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.