 Johnston could not maintain his form in the 1952 – 53 home series against South Africa . In the three matches leading up the Tests , he took only six wickets at 44 @.@ 83 for Victoria . Johnston took match figures of 3 / 83 , 2 / 114 and 2 / 97 as the first three Tests were won , lost and won , respectively . In the meantime , he took his career @-@ best performance at first @-@ class level , taking 8 / 52 in the first innings of a match against Queensland , which remained his best first @-@ class innings analysis . He added 2 / 59 in the second innings to help set up a nine @-@ wicket win . In the return match , he took 4 / 92 and 6 / 54 to set up a seven @-@ wicket win , with six of his victims being Test players . 
