South African cricket team in England in 1951

The South African cricket team toured England in the 1951 season to play a five-match Test series against England.

England won the series 3-1 with 1 match drawn.

South African team

The South African team was captained by Dudley Nourse, with Eric Rowan as vice-captain. The manager was Sid Pegler who had toured England as a player with the South African cricket team of 1912 and 1924.

The full team was:

Tayfield was not originally chosen, but joined the party in May when it was feared that Athol Rowan's health might not be up to a full tour. Fullerton had kept wicket on the 1947 tour, but did not keep wicket at all in this tour, being played as a batsman. Endean was used as the second wicketkeeper on this tour, including one Test, but then did not keep wicket when he toured England for a second time with the 1955 team.

Nourse, Fullerton, Mann and Athol Rowan had toured England with the 1947 team; Nourse and Eric Rowan had toured with the 1935 side. Cheetham, Endean, Mansell, McGlew, McLean, Tayfield and Waite returned to England with the 1955 side, and McGlew, McLean, Tayfield and Waite came back for a third time with the 1960 team.

Before this 1951 tour, Chubb, Endean, Mansell, McGlew, McLean, van Ryneveld and Waite had not previously played Test cricket. Chubb, McGlew, van Ryneveld and Waite made their Test debuts in the first Test of this tour, and the other three had all appeared in Test cricket by the end of the series. The only player on the tour who did not appear in any of the Tests was Tayfield, who had previously played Test cricket for South Africa in 1949-50.

Test series summary

1st Test at Trent Bridge – South Africa won by 71 runs
2nd Test at Lord's – England won by 10 wickets
3rd Test at Old Trafford – England won by 9 wickets
4th Test at Headingley – match drawn
5th Test at The Oval – England won by 4 wickets

References

Annual reviews

Playfair Cricket Annual 1952
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1952

External links

CricketArchive

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