First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA Played at Headingley, Leeds, July 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 1951. Match drawn. SOUTH AFRICA 1 E.A.B.Rowan c Bedser b Brown 236 not out 60 2 †J.H.B.Waite lbw b Bedser 13 not out 25 3 C.B.van Ryneveld c and b Hilton 83 4 *A.D.Nourse lbw b Brown 13 5 J.E.Cheetham b Bedser 7 6 R.A.McLean run out 67 7 P.N.F.Mansell c Tattersall b Hilton 90 8 A.M.B.Rowan b Brown 9 9 N.B.F.Mann b Tattersall 2 10 G.W.A.Chubb c Lowson b Hilton 11 11 C.N.McCarthy not out 0 Extras b 1, lb 6 7 lb 2 2 —— —— 538 (no wicket) 87 FoW (1): 1-40 (2), 2-238 (3), 3-267 (4), 4-286 (5), 5-394 (6), 6-480 (1), 7-498 (8), 8-505 (9), 9-538 (10), 10-538 (7) ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton b van Ryneveld 100 2 F.A.Lowson c Mansell b A.M.B.Rowan 58 3 P.B.H.May b A.M.B.Rowan 138 4 D.C.S.Compton lbw b A.M.B.Rowan 25 5 W.Watson b Chubb 32 6 T.E.Bailey b Mann 95 7 *F.R.Brown c E.A.B.Rowan b A.M.B.Rowan 2 8 A.V.Bedser b Mann 8 9 †D.V.Brennan b Mann 16 10 R.Tattersall c E.A.B.Rowan b A.M.B.Rowan 4 11 M.J.Hilton not out 9 Extras b 10, lb 7, nb 1 18 —— 505 FoW (1): 1-99 (2), 2-228 (1), 3-266 (4), 4-345 (5), 5-387 (3), 6-391 (7), 7-400 (8), 8-432 (9), 9-445 (10), 10-505 (6) England Bowling O M R W O M R W Bedser 58 14 113 2 4 1 5 0 Bailey 17 4 48 0 1 0 8 0 Brown 38 10 107 3 11 2 26 0 Tattersall 60 23 83 1 16 9 13 0 Hilton 61.3 18 176 3 10 5 17 0 Compton 1 0 4 0 7 1 16 0 South Africa Bowling O M R W McCarthy 41 10 81 0 Chubb 43 12 99 1 A.M.B.Rowan 68 17 174 5 Mann 60.5 23 96 3 Mansell 4 0 11 0 van Ryneveld 8 0 26 1 Umpires: D.Davies and H.Elliott. Toss: South Africa Close of Play: 1st day: South Africa (1) 282-3 (E.A.B.Rowan 160*, Cheetham 7*); 2nd day: England (1) 37-0 (Hutton 9*, Lowson 27*); 3rd day: England (1) 325-3 (May 110*, Watson 21*); 4th day: South Africa (2) 87-0 (E.A.B.Rowan 60*, Waite 25*). There was no play on the final day. E.A.B.Rowan’s 236 took 550 minutes and included 28 fours. L.Hutton’s 100 took 300 minutes. P.B.H.May’s 138 took 380 minutes. 347