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declared at 200 for nine wickets and sent
England in to bat, the pitch was of uncertain bounce, if any, and Sievers profited. When England declared having made just 76 for nine wickets, Sievers had taken five for 21, the best figures of the innings. Bradman then juggled his batting order to send
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The third Test at
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Sievers, though, was dropped from the
English tour after his Melbourne effort and despite finishing at the top of the Australian bowling averages for the series, he never played Test cricket again.
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expendable tail-enders in first and hit 270 himself on a by-now benevolent pitch. Australia won the match by 365 runs and went on to win the other two matches of the series to retain
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Sievers began his career in 1930 for the Colts, at 17 years of age. Sievers was a useful right-handed lower order batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler who played for
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commanding victories in both the first two matches, at
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Sievers continued playing cricket until 1946, ending his career with an average just over 16 for his 270 First XI wickets.
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At the age of 56, he died from a heart attack in a hospital in
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Sievers' Test match experience came in the first three matches of the
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in 1936–37. Curiously fragile batting by the
Australians gave
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but, with the
Australian bowling dominated by the spin of
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618:. Thatscricket.oneindia.in. 9 December 1936
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524:"Team Profile – Australia Cricket Team"
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385:in the seasons leading up to the
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689:Jewish Australian sportspeople
526:. Sheetudeep.com. 13 June 2007
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546:"The Home of CricketArchive"
146:4 December 1936 v
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157:1 January 1937 v
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117:International information
694:Australia Test cricketers
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139:Test debut (cap
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603:The Calgary Daily Herald
35:Sievers pictured in 1941
394:Australian cricket team
665:1937 and 1938 editions
548:. Cricketarchive.co.uk
363:Morris William Sievers
709:Australian cricketers
112:Right-arm fast-medium
369:who played in three
291:5 wickets in innings
41:Personal information
16:Australian cricketer
699:Victoria cricketers
303:10 wickets in match
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377:First-class career
704:Jewish cricketers
605:, 8 December 1936
574:Huf, Ben (2006).
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314:Best bowling
104:Right-handed
80:(1968-05-10)
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684:1968 deaths
679:1912 births
422:Gubby Allen
420:tour under
412:Test career
204:Runs scored
187:First-class
178:Competition
131:(1936–1937)
78:10 May 1968
673:Categories
647:14 January
622:14 January
552:14 January
530:14 January
508:14 January
482:14 January
454:References
52:1912-04-13
439:The Ashes
367:cricketer
327:stumpings
239:Top score
154:Last Test
129:Australia
94:Australia
86:Brunswick
68:Australia
383:Victoria
350:Cricinfo
348:Source:
325:Catches/
228:100s/50s
90:Victoria
64:Victoria
426:England
265:Wickets
193:Matches
159:England
148:England
109:Bowling
101:Batting
662:Wisden
396:under
259:10,035
253:bowled
285:33.36
282:17.88
251:Balls
223:29.64
220:13.40
210:2,075
649:2011
624:2011
588:2015
554:2011
532:2011
510:2011
484:2011
404:and
334:56/–
320:6/43
317:5/21
234:0/14
182:Test
75:Died
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418:MCC
331:4/–
272:116
256:602
242:25*
231:0/0
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