BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jackie McGlew	c Hill b Johnston	0	-	-	-	-	-
Russell Endean †	c †IH McDonald b Hill	22	-	-	-	-	-
Gerald Innes	c Hassett b Ring	109	-	-	-	-	-
Roy McLean	b Johnson	1	-	-	-	-	-
John Watkins	c R Harvey b Ring	33	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Cheetham (c)	c Johnston b Loxton	46	-	-	-	-	-
Headley Keith	c †IH McDonald b Johnson	111	-	-	-	-	-
Eric Norton	lbw b Johnston	58	-	-	-	-	-
Percy Mansell	c Johnston b Loxton	4	-	-	-	-	-
Eddie Fuller	not out	8	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Melle	c R Harvey b Johnston	3	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 3, lb 2, w 1)	6
TOTAL	121.6 Ov (RR: 3.29, 447 Mins)	401
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-31, 3-32, 4-89, 5-177, 6-259, 7-361, 8-373, 9-395, 10-401

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Bill Johnston	25.6	3	89	3	2.59	-	-	-	1
Sam Loxton	20	3	53	2	1.98	-	-	-	0
Jack Hill	17	3	63	1	2.77	-	-	-	0
Ian Johnson	34	8	95	2	2.09	-	-	-	0
Doug Ring	23	5	83	2	2.70	-	-	-	0
Ray Harvey	2	0	12	0	4.50	-	-	-	0

Victoria 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Colin McDonald	c Mansell b Fuller	1	-	-	-	-	-
Ray Harvey	c Cheetham b Mansell	47	-	-	-	-	-
Lindsay Hassett (c)	c Mansell b Fuller	7	-	-	-	-	-
Neil Harvey	c & b Mansell	69	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Loxton	c Keith b Melle	60	-	-	-	-	-
John Chambers	lbw b Mansell	4	-	-	-	-	-
Doug Ring	c & b Mansell	3	-	-	-	-	-
Ian Johnson	run out (sub [KJ Funston])	44	-	-	-	-	-
Ian McDonald †	not out	18	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Hill	c Watkins b Mansell	3	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Johnston	lbw b Mansell	0	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 2, lb 2)	4
TOTAL	61.3 Ov (RR: 4.23, 258 Mins)	260
Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-21, 3-117, 4-128, 5-138, 6-142, 7-231, 8-250, 9-258, 10-260

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Michael Melle	11	0	58	1	3.95	-	-	-
Eddie Fuller	17	2	73	2	3.22	-	-	-
John Watkins	7	0	30	0	3.21	-	-	-
Headley Keith	12	1	42	0	2.62	-	-	-
Percy Mansell	14.3	0	53	6	2.76	-	-	-

South Africans 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Russell Endean †	b Johnston	11	-	-	-	-	-
Gerald Innes	c †IH McDonald b Loxton	7	-	-	-	-	-
John Watkins	c Hassett b Johnston	0	-	-	-	-	-
Roy McLean	c Johnson b Loxton	6	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Cheetham (c)	c †IH McDonald b Johnston	74	-	-	-	-	-
Headley Keith	not out	113	-	-	-	-	-
Eric Norton	c †IH McDonald b Johnston	2	-	-	-	-	-
Percy Mansell	c †IH McDonald b Loxton	7	-	-	-	-	-
Eddie Fuller	c R Harvey b Ring	3	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Melle	st †IH McDonald b Ring	0	-	-	-	-	-
Jackie McGlew	absent hurt	-	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 2, lb 1, nb 1, w 1)	5
TOTAL	65.6 Ov (RR: 3.46, 259 Mins)	228
Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-16, 3-20, 4-29, 5-184, 6-191, 7-210, 8-220, 9-228

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Bill Johnston	12	1	33	4	2.06	-	-	-	0	0
Sam Loxton	16	2	49	3	2.29	-	-	-	1	0
Ian Johnson	14	2	50	0	2.67	-	-	-	0	1
Doug Ring	10.6	2	38	2	2.65	-	-	-	0	0
Neil Harvey	5	0	21	0	3.15	-	-	-	0	0
Lindsay Hassett	4	0	16	0	3.00	-	-	-	0	0
Ray Harvey	4	1	16	0	3.00	-	-	-	0	0

Victoria 2nd Innings (T: 370 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ian McDonald †	not out	12	-	-	-	-	-
Ray Harvey	not out	5	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 4)	4
TOTAL	4 Ov (RR: 5.25, 14 Mins)	21/0
Did not bat: Colin McDonald, Lindsay Hassett (c), Neil Harvey, Sam Loxton, John Chambers, Doug Ring, Ian Johnson, Jack Hill, Bill Johnston

BOWLING	O	M	R	ECON	0s	4s	6s
John Watkins	2	1	3	1.12	-	-	-
Gerald Innes	1	0	5	3.75	-	-	-
Headley Keith	1	0	9	6.75	-	-	-

CLOSE OF PLAY

Sat, 31 Jan - day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 284/6 (Headley Keith 66*, Eric Norton 1*)

Sun, 01 Feb - rest day

Mon, 02 Feb - day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 381/8 (Eric Norton 46*, Eddie Fuller 3*)

Tue, 03 Feb - day 3 - Victoria 1st innings 258/8 (Ian McDonald 18*, Jack Hill 3*)

Wed, 04 Feb - day 4 - Victoria 2nd innings 21/0 (4 ov) - end of match

MATCH DETAILS

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Victoria, elected to field first
Series	South Africa tour of Australia
Season	1952/53
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Andrew Barlow RG Hele