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England in South Africa Test Series - 2nd Test

South Africa v England

England won by 312 runs

England 1st innings R M 4s 6s
PE Richardson lbw b Heine 45 131 7 0
TE Bailey c †Waite b Tayfield 34 164 3 0
DCS Compton c McLean b Tayfield 58 196 5 0
PBH May* c †Waite b Tayfield 8 27 1 0
MC Cowdrey lbw b Adcock 101 369 9 1
DJ Insole c Goddard b Adcock 29 79 3 0
TG Evans† c McGlew b Goddard 62 83 5 0
JH Wardle st †Waite b Tayfield 3 28 0 0
JC Laker b Adcock 0 7 0 0
PJ Loader c Keith b Tayfield 10 4 2 0
JB Statham not out 2 21 0 0
Extras (b 6, lb 6, nb 5) 17
Total (all out; 135.2 overs) 369 (2.04 runs per 6 balls)
Fall of wickets 1-76 (Richardson), 2-88 (Bailey), 3-116 (May), 4-183 (Compton), 5-233 (Insole), 6-326 (Evans), 7-334 (Wardle), 8-335 (Laker), 9-346 (Loader), 10-369 (Cowdrey)
Bowling O M R W Econ
PS Heine 19 0 78 1 3.07
NAT Adcock 22.2 2 54 3 1.82
HJ Tayfield 53 21 130 5 1.83
TL Goddard 38 12 74 1 1.46
CB van Ryneveld 3 0 16 0 4.00
South Africa 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
DJ McGlew* c Cowdrey b Laker 14 55 1 0
TL Goddard c †Evans b Loader 18 116 0 0
HJ Keith c †Evans b Loader 14 93 2 0
CB van Ryneveld b Wardle 25 175 0 0
HJ Tayfield run out 5 45 0 0
RA McLean c May b Statham 42 117 5 0
JHB Waite† c †Evans b Wardle 49 153 5 0
WR Endean b Wardle 17 107 2 0
JC Watkins not out 7 27 1 0
PS Heine b Wardle 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
NAT Adcock c †Evans b Wardle 11 8 2 0
Extras (b 1, lb 1, nb 1) 3
Total (all out; 99.6 overs) 205 (1.54 runs per 6 balls)
Fall of wickets 1-23 (McGlew), 2-39 (Goddard), 3-48 (Keith), 4-63 (Tayfield), 5-110 (van Ryneveld), 6-126 (McLean), 7-178 (Endean), 8-191 (Waite), 9-191 (Heine), 10-205 (Adcock)
Bowling O M R W Econ
JB Statham 16 0 38 1 1.78
PJ Loader 21 5 33 2 1.17
JC Laker 28 8 65 1 1.74
TE Bailey 11 5 13 0 0.88
JH Wardle 23.6 9 53 5 1.67
England 2nd innings R M 4s 6s
PE Richardson c Endean b Goddard 44 125 2 0
TE Bailey b Heine 28 127 3 0
DCS Compton c & b Goddard 64 161 7 0
PBH May* c †Waite b Heine 15 44 1 0
MC Cowdrey c †Waite b Tayfield 61 87 8 0
TG Evans† c Endean b Goddard 1 11 0 0
DJ Insole not out 3 11 0 0
Extras (lb 2, nb 2) 4
Total (6 wickets dec; 63.5 overs) 220 (2.59 runs per 6 balls)
Did not bat JH Wardle, JC Laker, PJ Loader, JB Statham
Fall of wickets 1-74 (Richardson), 2-74 (Bailey), 3-109 (May), 4-196 (Cowdrey), 5-208 (Evans), 6-220 (Compton)
Bowling O M R W Econ
PS Heine 21 1 67 2 2.39
NAT Adcock 3 0 8 0 2.00
HJ Tayfield 12 4 33 1 2.06
TL Goddard 17.5 1 62 3 2.63
JC Watkins 10 2 46 0 3.45
South Africa 2nd innings (target: 385 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
DJ McGlew* b Wardle 7 74 0 0
TL Goddard c Bailey b Wardle 26 130 0 0
HJ Keith c May b Wardle 4 17 0 0
WR Endean handled the ball 3 66 0 0
RA McLean lbw b Laker 22 51 2 0
JHB Waite† c Cowdrey b Wardle 2 27 0 0
CB van Ryneveld not out 0 25 0 0
JC Watkins c & b Wardle 0 4 0 0
PS Heine b Wardle 0 1 2 0 0 0.00
HJ Tayfield c †Evans b Wardle 4 6 1 0
NAT Adcock b Laker 1 2 0 0
Extras (lb 2, nb 1) 3
Total (all out; 50.1 overs) 72 (1.07 runs per 6 balls)
Fall of wickets 1-21 (McGlew), 2-28 (Keith), 3-42 (Goddard), 4-56 (Endean), 5-67 (McLean), 6-67 (Waite), 7-67 (Watkins), 8-67 (Heine), 9-71 (Tayfield), 10-72 (Adcock)
Bowling O M R W Econ
JB Statham 8 2 12 0 1.12
PJ Loader 7 2 11 0 1.17
JC Laker 14.1 9 7 2 0.37
JH Wardle 19 3 36 7 1.42
DCS Compton 2 1 3 0 1.12
Match details
Balls per over 8
Toss England, who chose to bat
Series England led the 5-match series 2-0
Umpires DV Collins and VJ Costello
Close of play
Tue, 1 Jan - day 1 - England 1st innings 214/4 (MC Cowdrey 43*, DJ Insole 21*)
Wed, 2 Jan - day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 51/3 (CB van Ryneveld 4*, HJ Tayfield 1*)
Thu, 3 Jan - day 3 - England 2nd innings 21/0 (PE Richardson 17*, TE Bailey 3*)
Fri, 4 Jan - day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 41/2 (TL Goddard 26*, WR Endean 3*)
Sat, 5 Jan - day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 72 (50.1 ov) - end of match
 
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Series Results
South Africa v England at Port Elizabeth - Mar 1-5, 1957
South Africa won by 58 runs
South Africa v England at Johannesburg - Feb 15-20, 1957
South Africa won by 17 runs
South Africa v England at Durban - Jan 25-30, 1957
Match drawn
South Africa v England at Cape Town - Jan 1-5, 1957
England won by 312 runs
South Africa v England at Johannesburg - Dec 24-29, 1956
England won by 131 runs
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