10, he came to the wicket with the South Africans at 155 for eight, 190 behind Canterbury's score. He then shared a partnership of 121 with Cheetham, who made 64, and an unbroken tenth wicket partnership of 80 with Michael Melle. The innings was declared with Murray exactly 100 not out. The first Test against a weak New Zealand side was dominated by a score of 255 not out by McGlew, the highest individual score for South Africa in Tests to that date. Murray, batting at No 8, joined McGlew with the score at 238 for six and proceeded to hit 109, his first and only Test century, sharing a partnership of 246 which doubled the previous record for the seventh wicket for South Africa in Tests. It was, at the time, the highest seventh wicket partnership in all Test cricket and remains, as of 2009, the fourth highest in all Tests. Murray also proved useful with the ball in this Test, taking three for 30 and two for 19 in a total of 51 overs, as New Zealand lost by an innings. The second Test of the series on a very slow pitch at Auckland, was an anticlimax: Murray made six and took one wicket for 29 runs off 31 overs. In the 1953–54 South African domestic season, New Zealand toured for a full series of five Test matches, and the domestic Currie Cup competition was suspended for the season. Murray played in four of the five Tests, missing the fourth Test, but was not at all successful: in five innings, he scored just 33 runs with a highest of 13 when he was promoted to open the innings in the second Test following an injury to regular opener John Waite. With the emergence of Neil Adcock as a fast bowler, South Africa relied less on spin, and Murray took only six wickets in the series. The series proved to be the end of his Test career. Later cricket career The Currie Cup competition resumed in 1954–55, and Murray had one of his best seasons, averaging 42 with the bat and taking 37 wickets in just six first-class matches at an average of only 15.10 runs per wicket. It earned him selection for the 1955 South African team to tour England. In a warm English summer with hard wickets, Murray's slow to medium paced bowling was economical in the