All Ten: The Ultimate Bowling Feat

152 Tim Wall South Australia v New South Wales, 1932/33 Sheffield Shield Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 3, 4, 6 February 1933 (4-day match) Toss won by New South Wales New South Wales won by 98 runs Umpires: GE Borwick, WG French New South Wales 113 (TW Wall 10-36) and 356; South Australia 114 (WH Howell 5-31) and 257 (HC Nitschke 105, WJ O’Reilly 5-56) New South Wales first innings JHW Fingleton b Wall 43 WA Brown c Whitington b Wall 0 DG Bradman c Ryan b Wall 56 SJ McCabe c Walker b Wall 0 RC Rowe b Wall 0 FS Cummins c Walker b Wall 0 *+HSB Love b Wall 1 CJ Hill b Wall 0 WH Howell b Wall 0 WJ O’Reilly b Wall 4 GL Stewart not out 2 Extras (lb 1, nb 5, w 1) 7 Total (all out, 28.4 overs) 113 Fall of wickets 1-12, 2-87, 3-87, 4-88, 5-88, 6-99, 7-105, 8-105, 9-106, 10- 113 South Australia bowling: TW Wall 12.4-2-36-10, BJ Tobin 5-0-23-0, CV Grimmett 11-0-47-0 South Australia: VY Richardson (capt), HC Nitschke, AR Lonergan, AJ Ryan, RS Whitington, BJ Tobin, AG Shepherd, PK Lee, CV Grimmett, TW Wall, CW Walker (wk) After George Giffen’s feat nearly fifty years before, the second all-ten in Australia, and the first in the Sheffield Shield, was a long time coming. Tim (christened Thomas) Wall had only previously taken five or more wickets in an innings six times, with a best of six for 40 in a non-Shield match against Western Australia, and so a full hand of wickets was heady heights for the 29-year-old fast bowler. Adelaide-born Wall made his first-class debut in 1924, aged 20, and after a number of useful performances was selected to play in the final Test of the 1928/29 series. Four down, Australia desperately needed some pace to replace the menacing Jack Gregory (85 wickets in 24 Tests) who had retired after damaging his knee during the First Test at Brisbane. Australia averted a whitewash, and with eight wickets Wall contributed significantly to his side’s five-wicket victory in a timeless match that went into the eighth day. A consistent performer, Wall would eventually take 56 wickets in 18 Tests, and 330 in all first-class matches, in an era largely dominated