First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

SUSSEX v SOUTH AFRICANS Played at County Ground, Hove, August 11, 13, 14, 1951. Match drawn. SUSSEX 1 D.S.Sheppard b Melle 100 2 J.G.Langridge b Mann 26 3 G.H.G.Doggart b McCarthy 60 4 G.Cox lbw b McCarthy 3 5 *J.Langridge c Endean b McCarthy 8 6 C.Oakes b McCarthy 1 7 †S.C.Griffith lbw b McCarthy 0 (1) not out 10 8 A.S.M.Oakman b McCarthy 0 (2) not out 5 9 A.E.James c Melle b McCarthy 1 10 R.G.Marlar b McCarthy 3 11 D.J.Wood not out 1 Extras b 5, lb 4, nb 1 10 —— —— 213 (no wicket) 15 FoW (1): 1-74 (2), 2-174 (1), 3-182 (4), 4-197 (5), 5-199 (6), 6-199 (7), 7-199 (8), 8-201 (9), 9-212 (3), 10-213 (10) SOUTH AFRICANS 1 E.A.B.Rowan c Sheppard b James 23 2 D.J.McGlew b Marlar 80 3 †W.R.Endean c Wood b Oakman 12 4 C.B.van Ryneveld b James 13 5 J.E.Cheetham c Sheppard b Oakes 25 6 *A.D.Nourse c J.G.Langridge b Wood 28 7 G.M.Fullerton b Marlar 65 8 H.J.Tayfield c Oakman b J.Langridge 36 9 N.B.F.Mann c and b Oakes 20 10 M.G.Melle not out 0 11 C.N.McCarthy c Griffith b J.Langridge 0 Extras b 4, lb 5, nb 3 12 —— 314 FoW (1): 1-31, 2-62, 3-100, 4-156, 5-163, 6-210, 7-274, 8-299, 9-314, 10-314 South Africans Bowling O M R W O M R W McCarthy 17.5 5 36 8 Melle 17 4 36 1 Mann 16 7 37 1 1 1 0 0 Tayfield 21 5 54 0 van Ryneveld 13 2 40 0 Rowan (1) 3 0 12 0 Cheetham (2) 1 0 3 0 Sussex Bowling O M R W Wood 28 8 65 1 James 29 11 55 2 Oakman 17 3 36 1 Marlar 29 6 87 2 Oakes 14 4 45 2 J.Langridge 2.4 0 13 2 Doggart 2 1 1 0 Umpires: T.J.Bartley and K.McCanlis. Toss: Sussex Close of Play: 1st day: No play; 2nd day: South Africans (1) 98-2 (McGlew 51*, van Ryneveld 12*). D.S.Sheppard’s 100 included 10 fours and 4 sixes. C.N.McCarthy completed a hat-trick in the Sussex first innings (J.G.Langridge, C.Oakes, S.C.Griffith). 388