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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 24th, 26th, 27th, 29th, 30th December 1952 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | South Africa won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | South Africa won by 82 runs |
| Umpires | HAR Elphinston, MJ McInnes |
| Close of play day 1 | Australia (1) 26/0 (McDonald 14*, Morris 11*) |
| Close of play day 2 | South Africa (2) 6/0 (McGlew 4*, Waite 2*) |
| Close of play day 3 | South Africa (2) 267/4 (Endean 115*, Cheetham 2*) |
| Close of play day 4 | Australia (2) 132/4 (Miller 23*, Langley 0*) |
| South Africa first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DJ McGlew | b Lindwall | 46 | 163 | 2 | - | ||
| +JHB Waite | c Lindwall b Miller | 0 | 1 | 5 | - | - | |
| WR Endean | c Benaud b Lindwall | 2 | 13 | - | - | ||
| KJ Funston | c Ring b Miller | 9 | 38 | - | - | ||
| RA McLean | c Lindwall b Ring | 27 | 40 | 2 | - | ||
| *JE Cheetham | c Johnston b Miller | 15 | 28 | - | - | ||
| JC Watkins | c Langley b Benaud | 19 | 50 | 1 | - | ||
| PNF Mansell | b Lindwall | 24 | 42 | 4 | - | ||
| ARA Murray | c Johnston b Benaud | 51 | 106 | 5 | - | ||
| HJ Tayfield | c Langley b Miller | 23 | 59 | 1 | - | ||
| MG Melle | not out | 4 | 20 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (4 b, 3 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 71.6 overs) | 227 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2 (Waite), 2-9 (Endean), 3-27 (Funston), 4-63 (McLean), 5-93 (Cheetham), 6-112 (McGlew), 7-126 (Watkins), 8-156 (Mansell), 9-207 (Tayfield), 10-227 (Murray, 71.6 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lindwall | 14 | 2 | 29 | 3 | - | - | |
| Miller | 21 | 3 | 62 | 4 | - | - | |
| Johnston | 12 | 2 | 37 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ring | 18 | 1 | 72 | 1 | - | - | |
| Benaud | 6.6 | 1 | 20 | 2 | - | - | |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CC McDonald | c sub (ERH Fuller) b Mansell | 82 | 165 | 7 | - | ||
| AR Morris | c and b Tayfield | 43 | 107 | 1 | - | ||
| RN Harvey | c Cheetham b Tayfield | 11 | 16 | 1 | - | ||
| *AL Hassett | c Melle b Mansell | 18 | 54 | 1 | - | ||
| KR Miller | c Endean b Tayfield | 52 | 101 | 5 | 1 | ||
| GB Hole | c Waite b Mansell | 13 | 27 | 1 | - | ||
| R Benaud | b Tayfield | 5 | 22 | - | - | ||
| RR Lindwall | run out | 1 | 10 | - | - | ||
| DT Ring | c McGlew b Tayfield | 14 | 22 | 2 | - | ||
| +GRA Langley | not out | 2 | 10 | - | - | ||
| WA Johnston | lbw b Tayfield | 0 | 2 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (2 nb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 71.4 overs) | 243 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-84 (Morris), 2-98 (Harvey), 3-155 (McDonald), 4-158 (Hassett), 5-188 (Hole), 6-211 (Benaud), 7-219 (Lindwall), 8-239 (Ring), 9-243 (Miller), 10-243 (Johnston, 71.4 ov) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Melle | 14 | 0 | 73 | 0 | - | - | |
| Watkins | 6 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Murray | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Tayfield | 29.4 | 9 | 84 | 6 | - | - | |
| Mansell | 19 | 3 | 58 | 3 | - | - | |
| South Africa second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DJ McGlew | st Langley b Ring | 13 | 47 | 1 | - | ||
| +JHB Waite | c Hole b Miller | 62 | 195 | 5 | - | ||
| WR Endean | not out | 162 | 452 | 9 | - | ||
| KJ Funston | run out | 26 | 73 | 2 | - | ||
| RA McLean | lbw b Miller | 42 | 65 | 6 | - | ||
| *JE Cheetham | lbw b Johnston | 6 | 43 | - | - | ||
| JC Watkins | b Johnston | 3 | 16 | - | - | ||
| PNF Mansell | b Miller | 18 | 40 | 4 | - | ||
| ARA Murray | st Langley b Ring | 23 | 39 | 3 | - | ||
| HJ Tayfield | lbw b Lindwall | 22 | 29 | 5 | - | ||
| MG Melle | b Lindwall | 0 | 2 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (1 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 4 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 128.5 overs) | 388 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-23 (McGlew), 2-134 (Waite), 3-196 (Funston), 4-261 (McLean), 5-284 (Cheetham), 6-290 (Watkins), 7-317 (Mansell), 8-353 (Murray), 9-388 (Tayfield), 10-388 (Melle, 128.5 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lindwall | 31.5 | 4 | 87 | 2 | - | - | |
| Miller | 22 | 5 | 51 | 3 | - | - | |
| Johnston | 31 | 9 | 77 | 2 | - | - | |
| Ring | 31 | 5 | 115 | 2 | - | - | |
| Benaud | 6 | 0 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hole | 7 | 0 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CC McDonald | c Mansell b Murray | 23 | 53 | 3 | - | ||
| AR Morris | c Watkins b Melle | 1 | 12 | - | - | ||
| *AL Hassett | lbw b Tayfield | 21 | 95 | 2 | - | ||
| RN Harvey | c Watkins b Tayfield | 60 | 94 | 6 | - | ||
| KR Miller | b Tayfield | 31 | 61 | 2 | - | ||
| +GRA Langley | b Tayfield | 4 | 13 | - | - | ||
| GB Hole | b Tayfield | 25 | 49 | 4 | - | ||
| R Benaud | c Melle b Tayfield | 45 | 176 | 4 | - | ||
| RR Lindwall | b Melle | 19 | 61 | 3 | - | ||
| DT Ring | c Melle b Tayfield | 53 | 81 | 6 | - | ||
| WA Johnston | not out | 0 | 2 | 8 | - | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 6 lb, 1 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 95.1 overs) | 290 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3 (Morris), 2-34 (McDonald), 3-76 (Hassett), 4-131 (Harvey), 5-139 (Langley), 6-148 (Miller), 7-181 (Hole), 8-216 (Lindwall), 9-277 (Benaud), 10-290 (Ring, 95.1 ov) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Melle | 11 | 2 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| Watkins | 10 | 2 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Tayfield | 37.1 | 13 | 81 | 7 | - | - | |
| Murray | 23 | 7 | 59 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mansell | 14 | 2 | 69 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> DJ McGlew (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> ARA Murray (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Test matches
--> CC McDonald (1) 50 in 136 minutes with 3 fours
--> CC McDonald (1) passed his previous highest score of 62 in Test matches
--> AL Hassett (1) passed 15000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> JHB Waite (2) 50 in 161 minutes with 5 fours
--> WR Endean (2) passed his previous highest score of 31 in Test matches
--> WR Endean (2) made his first century in Test matches
--> WR Endean (2) 50 in 124 minutes with 4 fours
--> WR Endean (2) 100 in 259 minutes
--> RN Harvey (2) 50 in 84 minutes with 5 fours
--> R Benaud (2) passed his previous highest score of 19 in Test matches
--> PNF Mansell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed CC McDonald in the Australia first innings (previous best was 0-11)
--> KR Miller reached 100 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed JHB Waite, his 1st wicket in the South Africa second innings
--> HJ Tayfield bowled 9 consecutive maidens for South Africa
--> HJ Tayfield bowled 9 consecutive maidens for South Africa
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