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South Africa tour of New Zealand, 1952/53 / Scorecard

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South Africa in New Zealand Test Series - 1st Test

New Zealand v South Africa

South Africa won by an innings and 180 runs

South Africa 1st innings R M 4s 6s
DJ McGlew not out 255 534 19 0
JHB Waite† c †Mooney b Blair 35 0
JC Watkins c Reid b Blair 14 0
KJ Funston b Fisher 2 0 0
WR Endean c †Mooney b Blair 41 0
RA McLean b Blair 5 0
JE Cheetham* b Burtt 17 0
ARA Murray st †Mooney b Burtt 109 219 10 0
PNF Mansell run out 10 0
HJ Tayfield not out 27 2
Extras (b 5, lb 4) 9
Total (8 wickets dec; 174 overs) 524 (3.01 runs per over)
Did not bat ERH Fuller
Fall of wickets 0-54* (Waite, retired not out), 1-83 (Watkins), 2-92 (Funston), 3-177 (Endean), 4-187 (McLean), 5-189 (Waite), 6-238 (Cheetham), 7-484 (Murray), 8-494 (Mansell)
Bowling O M R W Econ
RW Blair 36 4 98 4 2.72
FE Fisher 34 6 78 1 2.29
JR Reid 24 8 36 0 1.50
TB Burtt 44 7 140 2 3.18
AM Moir 35 4 159 0 4.54
B Sutcliffe 1 0 4 0 4.00
New Zealand 1st innings R M 4s 6s
B Sutcliffe c McGlew b Watkins 62 175 0
JG Leggat c Fuller b Tayfield 22 0
FE Fisher b Fuller 9 0
WM Wallace* c †Waite b Murray 4 0
EM Meuli c Endean b Murray 15 0
LSM Miller c Endean b Tayfield 17 0
JR Reid b Murray 1 0 0
FLH Mooney† not out 27 0
AM Moir run out 1 0 0
TB Burtt lbw b Fuller 10 0
RW Blair b Fuller 0 0 0
Extras (b 3, nb 1) 4
Total (all out; 123.4 overs) 172 (1.39 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-71 (Leggat), 2-91 (Sutcliffe), 3-96 (Wallace), 4-98 (Fisher), 5-127 (Miller), 6-131 (Reid), 7-134 (Meuli), 8-135 (Moir), 9-172 (Burtt), 10-172 (Blair)
Bowling O M R W Econ
ERH Fuller 19.4 7 29 3 1.47
JC Watkins 27 17 29 1 1.07
HJ Tayfield 38 15 53 2 1.39
PNF Mansell 11 3 27 0 2.45
ARA Murray 28 15 30 3 1.07
New Zealand 2nd innings (following on) R M 4s 6s
B Sutcliffe b Murray 33 6 0
JG Leggat c Endean b Watkins 47 190 3 0
WM Wallace* b Tayfield 2 0 0
EM Meuli b Fuller 23 66 0
LSM Miller c †Waite b Watkins 13 0
JR Reid c †Waite b Murray 9 0
FLH Mooney† b Tayfield 9 77 0
AM Moir c Fuller b Watkins 0 0 0
FE Fisher c †Waite b Watkins 14 77 0
TB Burtt lbw b Tayfield 0 0 0
RW Blair not out 6 0
Extras (b 16) 16
Total (all out; 118.5 overs) 172 (1.44 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-43 (Sutcliffe), 2-46 (Wallace), 3-109 (Meuli), 4-121 (Leggat), 5-137 (Miller), 6-141 (Reid), 7-142 (Moir), 8-162 (Mooney), 9-162 (Burtt), 10-172 (Fisher)
Bowling O M R W Econ
ERH Fuller 27 8 43 1 1.59
JC Watkins 23.5 14 22 4 0.92
HJ Tayfield 32 12 42 3 1.31
PNF Mansell 13 2 30 0 2.30
ARA Murray 23 16 19 2 0.82
Match details
Toss South Africa, who chose to bat
Series South Africa led the 2-match series 1-0
Test debuts RW Blair, FE Fisher, EM Meuli and LSM Miller (New Zealand)
Umpires RG Currie and JM McLellan
Close of play
Fri, 6 Mar - day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 300/6 (DJ McGlew 151*, ARA Murray 29*)
Sat, 7 Mar - day 2 - New Zealand 1st innings 80/1 (B Sutcliffe 57*, FE Fisher 0*)
Sun, 8 Mar - rest day
Mon, 9 Mar - day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 58/2 (JG Leggat 13*, EM Meuli 6*)
Tue, 10 Mar - day 4 - New Zealand 2nd innings 172 (118.5 ov) - end of match
Match notes
  • General
  • JHB Waite (1) retired hurt on 33* from 54/0 to 187/4 (strained neck muscles)
 
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Series Results
New Zealand v South Africa at Auckland - Mar 13-17, 1953
Match drawn
New Zealand v South Africa at Wellington - Mar 6-10, 1953
South Africa won by an innings and 180 runs
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