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Australia in South Africa Test Series - 1st Test

South Africa v Australia

Match drawn

South Africa 1st innings R 4s 6s
DJ McGlew* c Simpson b Meckiff 108 12 1
TL Goddard b Meckiff 90 10 1
JD Nel b Meckiff 4 0
JHB Waite† c Burge b Benaud 115 0
WR Endean lbw b Meckiff 50 0
RA McLean b Meckiff 50 0
KJ Funston lbw b Mackay 12 0
HJ Tayfield b Davidson 18 1
PS Heine b Mackay 7 0
VI Smith not out 2 0 0
Extras (b 8, lb 4, w 1, nb 1) 14
Total (9 wickets dec; 130.6 overs) 470 (2.69 runs per 6 balls)
Did not bat NAT Adcock
Fall of wickets 1-176 (Goddard), 2-182 (Nel), 3-237 (McGlew), 4-341 (Endean), 5-412 (Waite), 6-436 (McLean), 7-461 (Funston), 8-465 (Tayfield), 9-470 (Heine)
Bowling O M R W Econ
AK Davidson 32 4 115 1 2.69
I Meckiff 31 3 125 5 3.02
KD Mackay 20.6 3 54 2 1.95
R Benaud 27 7 115 1 3.19
LF Kline 20 6 47 0 1.76
Australia 1st innings R M 4s 6s
CC McDonald c Tayfield b Smith 75 210 1
JW Burke c †Waite b Heine 16 0
KD Mackay c †Waite b Heine 3 0 0
ID Craig* b Heine 14 0
PJP Burge c †Waite b Heine 0 0 0
RB Simpson lbw b Tayfield 60 0
R Benaud c Heine b Adcock 122 20 0
AK Davidson c sub b Heine 24 0
ATW Grout† c Endean b Tayfield 21 0
I Meckiff c Smith b Heine 11 0
LF Kline not out 6 0
Extras (b 4, lb 11, nb 1) 16
Total (all out; 91.2 overs) 368 (3.02 runs per 6 balls)
Fall of wickets 1-34 (Burke), 2-40 (Mackay), 3-56 (Craig), 4-62 (Burge), 5-151 (McDonald), 6-177 (Simpson), 7-244 (Davidson), 8-313 (Grout), 9-355 (Benaud), 10-368 (Meckiff)
Bowling O M R W Econ
PS Heine 14.2 3 58 6 3.05
NAT Adcock 23 3 106 1 3.45
TL Goddard 16 5 57 0 2.67
HJ Tayfield 29 9 101 2 2.61
VI Smith 9 2 30 1 2.50
South Africa 2nd innings R 4s 6s
DJ McGlew* c Simpson b Meckiff 6 0
TL Goddard c †Grout b Davidson 5 0
JD Nel c †Grout b Davidson 7 0
JHB Waite† c †Grout b Burke 59 0
RA McLean c †Grout b Davidson 0 0 0
WR Endean c Meckiff b Davidson 77 0
KJ Funston b Meckiff 27 0
HJ Tayfield c †Grout b Meckiff 3 0 0
PS Heine c †Grout b Davidson 2 0 0
VI Smith not out 1 0 0
NAT Adcock c Simpson b Davidson 0 0 0
Extras (b 5, lb 7, w 1, nb 1) 14
Total (all out; 78.4 overs) 201 (1.92 runs per 6 balls)
Fall of wickets 1-6 (Goddard), 2-19 (McGlew), 3-19 (Nel), 4-19 (McLean), 5-148 (Waite), 6-193 (Endean), 7-196 (Tayfield), 8-199 (Funston), 9-199 (Heine), 10-201 (Adcock)
Bowling O M R W Econ
AK Davidson 17.4 4 34 6 1.45
I Meckiff 26 3 52 3 1.50
KD Mackay 11 1 29 0 1.97
R Benaud 2 0 15 0 5.62
LF Kline 8 2 18 0 1.68
JW Burke 14 3 39 1 2.08
Australia 2nd innings (target: 304 runs) R M 6s
CC McDonald st †Waite b Smith 25 0
JW Burke retired hurt 10 0
KD Mackay not out 65 225 0
ID Craig* b Tayfield 17 0
PJP Burge b Tayfield 14 0
RB Simpson not out 23 55 0
Extras (b 6, lb 2) 8
Total (3 wickets; 73 overs) 162 (1.66 runs per 6 balls)
Did not bat R Benaud, AK Davidson, ATW Grout†, I Meckiff, LF Kline
Fall of wickets 0-17* (Burke, retired not out), 1-44 (McDonald), 2-85 (Craig), 3-118 (Burge)
Bowling O M R W Econ
PS Heine 8 2 17 0 1.59
NAT Adcock 3 0 11 0 2.75
TL Goddard 12 6 24 0 1.50
HJ Tayfield 33 12 70 2 1.59
VI Smith 16 8 25 1 1.17
DJ McGlew 1 0 7 0 5.25
Match details
Balls per over 8
Toss South Africa, who chose to bat
Series 5-match series level 0-0
Test debuts ATW Grout, LF Kline, I Meckiff and RB Simpson (Australia)
Umpires A Birkett and JH McMenamin
Close of play
Mon, 23 Dec - day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 222/2 (DJ McGlew 100*, JHB Waite 19*)
Tue, 24 Dec - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 15/0 (CC McDonald 10*, JW Burke 5*)
Wed, 25 Dec - rest day
Thu, 26 Dec - day 3 - Australia 1st innings 307/7 (R Benaud 80*, ATW Grout 21*)
Fri, 27 Dec - day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 176/5 (WR Endean 68*, KJ Funston 18*)
Sat, 28 Dec - day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 162/3 (73 ov) - end of match
Match notes
  • General
  • JW Burke retired hurt at 17/0
 
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Series Results
South Africa v Australia at Port Elizabeth - Feb 28-Mar 4, 1958
Australia won by 8 wickets
South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg - Feb 7-12, 1958
Australia won by 10 wickets
South Africa v Australia at Durban - Jan 24-29, 1958
Match drawn
South Africa v Australia at Cape Town - Dec 31, 1957 - Jan 3, 1958
Australia won by an innings and 141 runs
South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg - Dec 23-28, 1957
Match drawn
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