Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jackie McGlew	run out (Dunn/Puckett)	182	-	-	-	-	-
Russell Endean	b Puckett	34	-	-	-	-	-
Headley Keith	c Puckett b Dunn	13	-	-	-	-	-
John Waite †	c †Munro b Puckett	16	-	-	-	-	-
Roy McLean	c †Munro b Price	49	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Cheetham (c)	lbw b Puckett	15	-	-	-	-	-
Gerald Innes	run out (England/Puckett)	6	-	-	-	-	-
Percy Mansell	c sub (RR Frankish) b Puckett	57	-	-	-	-	-
John Watkins	not out	29	-	-	-	-	-
Hugh Tayfield	c Langdon b Puckett	18	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 2, lb 3, nb 3)	8
Total	123.5 Ov (RR: 3.45, 525 Mins)	427/9d
Did not bat: Michael Melle
Fall of wickets: 1-84, 2-100, 3-153, 4-219, 5-251, 6-271, 7-379, 8-379, 9-427

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Reuben Price	32	6	93	1	2.17	-	-	-	0
Peter Dunn	27	6	62	1	1.72	-	-	-	3
Charles Puckett	37.5	5	119	5	2.37	-	-	-	0
Thomas Outridge	18	0	106	0	4.41	-	-	-	0
Wally Langdon	2	1	1	0	0.37	-	-	-	0
Ken Meuleman	6	0	27	0	3.37	-	-	-	0
Ron Sarre	1	0	11	0	8.25	-	-	-	0

Western Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ron Sarre	c Innes b Mansell	16	-	-	-	-	-
John Rutherford	c †Waite b Melle	23	-	-	-	-	-
Ken Meuleman	c Mansell b Tayfield	103	-	-	-	-	-
Wally Langdon (c)	not out	120	-	-	-	-	-
Ernest England	lbw b Tayfield	3	-	-	-	-	-
Thomas Outridge	run out (Melle/†Waite)	24	-	-	-	-	-
Charles Puckett	b Melle	6	-	-	-	-	-
Reuben Price	c McGlew b Tayfield	5	-	-	-	-	-
John Munro †	c McGlew b Tayfield	0	-	-	-	-	-
Peter Dunn	b Tayfield	1	-	-	-	-	-
Allan Edwards	absent hurt	-	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 5)	5
Total	133.2 Ov (RR: 2.29, 458 Mins)	306
Fall of wickets: 1-25, 2-47, 3-217, 4-235, 5-276, 6-287, 7-296, 8-298, 9-306

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Michael Melle	32	10	67	2	1.57	-	-	-
John Watkins	15	4	33	0	1.65	-	-	-
Percy Mansell	13	0	43	1	2.48	-	-	-
Hugh Tayfield	48.2	14	98	5	1.52	-	-	-
Headley Keith	24	7	59	0	1.84	-	-	-
Gerald Innes	1	0	1	0	0.75	-	-	-

South Africans 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jackie McGlew	b Puckett	25	-	-	-	-	-
Russell Endean	lbw b Price	10	-	-	-	-	-
Headley Keith	not out	57	-	-	-	-	-
Gerald Innes	c †Munro b Outridge	14	-	-	-	-	-
Roy McLean	not out	18	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 2)	2
Total	49 Ov (RR: 2.57, 185 Mins)	126/3
Did not bat: John Waite †, Jack Cheetham (c), Percy Mansell, John Watkins, Hugh Tayfield, Michael Melle
Fall of wickets: 1-23, 2-49, 3-86

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Reuben Price	14	3	36	1	1.92	-	-	-
Peter Dunn	7	1	14	0	1.50	-	-	-
Charles Puckett	9	1	18	1	1.50	-	-	-
Thomas Outridge	7	1	28	1	3.00	-	-	-
John Rutherford	6	1	7	0	0.87	-	-	-
Ken Meuleman	6	0	21	0	2.62	-	-	-

Close of Play

Fri, 24 Oct - day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 214/3 (Jackie McGlew 102*, Roy McLean 44*)

Sat, 25 Oct - day 2 - West Aust 1st innings 35/1 (John Rutherford 16*, Ken Meuleman 3*)

Sun, 26 Oct - rest day

Mon, 27 Oct - day 3 - West Aust 1st innings 250/4 (Wally Langdon 96*, Thomas Outridge 6*)

Tue, 28 Oct - day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 126/3 (49 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
Toss	South Africans, elected to bat first
Series	South Africa tour of Australia
Season	1952/53
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	JP Robbins OTC Cooley