f23764	Essex v South Africa Fezelas
	South Africa Fezelas in British Isles 1961
Venue	Hoffman's Sports and Social Club Ground, Chelmsford on 14th, 15th, 16th June 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	South Africa Fezelas won by 6 wickets
Umpires	D Davies, H Yarnold
Close of play day 1	South Africa Fezelas (1) 181/7 (van der Merwe 18*, Rushmere 4*)
Close of play day 2	South Africa Fezelas (2) 34/0 (Gripper 22*, Barlow 12*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	lbw b Pollock	18
GJ Smith	c and b Botten	8
+B Taylor	c Lindsay b Barlow	13
J Milner	lbw b Rushmere	16
LA Savill	b Barlow	0
MJ Bear	c Gripper b Rushmere	7
BR Knight	c Botten b Rushmere	13
WT Greensmith	c Botten b Rushmere	25
*LHR Ralph	c Barlow b van der Merwe	17
BEA Edmeades	not out	24
PJ Phelan	c Lindsay b van der Merwe	2
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 53.4 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-27, 3-44, 4-44, 5-61, 6-62, 7-99, 8-100, 9-142, 10-144 (53.4 ov)

South Africa Fezelas bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pollock	11	2	44	1	-	-
Botten	16	3	36	1	-	-
Barlow	12	3	30	2	-	-
Rushmere	12	4	29	4	-	-
van der Merwe	2.4	1	4	2	-	-

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South Africa Fezelas first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gripper	c Taylor b Edmeades	26
EJ Barlow	c Milner b Greensmith	36
+DT Lindsay	st Taylor b Greensmith	0
*RA McLean	c Barker b Greensmith	31
MK Elgie	lbw b Phelan	30
KC Bland	b Phelan	21
PL van der Merwe	b Phelan	29
CGD Burger	st Taylor b Phelan	12
CG Rushmere	st Taylor b Greensmith	15
PM Pollock	not out	20
JT Botten	b Phelan	1
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 77.4 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-47, 3-82, 4-111, 5-139, 6-148, 7-169, 8-200, 9-216, 10-227 (77.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	5	1	19	0	-	-
Edmeades	11	6	26	1	-	-
Ralph	5	1	12	0	-	-
Greensmith	31	5	90	4	-	-
Phelan	25.4	6	74	5	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Burger b van der Merwe	34
GJ Smith	lbw b Pollock	5
+B Taylor	b Rushmere	43
J Milner	c Burger b van der Merwe	29
LA Savill	c Lindsay b Rushmere	1
MJ Bear	lbw b Rushmere	1
BR Knight	c Botten b Barlow	34
WT Greensmith	b Botten	77
*LHR Ralph	c Gripper b Pollock	31
BEA Edmeades	c Gripper b Botten	23
PJ Phelan	not out	1
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 87 overs)	292
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-52, 3-89, 4-101, 5-103, 6-150, 7-155, 8-207, 9-291, 10-292 (87 ov)

South Africa Fezelas bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pollock	12	1	63	2	-	-
Botten	12	0	48	2	-	-
Barlow	8	2	37	1	-	-
Rushmere	18	8	16	3	-	-
van der Merwe	20	5	59	2	-	-
Elgie	17	3	56	0	-	-

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South Africa Fezelas second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gripper	b Ralph	40
EJ Barlow	b Knight	22
+DT Lindsay	not out	83
KC Bland	b Ralph	0
CGD Burger	c Savill b Greensmith	52
MK Elgie	not out	14
*RA McLean	did not bat
PL van der Merwe	did not bat
CG Rushmere	did not bat
PM Pollock	did not bat
JT Botten	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(4 wickets, 58 overs)	212
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-62, 3-62, 4-125

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	14	2	44	1	-	-
Edmeades	2	0	15	0	-	-
Ralph	14	7	18	2	-	-
Greensmith	15	4	87	1	-	-
Phelan	9	0	34	0	-	-
Bear	4	0	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> BEA Edmeades made his debut in First-Class matches
--> G Barker (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> DT Lindsay hit 5 consecutive sixes in the South Africa Fezelas second innings (off WT Greensmith)
--> CGD Burger (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> EJ Barlow made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> KC Bland made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> MK Elgie made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> PM Pollock made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> DT Lindsay made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> PL van der Merwe made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> JT Botten made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> CG Rushmere made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> RA Gripper made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> CG Rushmere achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 3-27)

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