Basil Melle

Full name Basil George von Brandis Melle

Born March 31, 1891, Somerset West, Cape Province

Died January 8, 1966, Orchards, Johannesburg, Transvaal (aged 74 years 283 days)

Major teams Hampshire, Oxford University, Transvaal, Western Province

Batting style Right-hand bat

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct	St
First-class	62	101	9	2535	145	27.55	3	13	33	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	5w	10
First-class	62	6252	2931	114	7/48	25.71	2.81	54.8	9	1

Career statistics

First-class span

1908/09 - 1923/24

Profile

Basil Melle was one of the first exponents of leg theory.

Notes

Father of M.G. (Transvaal, Western Province).

Country Fixtures Country Results

3rd Test: England v South Africa at The Oval
Jul 27-31, 2017 (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT)

Sth Africa A v India A at Pretoria
Jul 28, 2017 (09:30 local | 07:30 GMT)

Sth Africa A v Afghan A at Pretoria
Jul 30, 2017 (09:30 local | 07:30 GMT)

Sth Africa A v India A at Pretoria
Aug 3, 2017 (09:30 local | 07:30 GMT)

4th Test: England v South Africa at Manchester
Aug 4-8, 2017 (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT)

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