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| Venue | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide on 24th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th January 1953 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | MJ McInnes, RJJ Wright |
| Close of play day 1 | Australia (1) 182/1 (McDonald 107*, Hassett 71*) |
| Close of play day 2 | South Africa (1) 4/0 (McGlew 4*, Endean 0*) |
| Close of play day 3 | South Africa (1) 224/4 (Funston 71*, Watkins 4*) |
| Close of play day 4 | Australia (2) 144/1 (Morris 58*, Harvey 70*) |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CC McDonald | st Waite b Tayfield | 154 | 315 | 16 | 1 | ||
| AR Morris | c Endean b Fuller | 1 | 18 | - | - | ||
| *AL Hassett | c McGlew b Mansell | 163 | 359 | 15 | - | ||
| RN Harvey | c Tayfield b Fuller | 84 | 144 | 10 | - | ||
| KR Miller | c Waite b Tayfield | 9 | 35 | - | - | ||
| GB Hole | c and b Mansell | 59 | 107 | 5 | - | ||
| R Benaud | b Melle | 6 | 10 | 1 | - | ||
| DT Ring | c McLean b Tayfield | 28 | 22 | 4 | - | ||
| RR Lindwall | lbw b Tayfield | 2 | 15 | - | - | ||
| +GRA Langley | not out | 5 | 24 | - | - | ||
| WA Johnston | run out | 11 | 12 | 2 | - | ||
| Extras | (1 b, 7 lb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 135 overs) | 530 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2 (Morris), 2-277 (McDonald), 3-356 (Hassett), 4-387 (Miller), 5-439 (Harvey), 6-448 (Benaud), 7-494 (Ring), 8-505 (Lindwall), 9-517 (Hole), 10-530 (Johnston, 135 ov) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Melle | 26 | 1 | 105 | 1 | - | - | |
| Fuller | 25 | 2 | 119 | 2 | - | - | |
| Tayfield | 44 | 6 | 142 | 4 | - | - | |
| Mansell | 32 | 1 | 113 | 2 | - | - | |
| McGlew | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Watkins | 6 | 1 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| South Africa first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DJ McGlew | c Hole b Johnston | 26 | 113 | 4 | - | ||
| WR Endean | c Langley b Benaud | 56 | 176 | 4 | - | ||
| RA McLean | c Hassett b Ring | 11 | 37 | 1 | - | ||
| +JHB Waite | c Hole b Benaud | 44 | 151 | 2 | - | ||
| KJ Funston | c and b Benaud | 92 | 218 | 7 | - | ||
| JC Watkins | b Benaud | 76 | 199 | 10 | - | ||
| *JE Cheetham | b Johnston | 6 | 27 | 1 | - | ||
| PNF Mansell | c Hole b Johnston | 33 | 56 | 7 | - | ||
| HJ Tayfield | b Johnston | 16 | 34 | 1 | - | ||
| ERH Fuller | c and b Johnston | 0 | 17 | - | - | ||
| MG Melle | not out | 9 | 7 | 1 | - | ||
| Extras | (12 b, 4 lb, 2 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 141.4 overs) | 387 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-62 (McGlew), 2-79 (McLean), 3-100 (Endean), 4-208 (Waite), 5-270 (Funston), 6-296 (Cheetham), 7-350 (Mansell), 8-374 (Watkins), 9-378 (Tayfield), 10-387 (Fuller, 141.4 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lindwall | 13 | 0 | 47 | 0 | - | - | |
| Johnston | 49.3 | 17 | 110 | 5 | - | - | |
| Miller | 2.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ring | 30 | 8 | 88 | 1 | - | - | |
| Benaud | 44 | 9 | 118 | 4 | - | - | |
| Hole | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CC McDonald | b Mansell | 15 | 45 | 2 | - | ||
| AR Morris | c Endean b Melle | 77 | 164 | 8 | - | ||
| RN Harvey | c Endean b Watkins | 116 | 125 | 13 | - | ||
| GB Hole | not out | 6 | 23 | 1 | - | ||
| R Benaud | not out | 18 | 15 | 2 | - | ||
| *AL Hassett | did not bat | ||||||
| KR Miller | did not bat | ||||||
| DT Ring | did not bat | ||||||
| RR Lindwall | did not bat | ||||||
| +GRA Langley | did not bat | ||||||
| WA Johnston | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, declared, 47 overs) | 233 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-42 (McDonald), 2-199 (Morris), 3-209 (Harvey) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Melle | 10 | 1 | 50 | 1 | - | - | |
| Fuller | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mansell | 7 | 0 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| Tayfield | 14 | 1 | 65 | 0 | - | - | |
| Watkins | 12 | 1 | 58 | 1 | - | - | |
| McGlew | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| South Africa second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DJ McGlew | c Langley b Johnston | 54 | 114 | 6 | - | ||
| +JHB Waite | b Hole | 20 | 100 | - | - | ||
| RA McLean | c Hole b Benaud | 17 | 36 | 3 | - | ||
| WR Endean | b Harvey | 17 | 125 | 1 | - | ||
| KJ Funston | lbw b Johnston | 17 | 43 | - | - | ||
| JC Watkins | b Morris | 21 | 42 | 3 | - | ||
| *JE Cheetham | not out | 13 | 29 | 1 | - | ||
| PNF Mansell | not out | 2 | 13 | - | - | ||
| HJ Tayfield | did not bat | ||||||
| ERH Fuller | did not bat | ||||||
| MG Melle | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (16 b) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 72 overs) | 177 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-81 (Waite), 2-95 (McGlew), 3-109 (McLean), 4-127 (Funston), 5-158 (Watkins), 6-166 (Endean) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Johnston | 24 | 4 | 67 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hole | 9 | 4 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ring | 11 | 3 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Benaud | 14 | 5 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Harvey | 7 | 2 | 9 | 1 | - | - | |
| Morris | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hassett | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| McDonald | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> ERH Fuller made his debut in Test matches
--> MG Melle made his last appearance in Test matches
--> CC McDonald (1) 50 in 130 minutes with 4 fours
--> CC McDonald (1) passed his previous highest score of 82 in Test matches
--> CC McDonald (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> CC McDonald (1) 100 in 210 minutes with 10 fours
--> AL Hassett (1) 50 in 134 minutes with 2 fours
--> AL Hassett (1) 100 in 265 minutes with 6 fours
--> AL Hassett (1) passed 2500 runs in Test matches when he reached 25
--> RN Harvey (1) 50 in 87 minutes with 5 fours
--> GB Hole (1) 50 in 94 minutes
--> WR Endean (1) 50 in 165 minutes with 4 fours
--> WR Endean (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 56
--> KJ Funston (1) 50 in 104 minutes with 5 fours
--> KJ Funston (1) passed his previous highest score of 65 in Test matches
--> JC Watkins (1) passed his previous highest score of 48 in Test matches
--> JC Watkins (1) 50 in 128 minutes
--> AR Morris (2) 50 in 99 minutes with 5 fours
--> AR Morris (2) passed 2500 runs in Test matches when he reached 13
--> RN Harvey (2) 50 in 62 minutes with 6 fours
--> RN Harvey (2) 100 in 106 minutes with 11 fours
--> DJ McGlew (2) 50 in 105 minutes
--> ERH Fuller made his debut for South Africa in First-Class matches
--> R Benaud achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed KJ Funston in the South Africa first innings (previous best was 2-20)
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