First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA Played at Kennington Oval, August 16, 17, 18, 1951. England won by four wickets. SOUTH AFRICA 1 E.A.B.Rowan c Hutton b Brown 55 lbw b Laker 45 2 †W.R.Endean c Brown b Laker 31 lbw b Bedser 7 3 C.B.van Ryneveld st Brennan b Laker 10 lbw b Laker 5 4 *A.D.Nourse lbw b Brown 4 b Laker 4 5 J.E.Cheetham lbw b Laker 0 c Hutton b Tattersall 18 6 R.A.McLean c May b Laker 14 c Lowson b Laker 18 7 P.N.F.Mansell b Tattersall 8 lbw b Laker 0 8 A.M.B.Rowan c Laker b Bedser 41 not out 15 9 G.W.A.Chubb b Bedser 10 c Hutton b Bedser 7 10 M.G.Melle b Shackleton 5 b Laker 17 11 C.N.McCarthy not out 4 b Bedser 0 Extras b 11, lb 8, nb 1 20 b 11, lb 7 18 —— —— 202 154 FoW (1): 1-66 (2), 2-106 (1), 3-106 (3), 4-106 (5), 5-126 (6), 6-131 (4), 7-146 (7), 8-175 (9), 9-186 (10), 10-202 (8) FoW (2): 1-15 (2), 2-35 (3), 3-57 (4), 4-84 (1), 5-106 (5), 6-111 (7), 7-116 (6), 8-130 (9), 9-153 (10), 10-154 (11) ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton lbw b A.M.B.Rowan 28 obstructing the field 27 2 F.A.Lowson c Endean b Melle 0 c van Ryneveld b A.M.B.Rowan 37 3 P.B.H.May b Chubb 33 c E.A.B.Rowan b A.M.B.Rowan 0 4 D.C.S.Compton b McCarthy 73 c van Ryneveld b Chubb 18 5 W.Watson run out 31 c Endean b Chubb 15 6 *F.R.Brown c van Ryneveld b A.M.B.Rowan 1 lbw b Chubb 40 7 J.C.Laker b Chubb 6 not out 13 8 D.Shackleton c van Ryneveld b Melle 14 not out 5 9 A.V.Bedser c Endean b Melle 2 10 †D.V.Brennan lbw b Melle 0 11 R.Tattersall not out 0 Extras lb 4, nb 2 6 b 5, lb 3, nb 1 9 —— —— 194 (6 wickets) 164 FoW (1): 1-2 (2), 2-51 (1), 3-79 (3), 4-128 (5), 5-134 (6), 6-145 (7), 7-173 (8), 8-189 (9), 9-190 (10), 10-194 (4) FoW (2): 1-53 (1), 2-53 (3), 3-84 (4), 4-90 (2), 5-132 (5), 6-151 (6) England Bowling O M R W O M R W Bedser 19.3 6 36 2 19.5 6 32 3 Shackleton 15 5 20 1 10 2 19 0 Tattersall 14 7 26 1 (5) 5 1 10 1 Laker 37 12 64 4 (3) 28 8 55 6 Brown 20 10 31 2 (4) 13 5 20 0 Compton 1 0 5 0 South Africa Bowling O M R W O M R W McCarthy 17 0 45 1 7 0 17 0 Melle 10 6 9 4 3 0 8 0 A.M.B.Rowan 27 9 44 2 24.1 2 77 2 Chubb 30 5 70 2 28 10 53 3 van Ryneveld 3 0 20 0 Umpires: F.Chester and D.Davies. Toss: South Africa Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 51-2 (May 22*); 2nd day: South Africa (2) 68-3 (E.A.B.Rowan 36*, Cheetham 7*). The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three. L.Hutton became the first batsman to be dismissed obstructing the field in Tests. After top edging a ball, he played at it a second time to defend it from hitting the stumps but in the process prevented the wicket-keeper W.R.Endean from taking a catch. 399