after the drawn second test, simpson contracted chickenpox, so booth was again captain for the third test in front of his home crowd at the scg. it was an extra burden, as booth had made only 49 runs in the first two tests; his teammates felt that their captain had been too anxious following his struggles against griffith in the caribbean. however, there was to be no fairytale for booth, who later admitted to being in psychological disarray; he was unaware if the rolling done on the pitch after the toss was legal, and philpott arrived late and ran onto the field just as play was starting.