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Test no. 338
South Africa in England Test Series - 5th Test
England v South Africa
1951 season

Played at Kennington Oval, London, on 16,17,18 August 1951 (5-day match)

Result England won by 4 wickets

South Africa 1st innings R M 4s 6s
EAB Rowan c Hutton b Brown 55 165 0
wicketkeeper WR Endean c Brown b Laker 31 115 0
CB van Ryneveld st wicketkeeperBrennan b Laker 10 0
captain AD Nourse lbw b Brown 4 0
JE Cheetham lbw b Laker 0 0 0
RA McLean c May b Laker 14 0
PNF Mansell b Tattersall 8 0
AMB Rowan c Laker b Bedser 41 0
GWA Chubb b Bedser 10 0
MG Melle b Shackleton 5 0
CN McCarthy not out 4 0
    Extras (b 11, lb 8, nb 1) 20
    Total (all out; 106.3 overs) 202 (1.89 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-66 (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)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 AV Bedser 19.3 6 36 2 1.84
 D Shackleton 15 5 20 1 1.33
 R Tattersall 14 7 26 1 1.85
 JC Laker 37 12 64 4 1.72
 FR Brown 20 10 31 2 1.55
 DCS Compton 1 0 5 0 5.00

England 1st innings R M 4s 6s
L Hutton lbw b AMB Rowan 28 0
FA Lowson c wicketkeeperEndean b Melle 0 0 0
PBH May b Chubb 33 0
DCS Compton b McCarthy 73 220 4 0
W Watson run out 31 0
captain FR Brown c van Ryneveld b AMB Rowan 1 0 0
JC Laker b Chubb 6 0
D Shackleton c van Ryneveld b Melle 14 0
AV Bedser c wicketkeeperEndean b Melle 2 0 0
wicketkeeper DV Brennan lbw b Melle 0 0 0
R Tattersall not out 0 0 0
    Extras (lb 4, nb 2) 6
    Total (all out; 87 overs) 194 (2.22 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-2 (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)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 CN McCarthy 17 0 45 1 2.64
 MG Melle 10 6 9 4 0.90
 AMB Rowan 27 9 44 2 1.62
 GWA Chubb 30 5 70 2 2.33
 CB van Ryneveld 3 0 20 0 6.66

South Africa 2nd innings R 4s 6s
EAB Rowan lbw b Laker 45 0
wicketkeeper WR Endean lbw b Bedser 7 0
CB van Ryneveld lbw b Laker 5 0
captain AD Nourse b Laker 4 0
JE Cheetham c Hutton b Tattersall 18 0
RA McLean c Lowson b Laker 18 0
PNF Mansell lbw b Laker 0 0 0
AMB Rowan not out 15 0
GWA Chubb c Hutton b Bedser 7 0
MG Melle b Laker 17 0
CN McCarthy b Bedser 0 0 0
    Extras (b 11, lb 7) 18
    Total (all out; 75.5 overs) 154 (2.03 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-15 (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)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 AV Bedser 19.5 6 32 3 1.61
 D Shackleton 10 2 19 0 1.90
 R Tattersall 5 1 10 1 2.00
 JC Laker 28 8 55 6 1.96
 FR Brown 13 5 20 0 1.53

England 2nd innings (target: 163 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
L Hutton obstructing the field 27 50 0
FA Lowson c van Ryneveld b AMB Rowan 37 0
PBH May c EAB Rowan b AMB Rowan 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
DCS Compton c van Ryneveld b Chubb 18 0
W Watson c wicketkeeperEndean b Chubb 15 0
captain FR Brown lbw b Chubb 40 1
JC Laker not out 13 2 0
D Shackleton not out 5 0
    Extras (b 5, lb 3, nb 1) 9
    Total (6 wickets; 62.1 overs) 164 (2.63 runs per over)

Did not bat AV Bedser, wicketkeeperDV Brennan, R Tattersall

Fall of wickets1-53 (Hutton), 2-53 (May), 3-84 (Compton), 4-90 (Lowson), 5-132 (Watson), 6-151 (Brown)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 CN McCarthy 7 0 17 0 2.42
 MG Melle 3 0 8 0 2.66
 AMB Rowan 24.1 2 77 2 3.18
 GWA Chubb 28 10 53 3 1.89

Toss South Africa, who chose to bat first
Series England won the 5-match series 3-1

Test debut WR Endean (South Africa)

Umpires F Chester and D Davies

Close of play
16 Aug day 1 - England 1st innings 51/2 (PBH May 22*)
17 Aug day 2 - South Africa 2nd innings 68/3 (EAB Rowan 36*, JE Cheetham 7*)
18 Aug day 3 - England 2nd innings 164/6 (62.1 ov) - end of match

Match notes

  • 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.

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