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Australia vs South Africa 5th Test Match 1953 Scorecard

Series: Australia vs South Africa Test Series 1952-1953
Schedule: Australia vs South Africa 5th Test Match 1953
Result: South Africa won by 6 wickets	Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Player of the match: -
Toss : Australia, Decided to Bat
Start Date: 1953-02-06	End Date: 1953-02-12

Australia First Innings		R	4s	SR
Colin McDonald	c Roy McLean b Percy Mansell	41	1	---
Arthur Morris	run out	99	7	---
Neil Harvey	c Jack Cheetham b Eddie Fuller	205	19	---
Lindsay Hassett	run out	40	1	---
Ian Craig	c Headley Keith b Eddie Fuller	53	6	---
Ron Archer	c John Waite b Eddie Fuller	18	1	---
Richard Benaud	c & b Hugh Tayfield	20	2	---
Doug Ring	b Hugh Tayfield	14	2	---
Gil Langley	b Anton Murray	2	0	---
Bill Johnston	c Russell Endean b Hugh Tayfield	12	2	---
Geff Noblet	not out	13	2	---
	Total (133.4 overs)	517 + 3 (extra) = 520/10	43

Extra : (b 0, lb 3, w 0, nb 0, penalty 0)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Eddie Fuller	19.0	4	74	3	3.895
John Watkins	23.0	3	72	0	3.130
Hugh Tayfield	35.4	4	129	3	3.617
Anton Murray	25.0	3	84	1	3.360
Percy Mansell	22.0	0	114	1	5.182
Headley Keith	9.0	0	44	0	4.889

Fall of Wickets

1 /122( Colin McDonald, 0.0)

2 /166( Arthur Morris, 0.0)

3 /269( Lindsay Hassett, 0.0)

4 /417( Ian Craig, 0.0)

5 /450( Neil Harvey, 0.0)

6 /459( Ron Archer, 0.0)

7 /490( Doug Ring, 0.0)

8 /493( Gil Langley, 0.0)

9 /495( Richard Benaud, 0.0)

10 /520( Bill Johnston, 0.0)

South Africa Second Innings		R	4s	6s	SR
Russell Endean	c Gil Langley b Bill Johnston	16	0	0	---
John Waite	run out	64	4	0	---
John Watkins	b Ron Archer	92	8	1	---
Ken Funston	lbw b Bill Johnston	16	1	0	---
Headley Keith	b Bill Johnston	10	0	0	---
Roy McLean	lbw b Geff Noblet	81	10	1	---
Jack Cheetham	c Colin McDonald b Bill Johnston	66	7	0	---
Percy Mansell	lbw b Bill Johnston	52	4	0	---
Anton Murray	c & b Bill Johnston	17	2	0	---
Hugh Tayfield	c Richard Benaud b Doug Ring	17	0	0	---
Eddie Fuller	not out	0	0	0	---
	Total (143.1 overs)	431 + 4 (extra) = 435/10	36	2

Extra : (b 1, lb 3, w 0, nb 0, penalty 0)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Geff Noblet	30.0	6	65	1	2.167
Ron Archer	33.0	4	97	1	2.939
Bill Johnston	46.0	8	152	6	3.304
Doug Ring	19.1	1	62	1	3.235
Richard Benaud	15.0	3	55	0	3.667

Fall of Wickets

1 /31( Russell Endean, 0.0)

2 /129( John Waite, 0.0)

3 /189( Ken Funston, 0.0)

4 /189( John Watkins, 0.0)

5 /239( Headley Keith, 0.0)

6 /290( Roy McLean, 0.0)

7 /401( Percy Mansell, 0.0)

8 /402( Jack Cheetham, 0.0)

9 /435( Anton Murray, 0.0)

10 /435( Hugh Tayfield, 0.0)

Australia Third Innings		R	4s	SR
Colin McDonald	c John Watkins b Eddie Fuller	11	0	---
Arthur Morris	lbw b Hugh Tayfield	44	2	---
Neil Harvey	b Eddie Fuller	7	1	---
Lindsay Hassett	c Russell Endean b Percy Mansell	30	2	---
Ian Craig	c Russell Endean b Hugh Tayfield	47	4	---
Ron Archer	c John Watkins b Hugh Tayfield	0	0	---
Richard Benaud	c John Watkins b Eddie Fuller	30	2	---
Doug Ring	c Russell Endean b Percy Mansell	0	0	---
Gil Langley	not out	26	5	---
Bill Johnston	c Jack Cheetham b Eddie Fuller	5	1	---
Geff Noblet	b Eddie Fuller	1	0	---
	Total (84.2 overs)	201 + 8 (extra) = 209/10	17

Extra : (b 7, lb 1, w 0, nb 0, penalty 0)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Eddie Fuller	30.2	4	66	5	2.176
John Watkins	14.0	4	33	0	2.357
Hugh Tayfield	32.0	8	73	3	2.281
Percy Mansell	8.0	3	29	2	3.625

Fall of Wickets

1 /36(Colin McDonald, 0.0)

2 /44(Neil Harvey, 0.0)

3 /70(Arthur Morris, 0.0)

4 /128(Lindsay Hassett, 0.0)

5 /129(Ron Archer, 0.0)

6 /152(Ian Craig, 0.0)

7 /152(Doug Ring, 0.0)

8 /187(Richard Benaud, 0.0)

9 /193(Bill Johnston, 0.0)

10 /209(Geff Noblet, 0.0)

South Africa Fourth Innings		R	4s	SR
Russell Endean	b Bill Johnston	70	3	---
John Waite	c Ron Archer b Geff Noblet	18	1	---
John Watkins	b Doug Ring	50	4	---
Ken Funston	b Richard Benaud	35	3	---
Headley Keith	not out	40	4	---
Roy McLean	not out	76	14	---
	Total (95.5 overs)	289 + 8 (extra) = 297/4	29

Extra : (b 2, lb 6, w 0, nb 0, penalty 0)
Did not bat

Jack Cheetham,

Percy Mansell,

Anton Murray,

Hugh Tayfield,

Eddie Fuller,

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Geff Noblet	24.0	9	44	1	1.833
Ron Archer	5.0	0	23	0	4.600
Bill Johnston	38.0	7	114	1	3.000
Doug Ring	13.0	2	55	1	4.231
Richard Benaud	15.0	4	41	1	2.733
Lindsay Hassett	0.5	0	12	0	14.400

Fall of Wickets

1 /42(John Waite, 0.0)

2 /124(Russell Endean, 0.0)

3 /174(John Watkins, 0.0)

4 /191(Ken Funston, 0.0)

Match Details

Series Status
(Or Points)

5 Match Test Series Drawn By 2-2

Debut Player(s)

Headley Keith(South Africa)

Ron Archer(Australia)

Ian Craig(Australia)

Umpire

Mel McInnes , Ronald Wright

TV Umpire

Match Referee

Reserve Umpire

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