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South Africa in England, 1951
Leicestershire v South Africa
Grace Road, Leicester
21,23,24 July 1951 (3-day match)

Result: South Africa won by 6 wickets

Toss: Leicestershire
Umpires: FS Lee and A Skelding

Close of play:

  • Day 1:
  • Day 2:
    Leicestershire 1st innings
    G Lester                             c & b van Ryneveld        31
    GA Smithson                              b Melle                3
    M Tompkin                                b Chubb               64
    *CH Palmer            c Rowan            b Tayfield            37
    VE Jackson                           c & b Tayfield            11
    GL Berry              lbw                b Chubb               38
    MAJ Sargent           lbw                b Melle                3
    VS Munden             c Melle            b Chubb               44
    +J Firth              c Rowan            b Tayfield             3
    CRD Wooler            run out                                  19
    J Sperry              not out                                   0
    Extras                (b 9, lb 3, nb 2)                        14
    Total                 (all out, 112.3 overs)                  267
    
    FoW: 1-8, 2-85, 3-120, 4-139, 5-160,
         6-192, 7-194, 8-217, 9-260, 10-267.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Melle                       21      4     77      2
    Chubb                       34.3   14     48      3
    Tayfield                    29     10     55      3
    Mann                        19      5     44      0
    van Ryneveld                 9      0     29      1
    
    South Africa 1st innings
    EAB Rowan             c Smithson         b Jackson             61
    +WR Endean            c Lester           b Wooler              14
    CB van Ryneveld       lbw                b Palmer              61
    *AD Nourse            c Firth            b Palmer              16
    JE Cheetham           c Jackson          b Palmer               0
    RA McLean             c Firth            b Palmer              47
    GM Fullerton                             b Sperry               9
    HJ Tayfield           c Firth            b Palmer               7
    NBF Mann                                 b Sperry               8
    GWA Chubb                                b Sperry               0
    MG Melle              not out                                   5
    Extras                (b 4, nb 3)                               7
    Total                 (all out, 96.5 overs)                   235
    
    FoW: 1-54, 2-108, 3-155, 4-155, 5-167,
         6-206, 7-217, 8-221, 9-228, 10-235.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Wooler                      25      2     75      1
    Sperry                      23.5    4     58      3
    Palmer                      28     13     46      5
    Lester                       6      0     17      0
    Jackson                     12      4     27      1
    Munden                       2      0      5      0
    
    Leicestershire 2nd innings
    G Lester              c Nourse           b Melle                4
    GA Smithson                              b Chubb               18
    M Tompkin             c Endean           b Melle                0
    *CH Palmer            c Nourse           b Mann                43
    VE Jackson            c McLean           b Mann                24
    GL Berry              c McLean           b Mann                31
    MAJ Sargent           not out                                   7
    VS Munden             not out                                   3
    Extras                (b 1, lb 2, nb 1)                         4
    Total                 (6 wickets declared, 55 overs)          134
    
    DNB: +J Firth, CRD Wooler, J Sperry.
    
    FoW: 1-8, 2-8, 3-30, 4-88, 5-91, 6-126.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Melle                        8      0     36      2
    Chubb                       16      3     50      1
    Tayfield                    13      3     28      0
    Mann                        18      9     16      3
    
    South Africa 2nd innings (target: 167 runs)
    EAB Rowan             not out                                 115
    +WR Endean            c Lester           b Sperry               7
    CB van Ryneveld                          b Wooler               5
    RA McLean             lbw                b Jackson             25
    NBF Mann                                 b Palmer              14
    *AD Nourse            not out                                   1
    Extras                (lb 1)                                    1
    Total                 (4 wickets, 32.1 overs)                 168
    
    DNB: JE Cheetham, GM Fullerton, HJ Tayfield, GWA Chubb, MG Melle.
    
    FoW: 1-36, 2-49, 3-79, 4-156.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Wooler                       8      0     47      1
    Sperry                       9      1     39      1
    Palmer                       4      0     25      1
    Jackson                      8.1    1     41      1
    Munden                       3      0     15      0
    


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