South African national cricket team in New Zealand in the 1952/53 season

The tour of the South African national cricket team to New Zealand in the 1952/53 season took place from March 6 to 17, 1953. The international cricket tour was part of the 1952/53 international cricket season and comprised five tests . South Africa won the series 1–0.

prehistory

South Africa previously did a tour in Australia , for New Zealand it was the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1931/32 season in New Zealand .

Stages

Auckland Wellington (BR)

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Eden Park	Auckland	50,000	2nd test
Basin Reserve	Wellington	11,000	1st test

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

test
New Zealand	South Africa
Bruce Blair Tom Burtt Murray Chapple Eric Dempster Eric Fisher Gordon Leggat Tony MacGibbon Ted Meuli Lawrie Miller Alex Moir Frank Mooney Matt Poore Geoff Rabone Richard Reid Bert Sutcliffe Merv Wallace	Jack Cheetham Russell Endean Eddie Fuller Ken Funston Percy Mansell Jacky McGlew Roy McLean Anton Murray Hugh Tayfield John Waite John Watkins

Tour matches

South Africa played three tour matches during the tour.

Testing

First test in Wellington

March 6-10 scorecard	Wellington	South Africa 524-8d (174)	-	New Zealand 172 (123.4) & 172 (118.5) (f / o)
		South Africa wins with 180 runs

Second test in Auckland

March 13-17 Scorecard	Auckland	South Africa 377 (162) & 200-5d (78)	-	New Zealand 245 (171.2) & 31-2 (19.3)
		draw

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo