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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 434 (434/85)
South Africa v England, 1956/57, 1st Test
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
24,26,27,28,29 December 1956 (5-day match)

Result: England won by 131 runs
England leads the 5-Test series 1-0

Toss: England
Umpires: JH McMenamin and W Marais
Test Debuts: AI Taylor (SA).

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 157/3 (Richardson 69*, Cowdrey 51*)
  • Day 2: England 268, South Africa 91/1 (Goddard 49*, Keith 29*)
  • Day 3: South Africa 215, England 42/3 (Compton 17*, Insole 0*)
  • Day 4: England 150, South Africa 40/7 (van Ryneveld 4*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   4  6
    PE Richardson         lbw                b Goddard            117 525   6  0
    TE Bailey             c Waite            b Heine               16  97   1  0
    DCS Compton           c Keith            b Goddard              5  30   0  0
    *PBH May              c Goddard          b Adcock               6  37   0  0
    MC Cowdrey            c Goddard          b Heine               59 212   4  0
    DJ Insole             c Waite            b van Ryneveld         1   8   0  0
    +TG Evans             c Keith            b Adcock              20  55   2  0
    FH Tyson                                 b Adcock              22 103   2  0
    JH Wardle             not out                                   6  12   1  0
    JC Laker              c Goddard          b Adcock               0   2   0  0
    JB Statham            c Waite            b Goddard              0   6   0  0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 9, nb 3)                        16
    Total                 (all out, 118.5 overs)                  268
    
    FoW: 1-28 (Bailey), 2-37 (Compton), 3-48 (May), 4-169 (Cowdrey),
         5-170 (Insole), 6-205 (Evans), 7-259 (Richardson),
         8-263 (Tyson), 9-263 (Laker), 10-268 (Statham).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Heine                       31      5     89      2
    Adcock                      20      6     36      4
    Goddard                     28.5    9     51      3
    Watkins                     11      3     23      0
    Tayfield                    20      4     30      0
    van Ryneveld                 8      2     23      1
    
    South Africa 1st innings                                        R   M   B  4 6
    AI Taylor             st Evans           b Wardle              12 106      0 0
    TL Goddard            c Cowdrey          b Statham             49 160      5 0
    HJ Keith              c Cowdrey          b Bailey              42 106      5 0
    WR Endean             c Cowdrey          b Laker               18 142      1 0
    RA McLean             lbw                b Bailey               0   1   2  0 0
    JC Watkins            c Insole           b Wardle               9  47      0 0
    *CB van Ryneveld      c Bailey           b Statham             10  42      1 0
    +JHB Waite            c Evans            b Bailey              17  63      2 0
    HJ Tayfield                              b Wardle              24  82      3 0
    PS Heine              not out                                  13  47      1 0
    NAT Adcock                               b Statham             17  23      2 1
    Extras                (b 1, lb 3)                               4
    Total                 (all out, 89.1 overs)                   215
    
    FoW: 1-54 (Taylor), 2-92 (Goddard), 3-112 (Keith),
         4-112 (McLean), 5-126 (Watkins), 6-141 (Endean),
         7-141 (van Ryneveld), 8-176 (Waite), 9-194 (Tayfield),
         10-215 (Adcock).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Statham                     24.1    4     71      3
    Tyson                        9      1     22      0
    Wardle                      20      4     52      3
    Laker                       21     10     33      1
    Bailey                      15      5     33      3
    
    England 2nd innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    PE Richardson         lbw                b Adcock              10  33      1 0
    TE Bailey             c Endean           b Heine               10  69      1 0
    DCS Compton                          c & b Tayfield            32 170      4 0
    JH Wardle             lbw                b Heine                0   2   3  0 0
    DJ Insole             c Waite            b Goddard             29 134      2 0
    *PBH May              c Endean           b Heine               14  57      1 0
    MC Cowdrey            c Goddard          b Adcock               6  63      0 0
    +TG Evans             c Heine            b Tayfield            30  46      2 1
    FH Tyson              c Watkins          b Adcock               2  23      0 0
    JC Laker              not out                                   3  13      0 0
    JB Statham            lbw                b Tayfield             2   6      0 0
    Extras                (b 8, lb 1, nb 3)                        12
    Total                 (all out, 66.6 overs)                   150
    
    FoW: 1-11 (Richardson), 2-37 (Bailey), 3-37 (Wardle),
         4-84 (Compton), 5-100 (Insole), 6-107 (May),
         7-126 (Cowdrey), 8-145 (Tyson), 9-147 (Evans),
         10-150 (Statham).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Heine                       19      7     41      3
    Adcock                      13      1     33      3
    Goddard                     14      7     14      1
    Watkins                      3      0     10      0
    Tayfield                    17.6    5     40      3
    
    South Africa 2nd innings (target: 204 runs)                     R   M   4  6
    AI Taylor             c Insole           b Bailey               6  48   0  0
    TL Goddard            c Insole           b Bailey               5  17   1  0
    HJ Keith              c Evans            b Bailey               2   4   0  0
    +JHB Waite                               b Statham              0   2   0  0
    WR Endean                                b Statham              3  37   0  0
    RA McLean             c Insole           b Bailey               6  49   0  0
    JC Watkins                               b Laker                8  38   1  0
    *CB van Ryneveld      run out                                  16  85   1  0
    HJ Tayfield           c Evans            b Bailey               2  17   0  0
    PS Heine              run out                                  17  51   2  0
    NAT Adcock            not out                                   0   8   0  0
    Extras                (b 2, lb 3, nb 2)                         7
    Total                 (all out, 33.4 overs)                    72
    
    FoW: 1-6 (Goddard), 2-10 (Keith), 3-11 (Waite), 4-20 (Taylor),
         5-25 (Endean), 6-36 (McLean), 7-40 (Watkins),
         8-44 (Tayfield), 9-71 (Heine), 10-72 (van Ryneveld).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Statham                     13      4     22      2
    Wardle                       3      0     18      0
    Laker                        2      1      5      1
    Bailey                      15.4    6     20      5
    


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    Team Pages: South Africa, England.

    Ground Page: New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

    England Player Pages: PE Richardson, TE Bailey, DCS Compton, PBH May, MC Cowdrey, DJ Insole, TG Evans, FH Tyson, JH Wardle, JC Laker, JB Statham.

    South Africa Player Pages: AI Taylor, TL Goddard, HJ Keith, WR Endean, RA McLean, JC Watkins, CB van Ryneveld, JHB Waite, HJ Tayfield, PS Heine, NAT Adcock.

    Match Officials' Pages: JH McMenamin, W Marais.

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