BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gordon Leggat (c)	b Melle	10	-	-	-	-	-
Murray Chapple	c Cheetham b Mansell	165	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Poore	c McLean b Keith	54	-	-	-	-	-
Thomas Moynihan	c Innes b Watkins	25	-	-	-	-	-
Zin Harris	lbw b Mansell	24	-	-	-	-	-
Gavin Royfee	run out	12	-	-	-	-	-
Tony MacGibbon	not out	32	-	-	-	-	-
Sammy Guillen †	not out	13	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 4, lb 4, nb 2)	10
TOTAL	109 Ov (RR: 3.16)	345/6d
Did not bat: John Williams, Tom Burtt, Johnny Hayes
Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-141, 3-227, 4-268, 5-291, 6-318

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Michael Melle	22	1	79	1	3.59	-	-	-
John Watkins	30	11	56	1	1.86	-	-	-
Anton Murray	20	5	79	0	3.95	-	-	-
Percy Mansell	20	4	71	2	3.55	-	-	-
Headley Keith	17	4	50	1	2.94	-	-	-

South Africans 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
John Waite †	hit wicket b Poore	11	-	-	-	-	-
Gerald Innes	b Hayes	41	-	-	-	-	-
John Watkins	b Poore	0	-	-	-	-	-
Ken Funston	c Williams b Burtt	30	-	-	-	-	-
Roy McLean	b Burtt	34	-	-	-	-	-
Headley Keith	c †Guillen b Poore	31	-	-	-	-	-
Eric Norton	c †Guillen b Hayes	3	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Cheetham (c)	st †Guillen b Burtt	64	-	-	-	-	-
Percy Mansell	b Hayes	2	-	-	-	-	-
Anton Murray	not out	100	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Melle	not out	27	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 3, lb 1, nb 9)	13
TOTAL	139 Ov (RR: 2.56)	356/9d
Fall of wickets: 1-22, 2-22, 3-73, 4-89, 5-142, 6-153, 7-153, 8-155, 9-276

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Johnny Hayes	34	6	112	3	3.29	-	-	-
Matt Poore	33	12	71	3	2.15	-	-	-
Murray Chapple	8	1	32	0	4.00	-	-	-
Tony MacGibbon	21	3	62	0	2.95	-	-	-
Tom Burtt	43	17	66	3	1.53	-	-	-

Canterbury 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gordon Leggat (c)	b Mansell	11	-	-	-	-	-
Murray Chapple	c Mansell b Keith	88	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Poore	not out	23	-	-	-	-	-
John Williams	not out	9	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 4, lb 2)	6
TOTAL	70 Ov (RR: 1.95)	137/2
Did not bat: Thomas Moynihan, Zin Harris, Gavin Royfee, Tony MacGibbon, Sammy Guillen †, Tom Burtt, Johnny Hayes
Fall of wickets: 1-33, 2-123

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Michael Melle	13	5	15	0	1.15	-	-	-
John Watkins	15	7	11	0	0.73	-	-	-
Anton Murray	16	7	36	0	2.25	-	-	-
Percy Mansell	18	3	53	1	2.94	-	-	-
Headley Keith	6	1	15	1	2.50	-	-	-
Jack Cheetham	2	1	1	0	0.50	-	-	-

CLOSE OF PLAY

Sat, 28 Feb - day 1 - Canterbury 1st innings 345/6 (Tony MacGibbon 32*, Sammy Guillen 13*)

Sun, 01 Mar - rest day

Mon, 02 Mar - day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 242/8 (Jack Cheetham 45*, Anton Murray 41*)

Tue, 03 Mar - day 3 - Canterbury 2nd innings 137/2 (70 ov) - end of match

MATCH DETAILS

Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Toss	Canterbury, elected to bat first
Series	South Africa tour of New Zealand
Season	1952/53
Match days	day (3-day match)
Umpires	Basil Vine Edward Brook