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Rhodesian first-class cricket in 1952/53Captain: Dave ReesRhodesia again finished second in the B Section of the Currie Cup. The overwhelming winners this time were Transvaal, who showed clearly that their demotion after the 1951/52 season had been a mistake and twice overwhelmingly defeated Rhodesia. Apart from the Transvaal matches, Rhodesia proved their superiority over the other B Section teams without much difficulty, even in the absence of Percy Mansell, touring Australia and New Zealand with the Springboks. This was in spite of their traditional failures in the first innings; three victories were achieved after first-innings deficits. David Lewis again finished top of the batting averages, scoring 421 runs at 46.77 each. Bernard Carew, from Northern Rhodesia, played his only full season for the country and scored 339 runs at 37.66 each. This included an innings of 179 against North-Eastern Transvaal, which was to remain the national first-class record until 1967/68, when it was broken twice in successive matches. The Leicestershire professional Tommy Chapman celebrated his debut for Rhodesia with a century before lunch, and finished the season with 275 runs, average 34.37. It had been expected that the bowling would struggle in the absence of Mansell, but the emergence of Joe Partridge removed all worries. He bowled superbly to take 33 wickets at an average of 19.06. Godfrey Lawrence, almost two metres tall, took 15 wickets in his debut season, but Partridge generally shared the new ball with Bruce McBride, up from Natal, whose 17 wickets cost 20.76. Peter Johnson, in his final season and returning to replace Mansell, was the only front-line spin bowler, taking 19 wickets at an average of 24.63. CURRIE CUP TABLE (SECTION B), 1952/53
Double Single
Inns Inns
Played Won Lost Won Lost Points
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Transvaal 6 5 1 - - 30
RHODESIA 6 3 2 1 - 21
Border 6 3 3 - - 18
Griqualand West 6 2 4 - - 12
North-Eastern Transvaal 6 1 4 - 1 7
At Salisbury Sports Club; 22, 23, 24 November. GRIQUALAND WEST 300 (R G Draper 145, C D Helfrich 31, H Kelf 36*; J T Partridge 7/85) and 184 (C D Helfrich 68; P E Johnson 5/41). RHODESIA 238 (T A Chapman 43, J B Roothman 37, C J Pretorius 31, C Harris 38; J E Waddington 5/73, R L Gloak 3/32) and 248/4 (T A Chapman 124*, J H A Wallace 95). Rhodesia won by six wickets. At Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo; 29, 30 November, 1 December. NORTH-EASTERN TRANSVAAL 311 (P C Davies 132, P Uren 34, B Spies 54; J T Partridge 3/79, G B Lawrence 3/45) and 50 (J T Partridge 4/15). RHODESIA 281 (J H A Wallace 90, C Harris 35, B J Carew 45, D W Rees 59; B A L Wiles 4/92, J W Blewitt 3/48) and 85/1 (T A Chapman 46*, J B Roothman 31*). Rhodesia won by nine wickets. At Johannesburg; 19, 20, 22 December. RHODESIA 94 (D J Lewis 43*; D J Ironside 6/29) and 87 (M Charnas 6/36). TRANSVAAL 222/8 dec (E A B Rowan 44, R Kimber 87, J Maile 31, D Bruorton 30; B J McBride 4/62). Transvaal won by an innings and 41 runs. At Pretoria; 26, 27, 29 December. NORTH-EASTERN TRANSVAAL 285 (P C Davies 126, J W Blewitt 84, B Avis 37; J T Partridge 5/76, B J McBride 4/79) and 261 (P C Davies 43, M B Hofmeyr 37, B Spies 36, A Dennis 34, B A L Wiles 49; B J McBride 5/84, G B Lawrence 3/55). RHODESIA 403 (B J Carew 179, J B Roothman 35, D J Lewis 88, D W Rees 60; B A L Wiles 6/135) and 81/5 (D P K Dell 41*; P S Heine 3/40). Rhodesia won by five wickets. At East London; January 1, 2, 3. RHODESIA 222 (D J Lewis 41, D W Rees 36; W R Chalmers 3/78) and 302 (D P K Dell 99, B J Carew 32, D J Lewis 114; S Knott 3/66, D Fenner 4/17). BORDER 287 (O C Dawson 50, K N Kirton 122, D Fenner 30; B J McBride 3/60, P E Johnson 3/73) and 219 (H S Lacey 48, R Phillips 89; J T Partridge 4/39, P E Johnson 3/88). Rhodesia won by 18 runs. At Salisbury Sports Club; 7, 8, 9 March. RHODESIA 68 (N A T Adcock 3/15, A Nickel 7/43) and 173 (D J Lewis 92, B J Carew 33; N A T Adcock 5/39, A Nickel 3/44). TRANSVAAL 222 (A I Taylor 98, L Harris 54; J T Partridge 6/87) and 23/0. Transvaal won by ten wickets. It is intended in the future to produce full scorecards, and also much more information about all cricket in Rhodesia during this season. At present, the next entry in this section is for 1953/54 |
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