f19919	Canterbury v South Africans
	South Africa in Australia and New Zealand 1952/53
Venue	Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 28th February, 2nd, 3rd March 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Canterbury won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	EG Brook, BW Vine
Close of play day 1	Canterbury (1) 345/6 (MacGibbon 32*, Guillen 13*)
Close of play day 2	South Africans (1) 242/8 (Cheetham 45*, Murray 41*)

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Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JG Leggat	b Melle	10
ME Chapple	c Cheetham b Mansell	165
MB Poore	c McLean b Keith	54
TD Moynihan	c Innes b Watkins	25
PGZ Harris	lbw b Mansell	24
GE Royfee	run out	12
AR MacGibbon	not out	32
+SC Guillen	not out	13
JL Williams	did not bat
TB Burtt	did not bat
JA Hayes	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 109 overs)	345
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-141, 3-227, 4-268, 5-291, 6-318

South Africans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Melle	22	1	79	1	-	-
Watkins	30	11	56	1	-	-
Murray	20	5	79	0	-	-
Mansell	20	4	71	2	-	-
Keith	17	4	50	1	-	-

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South Africans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JHB Waite	hit wkt b Poore	11
GAS Innes	b Hayes	41
JC Watkins	b Poore	0
KJ Funston	c Williams b Burtt	30
RA McLean	b Burtt	34
HJ Keith	c Guillen b Poore	31
EB Norton	c Guillen b Hayes	3
*JE Cheetham	st Guillen b Burtt	64
PNF Mansell	b Hayes	2
ARA Murray	not out	100
MG Melle	not out	27
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 9 nb)	13
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 139 overs)	356
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-22, 3-73, 4-89, 5-142, 6-153, 7-153, 8-155, 9-276

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hayes	34	6	112	3	-	-
Poore	33	12	71	3	-	-
Chapple	8	1	32	0	-	-
MacGibbon	21	3	62	0	-	-
Burtt	43	17	66	3	-	-

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Canterbury second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JG Leggat	b Mansell	11
ME Chapple	c Mansell b Keith	88
MB Poore	not out	23
JL Williams	not out	9
TD Moynihan	did not bat
PGZ Harris	did not bat
GE Royfee	did not bat
AR MacGibbon	did not bat
+SC Guillen	did not bat
TB Burtt	did not bat
JA Hayes	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(2 wickets, 70 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-123

South Africans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Melle	13	5	15	0	-	-
Watkins	15	7	11	0	-	-
Murray	16	7	36	0	-	-
Mansell	18	3	53	1	-	-
Keith	6	1	15	1	-	-
Cheetham	2	1	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> TD Moynihan made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GE Royfee made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JL Williams made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> ME Chapple (1) passed his previous highest score of 79 in First-Class matches
--> ME Chapple (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> GAS Innes (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 33
--> ARA Murray (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 75
--> SC Guillen made his debut for Canterbury in First-Class matches
--> RA McLean made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> PNF Mansell made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> ARA Murray made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> TB Burtt reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the South Africans first innings
--> PNF Mansell reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Canterbury second innings

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