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211 & 142-1
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158 & 191
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Overs: 51.3 RR: 2.76 vs spin: 2.32
vs seam: 2.81
Overs: 78.2 RR: 2.44 vs spin: 2.24
vs seam: 2.03
Thu 05/07/51 England v South Africa, 3rd Test, Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester
ENGLAND WIN England won by 9 wickets
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South Africa - 1st Inns 158 (84.3; RR: 1.87)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
EAB Rowan c Brown b Bedser 0 4 0 0 0.00
JHB Waite c Ikin b Bedser 1 0 0 0
CB van Ryneveld lbw b Tattersall 40 0 2 0
AD Nourse c Ikin b Bedser 29 0 2 0
JE Cheetham c Hutton b Bedser 20 0 2 0
GM Fullerton c Hutton b Bedser 0 0 0 0
RA McLean b Laker 20 0 2 0
AMB Rowan b Statham 17 0 0 1
NBF Mann b Bedser 0 0 0 0
GWA Chubb not out 15 0 1 0
CN McCarthy c Ikin b Bedser 0 0 0 0
Extras (0b, 14lb, 0w, 2nb) 16  
TOTAL 158 all out (84.3 overs; RR: 1.87)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (EAB Rowan 0.0 ov), 12-2 (JHB Waite 0.0 ov), 66-3 (AD Nourse 0.0 ov), 87-4 (CB van Ryneveld 0.0 ov), 88-5 (GM Fullerton 0.0 ov), 105-6 (JE Cheetham 0.0 ov), 129-7 (RA McLean 0.0 ov), 132-8 (NBF Mann 0.0 ov), 143-9 (AMB Rowan 0.0 ov), 158-10 (CN McCarthy 84.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AV Bedser 32.3 10 58 7 1.81 0 0
JB Statham 7.0 2 8 1 1.14 0 0
JC Laker 27.0 7 47 1 1.74 0 0
R Tattersall 18.0 6 29 1 1.61 0 0

England - 1st Inns 211 (85.3; RR: 2.47)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
L Hutton c Ryneveld b Rowan 27 0 1 0
JT Ikin c Cheetham b Chubb 22 0 5 0
RT Simpson st Waite b Mann 11 0 2 0
TW Graveney b Rowan 15 0 0 0
W Watson b Chubb 21 0 3 0
FR Brown c Ryneveld b Rowan 42 0 3 1
TG Evans c Waite b Chubb 2 0 0 0
JC Laker c Nourse b Chubb 27 0 4 0
AV Bedser not out 30 0 3 0
R Tattersall c Cheetham b Chubb 1 0 0 0
JB Statham c Cheetham b Chubb 1 0 0 0
Extras (4b, 8lb, 0w, 0nb) 12  
TOTAL 211 all out (85.3 overs; RR: 2.47)

Fall of wickets

30-1 (JT Ikin 0.0 ov), 58-2 (RT Simpson 0.0 ov), 70-3 (L Hutton 0.0 ov), 91-4 (TW Graveney 0.0 ov), 127-5 (W Watson 0.0 ov), 143-6 (TG Evans 0.0 ov), 147-7 (FR Brown 0.0 ov), 200-8 (JC Laker 0.0 ov), 207-9 (R Tattersall 0.0 ov), 211-10 (JB Statham 85.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
CN McCarthy 14.0 4 36 0 2.57 0 0
GWA Chubb 26.3 7 51 6 1.96 0 0
AMB Rowan 29.0 4 75 3 2.59 0 0
NBF Mann 16.0 5 37 1 2.31 0 0

South Africa - 2nd Inns 191 (78.2; RR: 2.44)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
EAB Rowan c Ikin b Laker 57 0 5 0
JHB Waite b Statham 0 0 0 0
CB van Ryneveld b Laker 7 0 1 0
AD Nourse c Evans b Tattersall 20 0 3 0
JE Cheetham b Bedser 46 0 5 1
GM Fullerton c Tattersall b Laker 10 0 2 0
RA McLean c Ikin b Bedser 19 0 2 0
AMB Rowan lbw b Bedser 3 0 0 0
NBF Mann b Bedser 4 0 1 0
GWA Chubb b Bedser 1 0 0 0
CN McCarthy not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (13b, 10lb, 0w, 1nb) 24  
TOTAL 191 all out (78.2 overs; RR: 2.44)

Fall of wickets

4-1 (JHB Waite 0.0 ov), 19-2 (CB van Ryneveld 0.0 ov), 60-3 (AD Nourse 0.0 ov), 145-4 (EAB Rowan 0.0 ov), 155-5 (GM Fullerton 0.0 ov), 168-6 (JE Cheetham 0.0 ov), 181-7 (AMB Rowan 0.0 ov), 185-8 (NBF Mann 0.0 ov), 190-9 (RA McLean 0.0 ov), 191-10 (GWA Chubb 78.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AV Bedser 24.2 8 54 5 2.25 0 0
JB Statham 17.0 3 30 1 1.76 0 0
JC Laker 19.0 3 42 3 2.21 0 0
R Tattersall 18.0 3 41 1 2.28 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 142-1 (51.3; RR: 2.76)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
L Hutton not out 98 0 12 0
JT Ikin b Mann 38 0 4 0
RT Simpson not out 4 0 1 0
TW Graveney  
W Watson  
FR Brown  
TG Evans  
JC Laker  
AV Bedser  
R Tattersall  
JB Statham  
Extras (0b, 1lb, 0w, 1nb) 2  
TOTAL 142-1 (51.3 overs; RR: 2.76)

Fall of wickets

121-1 (JT Ikin 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
CN McCarthy 19.0 4 46 0 2.42 0 0
GWA Chubb 23.0 6 72 0 3.13 0 0
AMB Rowan 7.0 1 17 0 2.43 0 0
NBF Mann 2.3 1 5 1 2.50 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v South Africa at Manchester, 3rd Test

Date

Thursday July 5, 1951

Toss

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester

Umpires

FS Lee, HG Baldwin

England Team

Playing XI

FR Brown, L Hutton, AV Bedser, JT Ikin, TG Evans, JC Laker, RT Simpson, R Tattersall, JB Statham, W Watson, TW Graveney

South Africa Team

Playing XI

AD Nourse, EAB Rowan, NBF Mann, AMB Rowan, GM Fullerton, CN McCarthy, JE Cheetham, GWA Chubb, CB van Ryneveld, JHB Waite, RA McLean