Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Neil Dansie	c Norton b Fuller	4	-	-	-	-	-
Ronald Haddrick	b Fuller	6	-	-	-	-	-
Lance Duldig	c & b Tayfield	47	-	-	-	-	-
Graeme Hole	lbw b Tayfield	40	-	-	-	-	-
Phil Ridings (c)	b Melle	64	-	-	-	-	-
Dean Trowse	c & b Tayfield	74	-	-	-	-	-
Gil Langley †	c & b Fuller	70	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Manning	st †Waite b Tayfield	8	-	-	-	-	-
Geff Noblet	run out (†Waite)	9	-	-	-	-	-
Ramon Thomas	c Melle b Fuller	18	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Wilson	not out	3	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 5, lb 5, w 1)	11
Total	100.3 Ov (RR: 3.52, 355 Mins)	354
Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-22, 3-89, 4-112, 5-201, 6-274, 7-298, 8-317, 9-345, 10-354

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Michael Melle	9	0	41	1	3.41	-	-	-	0
Eddie Fuller	19.3	5	79	4	3.05	-	-	-	1
Anton Murray	27	5	86	0	2.38	-	-	-	0
Hugh Tayfield	32	10	99	4	2.32	-	-	-	0
Headley Keith	13	2	38	0	2.19	-	-	-	0

South Africans 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jackie McGlew	c & b Manning	41	-	-	-	-	-
John Waite †	b Wilson	42	-	-	-	-	-
Eric Norton	b Noblet	24	-	-	-	-	-
Headley Keith	c Duldig b Noblet	6	-	-	-	-	-
Roy McLean	lbw b Noblet	17	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Cheetham (c)	c †Langley b Thomas	1	-	-	-	-	-
Anton Murray	c Dansie b Noblet	5	-	-	-	-	-
Ken Funston	not out	44	-	-	-	-	-
Hugh Tayfield	c †Langley b Wilson	14	-	-	-	-	-
Eddie Fuller	c Haddrick b Manning	1	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Melle	c Duldig b Manning	0	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 2, lb 4)	6
Total	84.6 Ov (RR: 2.37, 302 Mins)	201
Fall of wickets: 1-71, 2-89, 3-98, 4-116, 5-134, 6-136, 7-147, 8-186, 9-201, 10-201

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Geff Noblet	31	7	57	4	1.37	-	-	-
Ramon Thomas	16	6	26	1	1.21	-	-	-
Jack Manning	16.6	6	46	3	2.05	-	-	-
Jack Wilson	21	4	66	2	2.35	-	-	-

South Africans 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jackie McGlew	c Noblet b Manning	26	-	-	-	-	-
John Waite †	lbw b Dansie	67	-	-	-	-	-
Eric Norton	st †Langley b Manning	3	-	-	-	-	-
Roy McLean	c †Langley b Wilson	1	-	-	-	-	-
Ken Funston	lbw b Noblet	10	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Cheetham (c)	run out (†Langley)	83	-	-	-	-	-
Headley Keith	lbw b Wilson	50	-	-	-	-	-
Anton Murray	b Manning	47	-	-	-	-	-
Hugh Tayfield	c Duldig b Wilson	1	-	-	-	-	-
Eddie Fuller	lbw b Noblet	9	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Melle	not out	32	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 11, lb 7)	18
Total	135.3 Ov (RR: 2.56, 462 Mins)	347
Fall of wickets: 1-56, 2-60, 3-65, 4-95, 5-115, 6-231, 7-270, 8-271, 9-290, 10-347

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Geff Noblet	29	5	64	2	1.65	-	-	-
Ramon Thomas	17	4	44	0	1.94	-	-	-
Jack Manning	36.3	7	88	3	1.81	-	-	-
Graeme Hole	8	1	22	0	2.06	-	-	-
Jack Wilson	36	12	83	3	1.72	-	-	-
Neil Dansie	4	0	20	1	3.75	-	-	-
Phil Ridings	5	2	8	0	1.20	-	-	-

South Australia 2nd Innings (T: 195 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Neil Dansie	not out	25	-	-	-	-	-
Ronald Haddrick	not out	10	-	-	-	-	-
Extras		0
Total	12 Ov (RR: 2.91, 38 Mins)	35/0
Did not bat: Lance Duldig, Graeme Hole, Phil Ridings (c), Dean Trowse, Gil Langley †, Jack Manning, Geff Noblet, Ramon Thomas, Jack Wilson

Bowling	O	M	R	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Michael Melle	2	0	4	1.50	-	-	-
Eddie Fuller	2	0	10	3.75	-	-	-
Headley Keith	2	1	3	1.12	-	-	-
Hugh Tayfield	3	2	3	0.75	-	-	-
Anton Murray	2	1	8	3.00	-	-	-
Roy McLean	1	0	7	5.25	-	-	-

Close of Play

Fri, 31 Oct - day 1 - South Aus 1st innings 307/7 (Gil Langley 54*, Geff Noblet 3*)

Sat, 01 Nov - day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 132/4 (Eric Norton 22*, Jack Cheetham 1*)

Sun, 02 Nov - rest day

Mon, 03 Nov - day 3 - South Africa 2nd innings 152/5 (Jack Cheetham 27*, Headley Keith 14*)

Tue, 04 Nov - day 4 - South Aus 2nd innings 35/0 (12 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Adelaide Oval
Toss	South Australia, elected to bat first
Series	South Africa tour of Australia
Season	1952/53
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	KC Butler Mel McInnes