Australia vs South Africa Scorecard, Australia vs South Africa, 6 February, 1953, Melbourne Cricket Ground & Match Stats

Australia vs South Africa | February 6, 1953, 07:30 PM | Melbourne Cricket Ground

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South Africa

*435/10 (143.5 ov) & *297/4 (95.5 ov)

Australia

*520/10 (135.0 ov) & *209/10 (84.2 ov)

South Africa won by 6 wickets

Commentary Scorecard Squad Stats

Australia 1st Innings Inning

520/10 (135.0 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Colin McDonald c McLean b Mansell	41	0	1	0	0.00
Arthur Morris run out	99	0	7	0	0.00
Neil Harvey c Cheetham b Fuller	205	0	19	0	0.00
Lindsay Hassett run out	40	0	1	0	0.00
Ian Craig c Keith b Fuller	53	0	6	0	0.00
Ronald Archer c †Waite b Fuller	18	0	1	0	0.00
Richie Benaud c & b Tayfield	20	0	2	0	0.00
Douglas Ring b Tayfield	14	0	2	0	0.00
Gil Langley b Murray	2	0	0	0	0.00
William Johnston c Endean b Tayfield	12	0	2	0	0.00
Geoffrey Noblet not out	13	0	2	0	0.00
EXTRAS ( b 0, lb 3, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	3
TOTAL (3.85 RUNS PER OVER)	520/10 (135.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

122-1 (Colin McDonald, 0 ov), 166-2 (Arthur Morris, 0 ov), 450-5 (Neil Harvey, 0 ov), 269-3 (Lindsay Hassett, 0 ov), 417-4 (Ian Craig, 0 ov), 459-6 (Ronald Archer, 0 ov), 495-9 (Richie Benaud, 0 ov), 490-7 (Douglas Ring, 0 ov), 493-8 (Gil Langley, 0 ov), 520-10 (William Johnston, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Edward Fuller	19	4	74	3	3.89
John Watkins	23	3	72	0	3.13
Hugh Tayfield	35.4	4	129	3	3.62
Anton Murray	25	3	84	1	3.36
Percy Mansell	22	0	114	1	5.18
Headley Keith	9	0	44	0	4.89

South Africa 1st Innings Inning

435/10 (143.5 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Russell Endean c †Langley b Johnston	16	0	0	0	0.00
John Waite run out	64	0	4	0	0.00
John Watkins b Archer	92	0	8	1	0.00
Kenneth Funston lbw b Johnston	16	0	1	0	0.00
Headley Keith b Johnston	10	0	0	0	0.00
Roy McLean lbw b Noblet	81	0	10	1	0.00
John Cheetham c McDonald b Johnston	66	0	7	0	0.00
Percy Mansell lbw b Johnston	52	0	4	0	0.00
Anton Murray c & b Johnston	17	0	2	0	0.00
Hugh Tayfield c Benaud b Ring	17	0	0	0	0.00
Edward Fuller not out	0	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS ( b 1, lb 3, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	4
TOTAL (3.03 RUNS PER OVER)	435/10 (143.5 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

31-1 (Russell Endean, 0 ov), 129-2 (John Waite, 0 ov), 189-4 (John Watkins, 0 ov), 189-3 (Kenneth Funston, 0 ov), 239-5 (Headley Keith, 0 ov), 290-6 (Roy McLean, 0 ov), 402-8 (John Cheetham, 0 ov), 401-7 (Percy Mansell, 0 ov), 435-9 (Anton Murray, 0 ov), 435-10 (Hugh Tayfield, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Geoffrey Noblet	30	6	65	1	2.17
Ronald Archer	33	4	97	1	2.94
William Johnston	46	8	152	6	3.30
Douglas Ring	19.1	1	62	1	3.23
Richie Benaud	15	3	55	0	3.67

Australia 2nd Innings Inning

209/10 (84.2 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Colin McDonald c Watkins b Fuller	11	0	0	0	0.00
Arthur Morris lbw b Tayfield	44	0	2	0	0.00
Neil Harvey b Fuller	7	0	1	0	0.00
Lindsay Hassett c Endean b Mansell	30	0	2	0	0.00
Ian Craig c Endean b Tayfield	47	0	4	0	0.00
Ronald Archer c Watkins b Tayfield	0	0	0	0	0.00
Richie Benaud c Watkins b Fuller	30	0	2	0	0.00
Douglas Ring c Endean b Mansell	0	0	0	0	0.00
Gil Langley not out	26	0	5	0	0.00
William Johnston c Cheetham b Fuller	5	0	1	0	0.00
Geoffrey Noblet b Fuller	1	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS ( b 7, lb 1, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	8
TOTAL (2.48 RUNS PER OVER)	209/10 (84.2 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

36-1 (Colin McDonald, 0 ov), 70-3 (Arthur Morris, 0 ov), 44-2 (Neil Harvey, 0 ov), 128-4 (Lindsay Hassett, 0 ov), 152-6 (Ian Craig, 0 ov), 129-5 (Ronald Archer, 0 ov), 187-8 (Richie Benaud, 0 ov), 152-7 (Douglas Ring, 0 ov), 193-9 (William Johnston, 0 ov), 209-10 (Geoffrey Noblet, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Edward Fuller	30.2	4	66	5	2.18
John Watkins	14	4	33	0	2.36
Hugh Tayfield	32	8	73	3	2.28
Percy Mansell	8	3	29	2	3.63

South Africa 2nd Innings (target 295) Inning

297/4 (95.5 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Russell Endean b Johnston	70	0	3	0	0.00
John Waite c Archer b Noblet	18	0	1	0	0.00
John Watkins b Ring	50	0	4	0	0.00
Kenneth Funston b Benaud	35	0	3	0	0.00
Headley Keith not out	40	0	4	0	0.00
Roy McLean not out	76	0	14	0	0.00
EXTRAS ( b 2, lb 6, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	8
TOTAL (3.11 RUNS PER OVER)	297/4 (95.5 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

124-2 (Russell Endean, 0 ov), 42-1 (John Waite, 0 ov), 174-3 (John Watkins, 0 ov), 191-4 (Kenneth Funston, 0 ov)

DID NOT BAT

John Cheetham, Percy Mansell, Anton Murray, Hugh Tayfield, Edward Fuller

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Geoffrey Noblet	24	9	44	1	1.83
Ronald Archer	5	0	23	0	4.60
William Johnston	38	7	114	1	3.00
Douglas Ring	13	2	55	1	4.23
Richie Benaud	15	4	41	1	2.73
Lindsay Hassett	0.5	0	12	0	14.40