f19848	Australian XI v South Africans
	South Africa in Australia and New Zealand 1952/53
Venue	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th December 1952 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Australian XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	HR Mackinnon, FH McLennan
Close of play day 1	Australian XI (1) 224/3 (Benaud 20, de Courcy 9)
Close of play day 2	South Africans (1) 110/1 (McGlew 39, Innes 24)
Close of play day 3	South Africans (1) 230/7 (Cheetham 12, Mansell 0)

South Africans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ McGlew	lbw b Archer	74		208	2	-
+WR Endean	c IH McDonald b Davidson	45
GAS Innes	c Carroll b Archer	50
KJ Funston	run out (de Courcy->IH McDonald)	8
RA McLean	lbw b Davidson	5
HJ Keith	b Davidson	1
*JE Cheetham	not out	52
JC Watkins	b Noblet	31
PNF Mansell	c Archer b Davidson	6
HJ Tayfield	st IH McDonald b Benaud	11
ERH Fuller	b Davidson	9
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 389 minutes, 105.1 overs)	296
Fall of wickets:
1-67, 2-168, 3-175, 4-186, 5-186, 6-189, 7-230, 8-243, 9-274, 10-296 (105.1 ov)

Australian XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	lbw b Fuller	23
SJ Carroll	b Mansell	79
R Benaud	c Innes b Mansell	37
JH de Courcy	not out	40
ID Craig	c Funston b Mansell	11
RG Archer	not out	7
GB Hole	did not bat
*PL Ridings	did not bat
AK Davidson	did not bat
+IH McDonald	did not bat
G Noblet	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(4 wickets, 178 minutes, 52 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-110, 3-151, 4-187

Notes
--> WR Endean (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26

12th Men: JW Burke (Aust XI) and EB Norton (SAF)
Crowds: 3638, 11170, 2515, 1718. Total: 19,041. Receipts: 1536 pounds