Australia vs South Africa
1952-53
| Date | Venue | Captains | Scores | Result | Player of the Match |
| 5 Dec 1952 | Brisbane |
AL Hassett (Aus)
JE Cheetham (SAf) |
Aus 280 & 277
SAf 221 & 240 |
Australia 96 runs |
|
| 24 Dec 1952 | Melbourne |
AL Hassett (Aus)
JE Cheetham (SAf) |
SAf 227 & 388
Aus 243 & 290 |
South Africa 82 runs |
|
| 9 Jan 1953 | Sydney |
AL Hassett (Aus)
JE Cheetham (SAf) |
SAf 173 & 232
Aus 443 |
Australia Innings & 38 runs |
|
| 24 Jan 1953 | Adelaide |
AL Hassett (Aus)
JE Cheetham (SAf) |
Aus 530 & 233-3d
SAf 387 & 177-6 |
Match Drawn |
|
| 6 Feb 1953 | Melbourne |
AL Hassett (Aus)
JE Cheetham (SAf) |
Aus 520 & 209
SAf 435 & 297-4 |
South Africa 6 wickets |
Australia Batting and Fielding
| Mat | Inn | no | Runs | Avg | 50 | 100 | HS | S/R | 4s/6s | Ct/St | |
| RN Harvey | 5 | 9 | 0 | 834 | 92.66 | 3 | 4 | 205 | - | 0 | 0 |
| CC McDonald | 5 | 9 | 0 | 437 | 48.55 | 2 | 1 | 154 | - | 0 | 1 |
| AR Morris | 5 | 9 | 0 | 370 | 41.11 | 3 | 0 | 99 | - | 0 | 2 |
| AL Hassett | 5 | 8 | 0 | 346 | 43.25 | 1 | 1 | 163 | - | 0 | 1 |
| DT Ring | 5 | 8 | 0 | 184 | 23.00 | 2 | 0 | 58 | - | 0 | 1 |
| GB Hole | 4 | 7 | 1 | 158 | 26.33 | 1 | 0 | 59 | - | 0 | 9 |
| KR Miller | 4 | 6 | 0 | 153 | 25.50 | 2 | 0 | 55 | - | 0 | 3 |
| R Benaud | 4 | 7 | 1 | 124 | 20.66 | 0 | 0 | 45 | - | 0 | 4 |
| GRA Langley | 5 | 8 | 3 | 103 | 20.60 | 0 | 0 | 27 | - | 0 | 11/3 |
| ID Craig | 1 | 2 | 0 | 100 | 50.00 | 1 | 0 | 53 | - | 0 | 0 |
| RR Lindwall | 4 | 6 | 1 | 66 | 13.20 | 0 | 0 | 38* | - | 0 | 3 |
| WA Johnston | 5 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 7.20 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ****** | 0 | 5 |
| IWG Johnson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 13 | - | 0 | 1 |
| RG Archer | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 18 | - | 0 | 1 |
| G Noblet | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 | 13* | - | 0 | 0 |
Australia Bowling
| Ov | M | R | Wkt | Avg | BBi | Econ | 5/10 | nb | wd | |
| WA Johnston | 266.7 | 59 | 737 | 21 | 35.09 | 6/152 | 2.07 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| RR Lindwall | 134.7 | 18 | 383 | 19 | 20.15 | 5/60 | 2.13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DT Ring | 184.1 | 30 | 624 | 13 | 48.00 | 6/72 | 2.54 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| KR Miller | 90.1 | 16 | 241 | 13 | 18.53 | 4/62 | 2.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R Benaud | 105.6 | 23 | 306 | 10 | 30.60 | 4/118 | 2.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IWG Johnson | 42 | 10 | 83 | 4 | 20.75 | 3/52 | 1.48 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G Noblet | 54 | 15 | 109 | 2 | 54.50 | 1/44 | 1.51 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AR Morris | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 11.00 | 1/11 | 1.65 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GB Hole | 24 | 5 | 62 | 1 | 62.00 | 1/17 | 1.94 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RG Archer | 38 | 4 | 120 | 1 | 120.00 | 1/97 | 2.37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RN Harvey | 8 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 9.00 | 1/9 | 0.84 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AL Hassett | 1.5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CC McDonald | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 2.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa Batting and Fielding
| Mat | Inn | no | Runs | Avg | 50 | 100 | HS | S/R | 4s/6s | Ct/St | |
| WR Endean | 5 | 10 | 1 | 438 | 48.66 | 3 | 1 | 162* | - | 0 | 9 |
| RA McLean | 5 | 10 | 1 | 370 | 41.11 | 3 | 0 | 81 | ****** | 0 | 2 |
| KJ Funston | 5 | 10 | 0 | 365 | 36.50 | 3 | 0 | 92 | - | 0 | 1 |
| JC Watkins | 5 | 10 | 0 | 352 | 35.20 | 3 | 0 | 92 | - | 0 | 7 |
| JHB Waite | 5 | 10 | 0 | 293 | 29.30 | 2 | 0 | 64 | ****** | 0 | 4/2 |
| DJ McGlew | 4 | 8 | 0 | 250 | 31.25 | 2 | 0 | 69 | - | 0 | 4 |
| PNF Mansell | 5 | 9 | 1 | 172 | 21.50 | 1 | 0 | 52 | - | 0 | 4 |
| JE Cheetham | 5 | 9 | 1 | 160 | 20.00 | 1 | 0 | 66 | - | 0 | 3 |
| ARA Murray | 4 | 7 | 1 | 141 | 23.50 | 1 | 0 | 51 | - | 0 | 0 |
| HJ Tayfield | 5 | 7 | 1 | 85 | 14.16 | 0 | 0 | 23 | - | 0 | 5 |
| HJ Keith | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 | 40* | - | 0 | 1 |
| MG Melle | 4 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 8.33 | 0 | 0 | 9* | - | 0 | 4 |
| ERH Fuller | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0* | - | 0 | 0 |
South Africa Bowling
| Ov | M | R | Wkt | Avg | BBi | Econ | 5/10 | nb | wd | |
| HJ Tayfield | 278.4 | 58 | 843 | 30 | 28.10 | 7/81 | 2.27 | 2/1 | 0 | 0 |
| MG Melle | 130.5 | 9 | 531 | 14 | 37.92 | 6/71 | 3.05 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| ERH Fuller | 77.2 | 10 | 271 | 10 | 27.10 | 5/66 | 2.63 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| PNF Mansell | 117 | 9 | 509 | 9 | 56.55 | 3/58 | 3.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JC Watkins | 133 | 38 | 350 | 8 | 43.75 | 4/41 | 1.97 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ARA Murray | 129.2 | 30 | 399 | 6 | 66.50 | 4/169 | 2.32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ McGlew | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HJ Keith | 9 | 0 | 44 | 0 | - | - | 3.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Partnerships
| Avg | 0-9 | 10-49 | 50-99 | 100+ | Best | Test | Batsmen | ||
| Australia | |||||||||
| 1st | 48.0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 122 | 5(1) | McDonald & Morris | |
| 2nd | 62.9 | 3 | 4 | - | 2 | 275 | 4(1) | McDonald & Hassett | |
| 3rd | 69.4 | - | 4 | 2 | 3 | 155 | 1(1) | Hassett & Harvey | |
| 4th | 62.5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 168 | 3(1) | Miller & Harvey | |
| 5th | 23.8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | 52 | 4(1) | Harvey & Hole | |
| 6th | 15.4 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 38 | 1(2) | Lindwall & Hole | |
| 7th | 25.6 | 2 | 6 | - | - | 48 | 1(2) | Lindwall & Langley | |
| 8th | 16.8 | 3 | 5 | - | - | 35 | 2(2) | Lindwall & Benaud | |
| 9th | 19.6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | 61 | 2(2) | Ring & Benaud | |
| 10th | 11.6 | 3 | 5 | - | - | 25 | 5(1) | Noblet & Johnston | |
| 27 | 41 | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| South Africa | |||||||||
| 1st | 33.7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | - | 81 | 4(2) | McGlew & Waite | |
| 2nd | 40.4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 111 | 2(2) | Endean & Waite | |
| 3rd | 43.8 | - | 5 | 5 | - | 96 | 1(2) | McGlew & Funston | |
| 4th | 28.4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 108 | 4(1) | Waite & Funston | |
| 5th | 53.6 | - | 6 | 3 | 1 | 106* | 5(2) | McLean & Keith | |
| 6th | 19.8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | 51 | 5(1) | McLean & Cheetham | |
| 7th | 39.1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 111 | 5(1) | Mansell & Cheetham | |
| 8th | 16.5 | 2 | 6 | - | - | 36 | 2(2) | Endean & Murray | |
| 9th | 19.5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | 51 | 2(1) | Tayfield & Murray | |
| 10th | 7.6 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 20 | 2(1) | Melle & Murray | |
| 22 | 47 | 18 | 4 | ||||||
Overall Summary
| Aus | SAf | ||
| Runs Scored | 3025 | 2777 | |
| Wickets lost | 83 | 89 | |
| Overs faced | 877.5 | 955.3 | |
| Runs per wicket | 36.45 | 31.20 | |
| Runs per over | 3.45 | 2.91 | |
| Innings | 93 | 101 | |
| Ducks | 5 | 6 | |
| Fifties | 15 | 19 | |
| Centuries | 6 | 1 | |
| 5 w/inn | 4 | 4 | |
| 10 w/mat | 0 | 1 |
Note: ball overs in this series.
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