was a useful middle-order ba ...

The manager was R. H. Mallett.

New Zealand series summary

Test series summary

First Test

Second Test

Third Test

Fourth Test

Fifth Test

References

External links

West Indies in Australia and New Zealand 1930-31
at CricketArchive

at Test Cricket Tours

Annual reviews

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1932