South African cricket team in New Zealand in 1952–53

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

South Africa	v	New Zealand
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

South Africa	v	New Zealand
377 (162 overs) WR Endean 116 GO Rabone 3/62 (24 overs)		245 (171.2 overs) B Sutcliffe 45 MB Poore 45 HJ Tayfield 5/62 (46.2 overs)
200/5d (78 overs) DJ McGlew 50 MB Poore 2/43 (8 overs)		31/2 (19.3 overs) B Sutcliffe 10 JC Watkins 1/12 (8 overs)

Match drawn
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: JC Harris and TM Pearce

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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