Michael Melle was a quick right-arm bowler who took 5 for 113 on his debut against Australia at Johannesburg in 1949-50. He toured England in 1951, taking 50 wickets but was restricted after undergoing an operation during the series. He played only one Test that summer, taking 4 for 9 at The Oval. In Australia and New Zealand in 1952-53 he took another 14 Test wickets, and at Launceston took a career-best 9 for 22.
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Michael Melle Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100s	50s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	7	12	4	68	17	8.50	0	0	0	4	0
FC	52	68	20	544	59	11.33	0	2	-	22	0

Bowling

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Tests	7	12	1667	851	26	6/71	9/166	32.73	3.06	64.1	1	2	0
FC	52	-	9590	3990	160	9/22	-	24.93	2.49	59.9	-	6	2

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Debut/Last Matches of Michael Melle

Test Matches

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Debut

South Africa vs Australia at Johannesburg - February 10 - 14, 1950

Last

Australia vs South Africa at Adelaide - January 24 - 29, 1953

FC Matches

Span

1948/49 - 1953/54

Recent Matches of Michael Melle

Match	Bat	Bowl	Date	Ground	Format
Sth Africans vs Central D	0*	0/43	18-Mar-1953	New Plymouth	OTHER
Sth Africans vs Canterbury	27*	1/79 & 0/15	28-Feb-1953	Christchurch	FC
Sth Africans vs Otago	5	3/17 & 0/19	24-Feb-1953	Dunedin	FC
Sth Africans vs South Aust	2*	4/106 & 1/70	14-Feb-1953	Adelaide	FC
Sth Africans vs Victoria	3 & 0	1/58	31-Jan-1953	Melbourne	FC

Photos of Michael Melle

The 1951 South African tour party to England