Australia vs South Africa Scorecard, Australia vs South Africa, 1st Test, 5 December, 1952, The Gabba

Australia vs South Africa | December 5, 1952, 07:30 PM | The Gabba

Completed

Australia

*280/10 (81.5 ov) & *277/10 (98.3 ov)

South Africa

*221/10 (62.6 ov) & *240/10 (107.0 ov)

Australia won by 96 runs

Commentary Scorecard Squad Stats

Australia 1st Innings Inning

280/10 (81.5 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Colin McDonald c & b Watkins	27	0	4	0	0.00
Arthur Morris lbw b Watkins	29	0	4	0	0.00
Neil Harvey c sub b Melle	109	0	16	0	0.00
Lindsay Hassett c †Waite b Watkins	55	0	6	0	0.00
Keith Miller b Watkins	3	0	0	0	0.00
Graeme Hole c Tayfield b Melle	8	0	1	0	0.00
Ray Lindwall lbw b Melle	5	0	0	0	0.00
Gil Langley c Tayfield b Melle	17	0	0	0	0.00
Douglas Ring c Mansell b Melle	13	0	1	0	0.00
Ian Johnson lbw b Melle	7	0	0	0	0.00
William Johnston not out	1	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS ( b 1, lb 3, w 0, nb 2, p 0)	6
TOTAL (3.44 RUNS PER OVER)	280/10 (81.5 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

56-2 (Colin McDonald, 0 ov), 55-1 (Arthur Morris, 0 ov), 211-3 (Neil Harvey, 0 ov), 231-5 (Lindsay Hassett, 0 ov), 216-4 (Keith Miller, 0 ov), 237-6 (Graeme Hole, 0 ov), 252-7 (Ray Lindwall, 0 ov), 273-9 (Gil Langley, 0 ov), 272-8 (Douglas Ring, 0 ov), 280-10 (Ian Johnson, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Michael Melle	20.5	0	71	6	3.41
John Watkins	24	8	41	4	1.71
Anton Murray	14	1	63	0	4.50
Hugh Tayfield	15	3	59	0	3.93
Percy Mansell	8	0	40	0	5.00

South Africa 1st Innings Inning

221/10 (62.6 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Derrick McGlew c Johnson b Miller	9	0	2	0	0.00
John Waite lbw b Ring	39	0	4	0	0.00
Russell Endean c †Langley b Ring	14	0	0	0	0.00
Kenneth Funston b Ring	33	0	1	1	0.00
Roy McLean c Miller b Johnson	13	0	1	0	0.00
John Cheetham c †Langley b Lindwall	26	0	1	0	0.00
John Watkins c Miller b Ring	25	0	3	0	0.00
Percy Mansell c Lindwall b Ring	31	0	5	0	0.00
Anton Murray lbw b Johnston	18	0	1	0	0.00
Hugh Tayfield lbw b Ring	3	0	0	0	0.00
Michael Melle not out	7	0	1	0	0.00
EXTRAS ( b 3, lb 0, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	3
TOTAL (3.53 RUNS PER OVER)	221/10 (62.6 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

13-1 (Derrick McGlew, 0 ov), 88-3 (John Waite, 0 ov), 39-2 (Russell Endean, 0 ov), 113-5 (Kenneth Funston, 0 ov), 103-4 (Roy McLean, 0 ov), 177-7 (John Cheetham, 0 ov), 153-6 (John Watkins, 0 ov), 195-8 (Percy Mansell, 0 ov), 221-10 (Anton Murray, 0 ov), 211-9 (Hugh Tayfield, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Ray Lindwall	12	0	48	1	4.00
Keith Miller	10	0	46	1	4.60
William Johnston	7.6	2	21	1	2.63
Douglas Ring	21	2	72	6	3.43
Ian Johnson	12	3	31	1	2.58

Australia 2nd Innings Inning

277/10 (98.3 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Colin McDonald st †Waite b Tayfield	17	0	1	0	0.00
Arthur Morris c Melle b Tayfield	58	0	3	0	0.00
Lindsay Hassett c McGlew b Melle	17	0	3	0	0.00
Neil Harvey run out	52	0	4	0	0.00
Keith Miller lbw b Tayfield	3	0	0	0	0.00
Graeme Hole lbw b Melle	42	0	6	0	0.00
Ray Lindwall not out	38	0	3	0	0.00
Gil Langley b Watkins	27	0	3	0	0.00
Douglas Ring b Melle	4	0	1	0	0.00
Ian Johnson lbw b Watkins	13	0	2	0	0.00
William Johnston c McGlew b Tayfield	0	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS ( b 2, lb 4, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	6
TOTAL (2.82 RUNS PER OVER)	277/10 (98.3 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

48-1 (Colin McDonald, 0 ov), 115-3 (Arthur Morris, 0 ov), 75-2 (Lindsay Hassett, 0 ov), 160-5 (Neil Harvey, 0 ov), 123-4 (Keith Miller, 0 ov), 198-6 (Graeme Hole, 0 ov), 246-7 (Gil Langley, 0 ov), 251-8 (Douglas Ring, 0 ov), 276-9 (Ian Johnson, 0 ov), 277-10 (William Johnston, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Michael Melle	26	2	95	3	3.65
John Watkins	26	13	47	2	1.81
Anton Murray	13	7	13	0	1.00
Hugh Tayfield	33.3	5	116	4	3.46

South Africa 2nd Innings (target 337) Inning

240/10 (107.0 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Derrick McGlew lbw b Lindwall	69	0	4	0	0.00
John Waite st †Langley b Johnson	14	0	2	0	0.00
Russell Endean lbw b Lindwall	12	0	0	0	0.00
Kenneth Funston c †Langley b Johnston	65	0	2	1	0.00
Roy McLean b Lindwall	38	0	4	0	0.00
John Cheetham b Johnston	18	0	1	0	0.00
John Watkins hit wicket b Johnson	1	0	0	0	0.00
Percy Mansell b Lindwall	4	0	0	0	0.00
Anton Murray not out	11	0	0	0	0.00
Hugh Tayfield c †Langley b Johnson	1	0	0	0	0.00
Michael Melle b Lindwall	4	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS ( b 2, lb 0, w 0, nb 1, p 0)	3
TOTAL (2.24 RUNS PER OVER)	240/10 (107.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

153-3 (Derrick McGlew, 0 ov), 20-1 (John Waite, 0 ov), 57-2 (Russell Endean, 0 ov), 170-4 (Kenneth Funston, 0 ov), 209-5 (Roy McLean, 0 ov), 226-8 (John Cheetham, 0 ov), 210-6 (John Watkins, 0 ov), 215-7 (Percy Mansell, 0 ov), 227-9 (Hugh Tayfield, 0 ov), 240-10 (Michael Melle, 0 ov)