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until declining over-rates in the 1970s took all such timed records away. In all, he batted 575 minutes for 105, but South Africa failed to win because there was not enough time left to bowl
Australia out twice. Wisden praised the innings as a feat of concentration and endurance but added: "It is
445:. McGlew retired from Test cricket after the 1961–62 series against New Zealand, in which he scored his seventh and final Test century. In all, he captained South Africa in 13 Tests, winning four and losing five. He scored 2,440 Test runs at an average of more than 42.
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doubtful whether South Africa benefited by it." McGlew's third tour of
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to a series draw in 1952–53. And in the same season he hit what was then South Africa's highest Test innings, an undefeated 255, against
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