South African cricket team in New Zealand in 1952–53
International cricket tour
The South Africa national cricket team toured New Zealand in March 1953 and played a two-match Test series against the New Zealand national cricket team. South Africa won the series 1–0 with one match drawn.
Test series summary
First Test
6–10 March 1953 Scorecard |
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524/8d (174 overs) DJ McGlew 255* RW Blair 4/98 (36 overs) | 172 (123.4 overs) B Sutcliffe 62 ERH Fuller 3/29 (19.4 overs) | |
172 (f/o) (118.5 overs) JG Leggat 47 JC Watkins 4/22 (23.5 overs) |
South Africa won by an innings and 180 runs Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: RG Currie and JM McLellan |
- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- 8 March was taken as a rest day
- FE Fisher, EM Meuli, LSM Miller and RW Blair (all NZ) made their Test debuts.
Second Test
13–17 March 1953 Scorecard |
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- 15 March was taken as a rest day
- ME Chapple, MB Poore and EW Dempster (all NZ) made their Test debuts.
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