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England tour of South Africa, 1956/57 / Scorecard

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England in South Africa Test Series - 3rd Test

South Africa v England

Match drawn

England 1st innings R M 4s 6s
PE Richardson lbw b Adcock 68 141 4 0
TE Bailey c Keith b Adcock 80 394 6 0
DCS Compton b Heine 16 72 1 0
PBH May* c Goddard b Tayfield 2 7 0 0
MC Cowdrey lbw b Goddard 6 53 1 0
DJ Insole b van Ryneveld 13 64 1 0
TG Evans† st †Waite b van Ryneveld 0 8 0 0
JH Wardle b Heine 13 51 1 0
JC Laker not out 0 24 0 0
PJ Loader c †Waite b Adcock 1 6 0 0
JB Statham b Adcock 6 11 1 0
Extras (b 2, lb 4, w 5, nb 2) 13
Total (all out; 94.3 overs) 218 (1.73 runs per 6 balls)
Fall of wickets 1-115 (Richardson), 2-148 (Compton), 3-151 (May), 4-163 (Cowdrey), 5-186 (Insole), 6-186 (Evans), 7-202 (Bailey), 8-210 (Wardle), 9-212 (Loader), 10-218 (Statham)
Bowling O M R W Econ
PS Heine 16 2 65 2 3.04
NAT Adcock 15.3 3 39 4 1.90
TL Goddard 25 11 42 1 1.26
HJ Tayfield 24 17 21 1 0.65
CB van Ryneveld 14 4 38 2 2.03
South Africa 1st innings R M 4s 6s
AJ Pithey st †Evans b Wardle 25 124 4 0
TL Goddard lbw b Statham 69 258 4 0
HJ Keith c †Evans b Loader 6 18 1 0
WR Endean c sub b Wardle 5 9 1 0
RA McLean c Insole b Bailey 100 257 14 0
KJ Funston b Wardle 19 63 2 0
JHB Waite† b Statham 12 60 1 0
CB van Ryneveld* c Cowdrey b Loader 16 71 0 0
HJ Tayfield not out 20 57 1 0
PS Heine b Wardle 6 20 0 0
NAT Adcock lbw b Wardle 3 6 0 0
Extras (lb 2) 2
Total (all out; 96.2 overs) 283 (2.20 runs per 6 balls)
Fall of wickets 1-65 (Pithey), 2-76 (Keith), 3-81 (Endean), 4-145 (Goddard), 5-199 (Funston), 6-225 (Waite), 7-241 (McLean), 8-264 (van Ryneveld), 9-279 (Heine), 10-283 (Adcock)
Bowling O M R W Econ
JB Statham 22 4 56 2 1.90
PJ Loader 25 6 79 2 2.37
TE Bailey 17 3 38 1 1.67
JH Wardle 20.2 6 61 5 2.25
JC Laker 12 1 47 0 2.93
England 2nd innings R M 4s 6s
PE Richardson b van Ryneveld 32 96 2 0
TE Bailey c van Ryneveld b Tayfield 18 162 0 0
DCS Compton c Keith b Tayfield 19 67 1 0
DJ Insole not out 110 363 7 0
PBH May* lbw b Tayfield 2 3 0 0
MC Cowdrey lbw b Heine 24 127 1 0
TG Evans† c †Waite b Tayfield 10 23 0 0
JH Wardle c †Waite b Tayfield 8 73 1 0
JC Laker c Goddard b Tayfield 6 26 0 0
PJ Loader lbw b Tayfield 3 20 0 0
JB Statham c van Ryneveld b Tayfield 9 20 1 0
Extras (b 8, lb 4, nb 1) 13
Total (all out; 107.7 overs) 254 (1.76 runs per 6 balls)
Fall of wickets 1-45 (Richardson), 1-48* (Bailey, retired not out), 2-77 (Compton), 3-79 (May), 4-144 (Cowdrey), 5-167 (Evans), 6-192 (Bailey), 7-203 (Wardle), 8-220 (Laker), 9-230 (Loader), 10-254 (Statham)
Bowling O M R W Econ
PS Heine 22 3 58 1 1.97
NAT Adcock 21 8 39 0 1.39
TL Goddard 13 5 26 0 1.50
HJ Tayfield 37.7 14 69 8 1.36
CB van Ryneveld 14 2 49 1 2.62
South Africa 2nd innings (target: 190 runs) R M 4s 6s
AJ Pithey b Statham 0 2 0 0
TL Goddard c Cowdrey b Wardle 18 99 1 0
HJ Keith c sub b Laker 22 83 2 0
WR Endean c & b Laker 26 133 0 0
RA McLean b Wardle 4 7 1 0
KJ Funston b Loader 44 111 3 0
CB van Ryneveld* not out 14 32 3 0
JHB Waite† not out 1 29 0 0
Extras (b 5, lb 6, nb 2) 13
Total (6 wickets; 58 overs) 142 (1.83 runs per 6 balls)
Did not bat HJ Tayfield, PS Heine, NAT Adcock
Fall of wickets 1-0 (Pithey), 2-39 (Keith), 3-45 (Goddard), 4-49 (McLean), 5-124 (Funston), 6-124 (Endean)
Bowling O M R W Econ
JB Statham 11 0 32 1 2.18
PJ Loader 8 2 21 1 1.96
JH Wardle 20 7 42 2 1.57
JC Laker 18 7 29 2 1.20
DCS Compton 1 0 5 0 3.75
Match details
Balls per over 8
Toss England, who chose to bat
Series England led the 5-match series 2-0
Test debut AJ Pithey (South Africa)
Umpires BV Malan and W Marais
Close of play
Fri, 25 Jan - day 1 - England 1st innings 184/4 (TE Bailey 71*, DJ Insole 11*)
Sat, 26 Jan - day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 140/3 (TL Goddard 67*, RA McLean 35*)
Sun, 27 Jan - rest day
Mon, 28 Jan - day 3 - England 2nd innings 48/1 (TE Bailey 13*, DCS Compton 1*)
Tue, 29 Jan - day 4 - England 2nd innings 192/6 (DJ Insole 77*)
Wed, 30 Jan - day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 142/6 (58 ov) - end of match
Match notes
  • General
  • TE Bailey (2) retired hurt on 13* from 48/1 to 167/5
 
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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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