| f19270 | |
| Venue | Grace Road, Leicester on 21st, 23rd, 24th July 1951 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | South Africans won by 6 wickets |
| Umpires | FS Lee, A Skelding |
| Close of play day 1 | South Africans (1) 15/0 (Rowan 5*, Endean 9*) |
| Close of play day 2 | South Africans (1) 227/8 (Mann 5*, Chubb 0*) |
| Leicestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Lester | c and b van Ryneveld | 31 | |||||
| GA Smithson | b Melle | 3 | |||||
| M Tompkin | b Chubb | 64 | |||||
| *CH Palmer | c Rowan b Tayfield | 37 | |||||
| VE Jackson | c and 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 | (9 b, 3 lb, 2 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 112.3 overs) | 267 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8, 2-85, 3-120, 4-139, 5-160, 6-192, 7-194, 8-217, 9-260, 10-267 (112.3 ov) | |||||||
| South Africans bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| 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 Africans first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 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 | (4 b, 3 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 96.5 overs) | 235 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-54, 2-108, 3-155, 4-155, 5-167, 6-206, 7-217, 8-221, 9-228, 10-235 (96.5 ov) | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| 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 second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 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 | |||||
| +J Firth | did not bat | ||||||
| CRD Wooler | did not bat | ||||||
| J Sperry | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 2 lb, 1 nb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 55 overs) | 134 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8, 2-8, 3-30, 4-88, 5-91, 6-126 | |||||||
| South Africans bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Melle | 8 | 0 | 36 | 2 | - | - | |
| Chubb | 16 | 3 | 50 | 1 | - | - | |
| Tayfield | 13 | 3 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mann | 18 | 9 | 16 | 3 | - | - | |
| South Africans second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| EAB Rowan | not out | 115 | 95 | 14 | - | ||
| +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 | |||||
| JE Cheetham | did not bat | ||||||
| GM Fullerton | did not bat | ||||||
| HJ Tayfield | did not bat | ||||||
| GWA Chubb | did not bat | ||||||
| MG Melle | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 32.1 overs) | 168 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-36, 2-49, 3-79, 4-156 | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wooler | 8 | 0 | 47 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sperry | 9 | 1 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| Jackson | 8.1 | 1 | 41 | 1 | - | - | |
| Munden | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Palmer | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> VE Jackson (2) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> GL Berry (2) passed 30000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> CH Palmer achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the South Africans first innings (previous best was 4-13)
--> CH Palmer achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the South Africans first innings
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