- Test no. 338 | 1951 season
- Played at Kennington Oval, London
- 16,17,18 August 1951 (5-day match)
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| EAB Rowan | c Hutton b Brown | 55 | 165 | 0 | |||
| WR Endean† | c Brown b Laker | 31 | 115 | 0 | |||
| CB van Ryneveld | st †Brennan b Laker | 10 | 0 | ||||
| AD Nourse* | lbw b Brown | 4 | 0 | ||||
| JE Cheetham | lbw b Laker | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| RA McLean | c May b Laker | 14 | 0 | ||||
| PNF Mansell | b Tattersall | 8 | 0 | ||||
| AMB Rowan | c Laker b Bedser | 41 | 0 | ||||
| GWA Chubb | b Bedser | 10 | 0 | ||||
| MG Melle | b Shackleton | 5 | 0 | ||||
| CN McCarthy | not out | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Extras | (b 11, lb 8, nb 1) | 20 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 106.3 overs) | 202 | (1.89 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-66 (Endean), 2-106 (EAB Rowan), 3-106 (van Ryneveld), 4-106 (Cheetham), 5-126 (McLean), 6-131 (Nourse), 7-146 (Mansell), 8-175 (Chubb), 9-186 (Melle), 10-202 (AMB Rowan) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AV Bedser | 19.3 | 6 | 36 | 2 | 1.84 | |||
| D Shackleton | 15 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 1.33 | |||
| R Tattersall | 14 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 1.85 | |||
| JC Laker | 37 | 12 | 64 | 4 | 1.72 | |||
| FR Brown | 20 | 10 | 31 | 2 | 1.55 | |||
| DCS Compton | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 |
| England 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| L Hutton | lbw b AMB Rowan | 28 | 0 | ||||
| FA Lowson | c †Endean b Melle | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| PBH May | b Chubb | 33 | 0 | ||||
| DCS Compton | b McCarthy | 73 | 220 | 4 | 0 | ||
| W Watson | run out | 31 | 0 | ||||
| FR Brown* | c van Ryneveld b AMB Rowan | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| JC Laker | b Chubb | 6 | 0 | ||||
| D Shackleton | c van Ryneveld b Melle | 14 | 0 | ||||
| AV Bedser | c †Endean b Melle | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DV Brennan† | lbw b Melle | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| R Tattersall | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (lb 4, nb 2) | 6 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 87 overs) | 194 | (2.22 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-2 (Lowson), 2-51 (Hutton), 3-79 (May), 4-128 (Watson), 5-134 (Brown), 6-145 (Laker), 7-173 (Shackleton), 8-189 (Bedser), 9-190 (Brennan), 10-194 (Compton) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| CN McCarthy | 17 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 2.64 | |||
| MG Melle | 10 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0.90 | |||
| AMB Rowan | 27 | 9 | 44 | 2 | 1.62 | |||
| GWA Chubb | 30 | 5 | 70 | 2 | 2.33 | |||
| CB van Ryneveld | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 6.66 |
| South Africa 2nd innings | R | 4s | 6s | |||
| EAB Rowan | lbw b Laker | 45 | 0 | |||
| WR Endean† | lbw b Bedser | 7 | 0 | |||
| CB van Ryneveld | lbw b Laker | 5 | 0 | |||
| AD Nourse* | b Laker | 4 | 0 | |||
| JE Cheetham | c Hutton b Tattersall | 18 | 0 | |||
| RA McLean | c Lowson b Laker | 18 | 0 | |||
| PNF Mansell | lbw b Laker | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AMB Rowan | not out | 15 | 0 | |||
| GWA Chubb | c Hutton b Bedser | 7 | 0 | |||
| MG Melle | b Laker | 17 | 0 | |||
| CN McCarthy | b Bedser | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 11, lb 7) | 18 | ||||
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| Total | (all out; 75.5 overs) | 154 | (2.03 runs per over) | |||
| Fall of wickets1-15 (Endean), 2-35 (van Ryneveld), 3-57 (Nourse), 4-84 (EAB Rowan), 5-106 (Cheetham), 6-111 (Mansell), 7-116 (McLean), 8-130 (Chubb), 9-153 (Melle), 10-154 (McCarthy) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AV Bedser | 19.5 | 6 | 32 | 3 | 1.61 | |||
| D Shackleton | 10 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 1.90 | |||
| R Tattersall | 5 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2.00 | |||
| JC Laker | 28 | 8 | 55 | 6 | 1.96 | |||
| FR Brown | 13 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 1.53 |
| England 2nd innings (target: 163 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| L Hutton | obstructing the field | 27 | 50 | 0 | ||||
| FA Lowson | c van Ryneveld b AMB Rowan | 37 | 0 | |||||
| PBH May | c EAB Rowan b AMB Rowan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| DCS Compton | c van Ryneveld b Chubb | 18 | 0 | |||||
| W Watson | c †Endean b Chubb | 15 | 0 | |||||
| FR Brown* | lbw b Chubb | 40 | 1 | |||||
| JC Laker | not out | 13 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| D Shackleton | not out | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (b 5, lb 3, nb 1) | 9 | ||||||
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| Total | (6 wickets; 62.1 overs) | 164 | (2.63 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat AV Bedser, DV Brennan†, R Tattersall |
| Fall of wickets1-53 (Hutton), 2-53 (May), 3-84 (Compton), 4-90 (Lowson), 5-132 (Watson), 6-151 (Brown) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| CN McCarthy | 7 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2.42 | |||
| MG Melle | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2.66 | |||
| AMB Rowan | 24.1 | 2 | 77 | 2 | 3.18 | |||
| GWA Chubb | 28 | 10 | 53 | 3 | 1.89 |
| Match details |
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Toss South Africa, who chose to bat Series England won the 5-match series 3-1 |
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Test debut
WR Endean
(South Africa) |
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Umpires
F Chester and D Davies |
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Close of play 16 Aug day 1 - England 1st innings 51/2 (PBH May 22*) 17 Aug day 2 - South Africa 2nd innings 68/3 (EAB Rowan 36*, JE Cheetham 7*) 18 Aug day 3 - England 2nd innings 164/6 (62.1 ov) - end of match |
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Aug 21, 1951 
Len Hutton becomes the first man to be given out obstructed the field in a Test © The Cricketer International |
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