First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

COMBINED SERVICES v SOUTH AFRICANS Played at United Services Ground, Portsmouth, June 27, 28, 29, 1951. Match drawn. SOUTH AFRICANS 1 J.H.B.Waite c Close b Underwood 139 2 D.J.McGlew b Underwood 47 3 †W.R.Endean c Underwood b Wilson 0 4 *A.D.Nourse c Close b Moss 61 5 J.E.Cheetham not out 133 6 G.M.Fullerton c Close b Sayer 69 7 R.A.McLean not out 43 8 P.N.F.Mansell 9 H.J.Tayfield 10 N.B.F.Mann 11 G.W.A.Chubb Extras b 1, lb 4, w 1, nb 1 7 —— (5 wickets, declared) 499 FoW (1): 1-144 (2), 2-147 (3), 3-253 (4), 4-261 (1), 5-374 (6) COMBINED SERVICES 1 S.Smith c Fullerton b Chubb 1 b Fullerton 3 2 †R.J.L.Hammond c and b Tayfield 28 b Chubb 0 3 J.M.Parks c McLean b Mansell 51 (4) c Mansell b Chubb 38 4 J.E.Manners c Mansell b Tayfield 3 (5) c Mansell b Fullerton 75 5 D.B.Close c and b Mann 66 (3) not out 135 6 L.N.Devereux b Tayfield 16 not out 4 7 R.G.Wilson b Mansell 14 8 F.J.Titmus b Chubb 30 9 J.D.Sayer b Mann 0 10 A.J.Underwood not out 4 11 A.E.Moss c Endean b Mann 6 Extras b 4, lb 11, w 1 16 b 1 1 —— —— 235 (4 wickets) 256 FoW (1): 1-9 (1), 2-74 (3), 3-86 (4), 4-89 (2), 5-141 (6), 6-162 (7), 7-213 (8), 8-220 (9), 9-225 (5), 10-235 (11) FoW (2): 1-3 (1), 2-13 (2), 3-99 (4), 4-242 (5) Combined Services Bowling O M R W Moss 27 3 123 1 Underwood 30 6 101 2 1w Close 18 5 50 0 Sayer 19 2 83 1 Parks 6 0 35 0 Wilson 19 4 61 1 1nb Titmus 8 1 23 0 Devereux 4 0 16 0 South Africans Bowling O M R W O M R W Chubb 29 9 64 2 12 3 34 2 Fullerton 11 3 29 0 1w 9 2 41 2 Mansell 26 5 66 2 14 3 68 0 Tayfield 30 13 44 3 32 9 72 0 Mann 7.4 2 16 3 20 8 40 0 Umpires: D.Davies and L.J.Todd. Toss: South Africans Close of Play: 1st day: South Africans (1) 499-5d; 2nd day: Combined Services (2) 85-2 (Close 55*, Parks 26*). J.H.B.Waite’s 139 included 16 fours. J.E.Cheetham’s 133 took 130 minutes and included 19 fours and 2 sixes. D.B.Close’s 135 took 195 minutes and included 15 fours and 3 sixes. 268