First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, June 21, 22, 23, 1951. England won by ten wickets. ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton lbw b McCarthy 12 not out 12 2 J.T.Ikin b Mann 51 not out 4 3 R.T.Simpson lbw b McCarthy 26 4 D.C.S.Compton lbw b McCarthy 79 5 W.Watson c McCarthy b Chubb 79 6 *F.R.Brown b Chubb 1 7 †T.G.Evans c Fullerton b McCarthy 0 8 J.H.Wardle lbw b Chubb 18 9 A.V.Bedser not out 26 10 J.B.Statham b Chubb 1 11 R.Tattersall b Chubb 1 Extras b 8, lb 9 17 —— —— 311 (no wicket) 16 FoW (1): 1-20 (1), 2-89 (2), 3-103 (3), 4-225 (4), 5-226 (6), 6-231 (7), 7-265 (5), 8-299 (8), 9-301 (10), 10-311 (11) SOUTH AFRICA 1 E.A.B.Rowan c Ikin b Tattersall 24 c Ikin b Statham 10 2 †J.H.B.Waite c Hutton b Wardle 15 c Compton b Tattersall 17 3 D.J.McGlew c Evans b Tattersall 3 b Tattersall 2 4 *A.D.Nourse c Watson b Tattersall 20 lbw b Wardle 3 5 J.E.Cheetham c Hutton b Tattersall 15 b Statham 54 6 G.M.Fullerton b Tattersall 12 lbw b Bedser 60 7 C.B.van Ryneveld lbw b Wardle 0 c Ikin b Tattersall 18 8 A.M.B.Rowan c Ikin b Tattersall 3 c Brown b Bedser 10 9 N.B.F.Mann c Brown b Tattersall 14 c Brown b Tattersall 13 10 G.W.A.Chubb c Tattersall b Wardle 5 b Tattersall 3 11 C.N.McCarthy not out 1 not out 2 Extras lb 3 3 b 11, lb 8 19 —— —— 115 211 FoW (1): 1-25 (2), 2-38 (3), 3-47 (1), 4-72 (4), 5-88 (6), 6-91 (5), 7-91 (7), 8-103 (8), 9-112 (9), 10-115 (10) FoW (2): 1-21 (1), 2-29 (2), 3-32 (3), 4-58 (4), 5-152 (6), 6-160 (5), 7-178 (8), 8-196 (7), 9-200 (10), 10-211 (9) South Africa Bowling O M R W O M R W McCarthy 23 2 76 4 Chubb 34.4 9 77 5 A.M.B.Rowan 13 1 63 0 Mann 32 12 51 1 van Ryneveld 5 0 27 0 Nourse (1) 2 0 9 0 E.A.B.Rowan (2) 1.5 0 7 0 England Bowling O M R W O M R W Bedser 8 5 7 0 24 8 53 2 Statham 6 3 7 0 18 6 33 2 Tattersall 28 10 52 7 32.2 14 49 5 Wardle 22.5 10 46 3 20 5 44 1 Compton (5) 2 0 13 0 Umpires: H.Elliott and F.S.Lee. Toss: England Close of Play: 1st day: South Africa (1) 4-0 (E.A.B.Rowan 0*, Waite 4*); 2nd day: South Africa (2) 137-4 (Cheetham 46*, Fullerton 50*). The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three. 257