First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

OXFORD UNIVERSITY v SOUTH AFRICANS Played at The Parks, Oxford, May 23, 24, 25, 1951. Match drawn. SOUTH AFRICANS 1 *E.A.B.Rowan c Boobbyer b Jessup 147 2 †J.H.B.Waite c Carr b Divecha 0 (1) not out 18 3 W.R.Endean b Divecha 2 (2) not out 44 4 G.M.Fullerton b Divecha 4 5 J.E.Cheetham st Whitcombe b Carr 89 6 R.A.McLean not out 39 7 H.J.Tayfield not out 9 8 G.W.A.Chubb 9 M.G.Melle 10 C.B.vanRyneveld 11 P.N.F.Mansell Extras b 4, lb 4, nb 2 10 —— —— (5 wickets, declared) 300 (no wicket, declared) 62 FoW (1): 1-2, 2-4, 3-14, 4-252, 5-254 OXFORD UNIVERSITY 1 *M.B.Hofmeyr b Melle 12 not out 32 2 B.Boobbyer lbw b Chubb 7 not out 17 3 P.D.S.Blake c Mansell b Melle 1 4 D.B.Carr b Tayfield 36 5 D.J.Lewis c Rowan b Chubb 29 6 C.E.Winn c and b Tayfield 36 7 R.V.Divecha lbw b Chubb 2 8 †P.J.Whitcombe c Fullerton b Melle 10 9 W.M.Mitchell c Cheetham b Melle 12 10 A.D.Jose b Melle 1 11 A.Jessup not out 1 Extras b 7, lb 5 12 b 1 1 —— —— 159 (no wicket) 50 FoW (1): 1-19, 2-19, 3-21, 4-84, 5-110, 6-112, 7-141, 8-147, 9-148, 10-159 Oxford University Bowling O M R W O M R W Jose 19 6 44 0 5 0 25 0 Divecha 30 6 102 3 6 0 20 0 Jessup 26 6 59 1 3 0 17 0 Carr 10 0 55 1 Mitchell 8 0 30 0 South Africans Bowling O M R W O M R W Melle 17.4 8 37 5 5 0 16 0 Chubb 20 7 36 3 4 4 0 0 Tayfield 25 5 52 2 (4) 5 0 18 0 Mansell 6 0 22 0 van Ryneveld (3) 5 0 15 0 Umpires: D.Hendren and W.F.F.Price. Toss: South Africans Close of Play: 1st day: South Africans (1) 126-3 (Rowan 79*, Cheetham 36*); 2nd day: South Africans (1) 300-5 (McLean 39*, Tayfield 9*). E.A.B.Rowan’s 147 took 270 minutes. 184