f19900	Victoria v South Africans
	South Africa in Australia and New Zealand 1952/53
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 31st January, 2nd, 3rd, 4th February 1953 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Victoria won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	AN Barlow, RG Hele
Close of play day 1	South Africans (1) 284/6 (Keith 66*, Norton 1*)
Close of play day 2	South Africans (1) 381/8 (Norton 46*, Fuller 3*)
Close of play day 3	Victoria (1) 258/8 (IH McDonald 18*, Hill 3*)

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South Africans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ McGlew	c Hill b Johnston	0
+WR Endean	c IH McDonald b Hill	22
GAS Innes	c Hassett b Ring	109
RA McLean	b Johnson	1
JC Watkins	c R Harvey b Ring	33
*JE Cheetham	c Johnston b Loxton	46
HJ Keith	c IH McDonald b Johnson	111
EB Norton	lbw b Johnston	58
PNF Mansell	c Johnston b Loxton	4
ERH Fuller	not out	8
MG Melle	c R Harvey b Johnston	3
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 447 minutes, 121.6 overs)	401
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-31, 3-32, 4-89, 5-177, 6-259, 7-361, 8-373, 9-395, 10-401 (121.6 ov)

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Johnston	25.6	3	89	3	1	-
Loxton	20	3	53	2	-	-
Hill	17	3	63	1	-	-
Johnson	34	8	95	2	-	-
Ring	23	5	83	2	-	-
R Harvey	2	0	12	0	-	-

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Victoria first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	c Mansell b Fuller	1
R Harvey	c Cheetham b Mansell	47
*AL Hassett	c Mansell b Fuller	7
RN Harvey	c and b Mansell	69
SJE Loxton	c Keith b Melle	60
JL Chambers	lbw b Mansell	4
DT Ring	c and b Mansell	3
IWG Johnson	run out (sub [KJ Funston])	44
+IH McDonald	not out	18
JC Hill	c Watkins b Mansell	3
WA Johnston	lbw b Mansell	0
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 258 minutes, 61.3 overs)	260
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-21, 3-117, 4-128, 5-138, 6-142, 7-231, 8-250, 9-258, 10-260 (61.3 ov)

South Africans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Melle	11	0	58	1	-	-
Fuller	17	2	73	2	-	-
Watkins	7	0	30	0	-	-
Keith	12	1	42	0	-	-
Mansell	14.3	0	53	6	-	-

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South Africans second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+WR Endean	b Johnston	11
GAS Innes	c IH McDonald b Loxton	7
JC Watkins	c Hassett b Johnston	0
RA McLean	c Johnson b Loxton	6
*JE Cheetham	c IH McDonald b Johnston	74
HJ Keith	not out	113
EB Norton	c IH McDonald b Johnston	2
PNF Mansell	c IH McDonald b Loxton	7
ERH Fuller	c R Harvey b Ring	3
MG Melle	st IH McDonald b Ring	0
DJ McGlew	absent hurt
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 259 minutes, 65.6 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-16, 3-20, 4-29, 5-184, 6-191, 7-210, 8-220, 9-228 (65.6 ov)

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Johnston	12	1	33	4	-	-
Loxton	16	2	49	3	1	-
Johnson	14	2	50	0	-	1
Ring	10.6	2	38	2	-	-
RN Harvey	5	0	21	0	-	-
Hassett	4	0	16	0	-	-
R Harvey	4	1	16	0	-	-

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Victoria second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+IH McDonald	not out	12
R Harvey	not out	5
CC McDonald	did not bat
*AL Hassett	did not bat
RN Harvey	did not bat
SJE Loxton	did not bat
JL Chambers	did not bat
DT Ring	did not bat
IWG Johnson	did not bat
JC Hill	did not bat
WA Johnston	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(no wicket, 14 minutes, 4 overs)	21

South Africans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watkins	2	1	3	0	-	-
Innes	1	0	5	0	-	-
Keith	1	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JE Cheetham (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> RN Harvey (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 56
--> SJE Loxton (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 42
--> HJ Keith (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> ERH Fuller reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Victoria first innings

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12th Men:J Hallebone (Vic) and KJ Funston (SAF)
Crowds: 11058, 4467, 2490, 956. Total: 18,971. Receipts: 1830 pounds

 

 

 

 

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