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t338 England v South Africa

South Africa in British Isles 1951 (5th Test)

Venue Kennington Oval on 16th, 17th, 18th August 1951 (5-day match)

Balls per over 6

Toss South Africa won the toss and decided to bat

Result England won by 4 wickets

Umpires F Chester, D Davies

Close of play day 1 England (1) 51/2 (May 22*)

Close of play day 2 South Africa (2) 68/3 (EAB Rowan 36*, Cheetham 7*)

South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EAB Rowan	c Hutton b Brown	55		165		-
+WR Endean	c Brown b Laker	31		115		-
CB van Ryneveld	st Brennan b Laker	10
*AD Nourse	lbw b Brown	4
JE Cheetham	lbw b Laker	0
RA McLean	c May b Laker	14
PNF Mansell	b Tattersall	8
AMB Rowan	c Laker b Bedser	41
GWA Chubb	b Bedser	10
MG Melle	b Shackleton	5
CN McCarthy	not out	4
Extras	(11 b, 8 lb, 1 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 106.3 overs)	202
Fall of wickets: 1-66 (Endean), 2-106 (EAB Rowan), 3-106 (van Ryneveld), 4-106 (Cheetham), 5-126 (McLean), 6-131 (Nourse), 7-146 (Mansell), 8-175 (Chubb), 9-186 (Melle), 10-202 (AMB Rowan, 106.3 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedser	19.3	6	36	2	-	-
Shackleton	15	5	20	1	-	-
Tattersall	14	7	26	1	-	-
Laker	37	12	64	4	-	-
Brown	20	10	31	2	-	-
Compton	1	0	5	0	-	-

England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Hutton	lbw b AMB Rowan	28
FA Lowson	c Endean b Melle	0
PBH May	b Chubb	33
DCS Compton	b McCarthy	73		220	4	-
W Watson	run out	31
*FR Brown	c van Ryneveld b AMB Rowan	1
JC Laker	b Chubb	6
D Shackleton	c van Ryneveld b Melle	14
AV Bedser	c Endean b Melle	2
+DV Brennan	lbw b Melle	0
R Tattersall	not out	0
Extras	(4 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 87 overs)	194
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Lowson), 2-51 (Hutton), 3-79 (May), 4-128 (Watson), 5-134 (Brown), 6-145 (Laker), 7-173 (Shackleton), 8-189 (Bedser), 9-190 (Brennan), 10-194 (Compton, 87 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCarthy	17	0	45	1	-	-
Melle	10	6	9	4	-	-
AMB Rowan	27	9	44	2	-	-
Chubb	30	5	70	2	-	-
van Ryneveld	3	0	20	0	-	-

South Africa second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EAB Rowan	lbw b Laker	45
+WR Endean	lbw b Bedser	7
CB van Ryneveld	lbw b Laker	5
*AD Nourse	b Laker	4
JE Cheetham	c Hutton b Tattersall	18
RA McLean	c Lowson b Laker	18
PNF Mansell	lbw b Laker	0			-	-
AMB Rowan	not out	15
GWA Chubb	c Hutton b Bedser	7
MG Melle	b Laker	17
CN McCarthy	b Bedser	0			-	-
Extras	(11 b, 7 lb)	18
Total	(all out, 75.5 overs)	154
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Endean), 2-35 (van Ryneveld), 3-57 (Nourse), 4-84 (EAB Rowan), 5-106 (Cheetham), 6-111 (Mansell), 7-116 (McLean), 8-130 (Chubb), 9-153 (Melle), 10-154 (McCarthy, 75.5 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedser	19.5	6	32	3	-	-
Shackleton	10	2	19	0	-	-
Laker	28	8	55	6	-	-
Brown	13	5	20	0	-	-
Tattersall	5	1	10	1	-	-

England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Hutton	obstructing the field	27		50		-
FA Lowson	c van Ryneveld b AMB Rowan	37
PBH May	c EAB Rowan b AMB Rowan	0	1	1	-	-
DCS Compton	c van Ryneveld b Chubb	18
W Watson	c Endean b Chubb	15
*FR Brown	lbw b Chubb	40				1
JC Laker	not out	13			2	-
D Shackleton	not out	5
AV Bedser	did not bat
+DV Brennan	did not bat
R Tattersall	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(6 wickets, 62.1 overs)	164
Fall of wickets: 1-53 (Hutton), 2-53 (May), 3-84 (Compton), 4-90 (Lowson), 5-132 (Watson), 6-151 (Brown)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCarthy	7	0	17	0	-	-
Melle	3	0	8	0	-	-
AMB Rowan	24.1	2	77	2	-	-
Chubb	28	10	53	3	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.
--> WR Endean made his debut in Test Matches
--> WR Endean (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 19
--> AMB Rowan (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 38
--> MG Melle (2) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 14
--> AMB Rowan reached 50 wickets in First-Class Matches for the season when he dismissed L Hutton, his 1st wicket in the England first innings

L Hutton became the first batsman to be dismissed obstructing the field in Tests. After top edging a ball, he played at it a second time to defend it from hitting the stumps, but in the process prevented the wicket-keeper WR Endean from taking a catch.

f19100 t338	England v South Africa
	South Africa in British Isles 1951 (5th Test)
Venue	Kennington Oval on 16th, 17th, 18th August 1951 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Africa won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by 4 wickets
Umpires	F Chester, D Davies
Close of play day 1	England (1) 51/2 (May 22*)
Close of play day 2	South Africa (2) 68/3 (EAB Rowan 36, Cheetham 7)