f19902 t365	Australia v South Africa
	South Africa in Australia and New Zealand 1952/53 (5th Test)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th February 1953 (6-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	South Africa won by 6 wickets
Umpires	MJ McInnes, RJJ Wright
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 243/2 (Harvey 71*, Hassett 30*)
Close of play day 2	South Africa (1) 48/1 (Waite 29*, Watkins 3*)
Close of play day 3	South Africa (1) 325/6 (Cheetham 27*, Mansell 16*)
Close of play day 4	Australia (2) 89/3 (Hassett 17*, Craig 7*)
Close of play day 5	South Africa (2) 94/1 (Endean 57*, Watkins 17*)

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	c McLean b Mansell	41		134	1	-
AR Morris	run out	99		163	7	-
RN Harvey	c Cheetham b Fuller	205		295	19	-
*AL Hassett	run out	40		118	1	-
ID Craig	c Keith b Fuller	53		107	6	-
RG Archer	c Waite b Fuller	18		52	1	-
R Benaud	c and b Tayfield	20		59	2	-
DT Ring	b Tayfield	14		32	2	-
+GRA Langley	b Murray	2		4	-	-
WA Johnston	c Endean b Tayfield	12		21	2	-
G Noblet	not out	13		17	2	-
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 133.4 overs)	520
Fall of wickets:
1-122 (McDonald), 2-166 (Morris), 3-269 (Hassett), 4-417 (Craig), 5-450 (Harvey), 6-459 (Archer), 7-490 (Ring), 8-493 (Langley), 9-495 (Benaud), 10-520 (Johnston, 133.4 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fuller	19	4	74	3	-	-
Watkins	23	3	72	0	-	-
Tayfield	35.4	4	129	3	-	-
Murray	25	3	84	1	-	-
Mansell	22	0	114	1	-	-
Keith	9	0	44	0	-	-

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South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WR Endean	c Langley b Johnston	16		39	-	-
+JHB Waite	run out	64		154	4	-
JC Watkins	b Archer	92		193	8	1
KJ Funston	lbw b Johnston	16		74	1	-
HJ Keith	b Johnston	10		61	-	-
RA McLean	lbw b Noblet	81		93	10	1
*JE Cheetham	c McDonald b Johnston	66		193	7	-
PNF Mansell	lbw b Johnston	52		151	4	-
ARA Murray	c and b Johnston	17		57	2	-
HJ Tayfield	c Benaud b Ring	17		57	-	-
ERH Fuller	not out	0		2	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 143.1 overs)	435
Fall of wickets:
1-31 (Endean), 2-129 (Waite), 3-189 (Funston), 4-189 (Watkins), 5-239 (Keith), 6-290 (McLean), 7-401 (Mansell), 8-402 (Cheetham), 9-435 (Murray), 10-435 (Tayfield, 143.1 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Noblet	30	6	65	1	-	-
Archer	33	4	97	1	-	-
Johnston	46	8	152	6	-	-
Ring	19.1	1	62	1	-	-
Benaud	15	3	55	0	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	c Watkins b Fuller	11		72	-	-
AR Morris	lbw b Tayfield	44		124	2	-
RN Harvey	b Fuller	7		14	1	-
*AL Hassett	c Endean b Mansell	30		120	2	-
ID Craig	c Endean b Tayfield	47		114	4	-
RG Archer	c Watkins b Tayfield	0		4	-	-
R Benaud	c Watkins b Fuller	30		68	2	-
DT Ring	c Endean b Mansell	0		3	-	-
+GRA Langley	not out	26		77	5	-
WA Johnston	c Cheetham b Fuller	5		16	1	-
G Noblet	b Fuller	1		19	-	-
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 84.2 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-36 (McDonald), 2-44 (Harvey), 3-70 (Morris), 4-128 (Hassett), 5-129 (Archer), 6-152 (Craig), 7-152 (Ring), 8-187 (Benaud), 9-193 (Johnston), 10-209 (Noblet, 84.2 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fuller	30.2	4	66	5	-	-
Watkins	14	4	33	0	-	-
Tayfield	32	8	73	3	-	-
Mansell	8	3	29	2	-	-

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South Africa second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WR Endean	b Johnston	70		180	3	-
+JHB Waite	c Archer b Noblet	18		77	1	-
JC Watkins	b Ring	50		162	4	-
KJ Funston	b Benaud	35		97	3	-
HJ Keith	not out	40		118	4	-
RA McLean	not out	76		80	14	-
*JE Cheetham	did not bat
PNF Mansell	did not bat
ARA Murray	did not bat
HJ Tayfield	did not bat
ERH Fuller	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb)	8
Total	(4 wickets, 95.5 overs)	297
Fall of wickets:
1-42 (Waite), 2-124 (Endean), 3-174 (Watkins), 4-191 (Funston)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Johnston	38	7	114	1	-	-
Noblet	24	9	44	1	-	-
Ring	13	2	55	1	-	-
Benaud	15	4	41	1	-	-
Archer	5	0	23	0	-	-
Hassett	0.5	0	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CC McDonald (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 21
--> AR Morris (1) passed 9500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 92
--> RN Harvey (1) passed his previous highest score of 190 in first-class matches
--> RN Harvey (1) passed his previous highest score of 190 in Test matches
--> RN Harvey (1) passed 7000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 106
--> ID Craig made his debut in Test matches
--> RG Archer made his debut in Test matches
--> JHB Waite (1) passed 3000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 36
--> JC Watkins (1) passed his previous highest score of 76 in Test matches
--> HJ Keith made his debut in Test matches
--> RA McLean (1) passed his previous highest score of 67 in Test matches
--> JE Cheetham (1) passed his previous highest score of 54 in Test matches
--> WR Endean (2) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 20
--> RA McLean (2) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 68
--> ERH Fuller achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed RG Archer in the Australia first innings (previous best was 2-119)
--> WA Johnston reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when he dismissed KJ Funston, his 2nd wicket in the South Africa first innings
--> WA Johnston reached 400 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed WR Endean, his 1st wicket in the South Africa first innings
--> ERH Fuller achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed WA Johnston in the Australia second innings (previous best was 3-74)

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