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Test Match #338
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1951 England v South Africa - 5th Test
Kennington Oval, London
16th August, 1951
England
194 & 164/6
South Africa
202 & 154
England won by 4 wickets
South Africa 1st Innings
R
BF
4s
6s
SR
% of Total
Eric Rowan
c Hutton b Brown
55
0
0
27.23%
William Endean
†
c Brown b Laker
31
0
0
15.35%
Clive van Ryneveld
st †Brennan b Laker
10
0
0
4.95%
Dudley Nourse
*
lbw b Brown
4
0
0
1.98%
John Cheetham
lbw b Laker
0
0
0
Roy McLean
c May b Laker
14
0
0
6.93%
Percy Mansell
b Tattersall
8
0
0
3.96%
Athol Rowan
c Laker b Bedser
41
0
0
20.30%
Geoffrey Chubb
b Bedser
10
0
0
4.95%
Michael Melle
b Shackleton
5
0
0
2.48%
Cuan McCarthy
not out
4
0
0
1.98%
Extras
(b 11, lb 8, nb 1)
20
Total
All Out
 (106.3 overs @ 1.90 rpo)
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
Bowling
O
M
R
W
ER
% of Wickets
Alec Bedser
19.3
6
36
2
1.85
20.00%
Derek Shackleton
15.0
5
20
1
1.33
10.00%
Roy Tattersall
14.0
7
26
1
1.86
10.00%
James Laker
37.0
12
64
4
1.73
40.00%
Frederick Brown
20.0
10
31
2
1.55
20.00%
Denis Compton
1.0
0
5
0
5.00
England 1st Innings
R
BF
4s
6s
SR
% of Total
Leonard Hutton
lbw b AMB Rowan
28
0
0
14.43%
Frank Lowson
c †Endean b Melle
0
0
0
Peter May
b Chubb
33
0
0
17.01%
Denis Compton
b McCarthy
73
4
0
37.63%
Willlie Watson
run out
31
0
0
15.98%
Frederick Brown
*
c van Ryneveld b AMB Rowan
1
0
0
0.52%
James Laker
b Chubb
6
0
0
3.09%
Derek Shackleton
c van Ryneveld b Melle
14
0
0
7.22%
Alec Bedser
c †Endean b Melle
2
0
0
1.03%
Donald Brennan
†
lbw b Melle
0
0
0
Roy Tattersall
not out
0
0
0
Extras
(lb 4, nb 2)
6
Total
All Out
 (87.0 overs @ 2.23 rpo)
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
Bowling
O
M
R
W
ER
% of Wickets
Cuan McCarthy
17.0
0
45
1
2.65
10.00%
Michael Melle
10.0
6
9
4
0.90
40.00%
Athol Rowan
27.0
9
44
2
1.63
20.00%
Geoffrey Chubb
30.0
5
70
2
2.33
20.00%
Clive van Ryneveld
3.0
0
20
0
6.67
South Africa 2nd Innings
R
BF
4s
6s
SR
% of Total
Eric Rowan
lbw b Laker
45
0
0
29.22%
William Endean
†
lbw b Bedser
7
0
0
4.55%
Clive van Ryneveld
lbw b Laker
5
0
0
3.25%
Dudley Nourse
*
b Laker
4
0
0
2.60%
John Cheetham
c Hutton b Tattersall
18
0
0
11.69%
Roy McLean
c Lowson b Laker
18
0
0
11.69%
Percy Mansell
lbw b Laker
0
0
0
Athol Rowan
not out
15
0
0
9.74%
Geoffrey Chubb
c Hutton b Bedser
7
0
0
4.55%
Michael Melle
b Laker
17
0
0
11.04%
Cuan McCarthy
b Bedser
0
0
0
Extras
(b 11, lb 7)
18
Total
All Out
 (75.5 overs @ 2.03 rpo)
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
Bowling
O
M
R
W
ER
% of Wickets
Alec Bedser
19.5
6
32
3
1.61
30.00%
Derek Shackleton
10.0
2
19
0
1.90
Roy Tattersall
5.0
1
10
1
2.00
10.00%
James Laker
28.0
8
55
6
1.96
60.00%
Frederick Brown
13.0
5
20
0
1.54
England 2nd Innings
(target 163)
R
BF
4s
6s
SR
% of Total
Leonard Hutton
obstructing field
27
0
0
16.46%
Frank Lowson
c van Ryneveld b AMB Rowan
37
0
0
22.56%
Peter May
c EAB Rowan b AMB Rowan
0
1
0
0
0.00
Denis Compton
c van Ryneveld b Chubb
18
0
0
10.98%
Willlie Watson
c †Endean b Chubb
15
0
0
9.15%
Frederick Brown
*
lbw b Chubb
40
0
0
24.39%
James Laker
not out
13
2
0
7.93%
Derek Shackleton
not out
5
0
0
3.05%
Alec Bedser
Donald Brennan
†
Roy Tattersall
Extras
(b 5, lb 3, nb 1)
9
Total
6 wickets
 (62.1 overs @ 2.64 rpo)
164
Fall of Wickets
1-53 Hutton
2-53 May
3-84 Compton
4-90 Lowson
5-132 Watson
6-151 Brown
Bowling
O
M
R
W
ER
% of Wickets
Cuan McCarthy
7.0
0
17
0
2.43
Michael Melle
3.0
0
8
0
2.67
Athol Rowan
24.1
2
77
2
3.19
20.00%
Geoffrey Chubb
28.0
10
53
3
1.89
30.00%
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue
Kennington Oval, London
Toss
South Africa won the toss and elected to bat
Series
1951 England v South Africa
- 5th Test
Match No.
Test #338
Match Conditions
Day Match
Player of Match
No Award
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END OF DAY STATUS
(Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - England 1st innings 51/2 (PBH May 22*)
Day 2 - South Africa 2nd innings 68/3 (EAB Rowan 36*, JE Cheetham 7*)
Day 3 - England 2nd Innings 164/6, 62.1 overs - end of match
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