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South Africa in England, 1951Leicestershire v South Africa
 Grace Road, Leicester
 21,23,24 July 1951 (3-day match)
 
Result: South Africa won by 6 wickets 
Toss: LeicestershireUmpires: FS Lee and A Skelding
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Leicestershire 1st innings
G Lester                             c & b van Ryneveld        31
GA Smithson                              b Melle                3
M Tompkin                                b Chubb               64
*CH Palmer            c Rowan            b Tayfield            37
VE Jackson                           c & b Tayfield            11
GL Berry              lbw                b Chubb               38
MAJ Sargent           lbw                b Melle                3
VS Munden             c Melle            b Chubb               44
+J Firth              c Rowan            b Tayfield             3
CRD Wooler            run out                                  19
J Sperry              not out                                   0
Extras                (b 9, lb 3, nb 2)                        14
Total                 (all out, 112.3 overs)                  267
FoW: 1-8, 2-85, 3-120, 4-139, 5-160,
     6-192, 7-194, 8-217, 9-260, 10-267.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Melle                       21      4     77      2
Chubb                       34.3   14     48      3
Tayfield                    29     10     55      3
Mann                        19      5     44      0
van Ryneveld                 9      0     29      1
South Africa 1st innings
EAB Rowan             c Smithson         b Jackson             61
+WR Endean            c Lester           b Wooler              14
CB van Ryneveld       lbw                b Palmer              61
*AD Nourse            c Firth            b Palmer              16
JE Cheetham           c Jackson          b Palmer               0
RA McLean             c Firth            b Palmer              47
GM Fullerton                             b Sperry               9
HJ Tayfield           c Firth            b Palmer               7
NBF Mann                                 b Sperry               8
GWA Chubb                                b Sperry               0
MG Melle              not out                                   5
Extras                (b 4, nb 3)                               7
Total                 (all out, 96.5 overs)                   235
FoW: 1-54, 2-108, 3-155, 4-155, 5-167,
     6-206, 7-217, 8-221, 9-228, 10-235.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Wooler                      25      2     75      1
Sperry                      23.5    4     58      3
Palmer                      28     13     46      5
Lester                       6      0     17      0
Jackson                     12      4     27      1
Munden                       2      0      5      0
Leicestershire 2nd innings
G Lester              c Nourse           b Melle                4
GA Smithson                              b Chubb               18
M Tompkin             c Endean           b Melle                0
*CH Palmer            c Nourse           b Mann                43
VE Jackson            c McLean           b Mann                24
GL Berry              c McLean           b Mann                31
MAJ Sargent           not out                                   7
VS Munden             not out                                   3
Extras                (b 1, lb 2, nb 1)                         4
Total                 (6 wickets declared, 55 overs)          134
DNB: +J Firth, CRD Wooler, J Sperry.
FoW: 1-8, 2-8, 3-30, 4-88, 5-91, 6-126.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Melle                        8      0     36      2
Chubb                       16      3     50      1
Tayfield                    13      3     28      0
Mann                        18      9     16      3
South Africa 2nd innings (target: 167 runs)
EAB Rowan             not out                                 115
+WR Endean            c Lester           b Sperry               7
CB van Ryneveld                          b Wooler               5
RA McLean             lbw                b Jackson             25
NBF Mann                                 b Palmer              14
*AD Nourse            not out                                   1
Extras                (lb 1)                                    1
Total                 (4 wickets, 32.1 overs)                 168
DNB: JE Cheetham, GM Fullerton, HJ Tayfield, GWA Chubb, MG Melle.
FoW: 1-36, 2-49, 3-79, 4-156.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Wooler                       8      0     47      1
Sperry                       9      1     39      1
Palmer                       4      0     25      1
Jackson                      8.1    1     41      1
Munden                       3      0     15      0
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