South Africa vs England, 1st Test at Johannesburg, Dec 24 1956 - Full Scorecard
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1st Test, Johannesburg, December 24 - 29, 1956, England tour of South Africa
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| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lbw b Goddard | 117 | - | 525 | 6 | 0 | - | |||
| c †Waite b Heine | 16 | - | 97 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| c Keith b Goddard | 5 | - | 30 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c Goddard b Adcock | 6 | - | 37 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c Goddard b Heine | 59 | - | 212 | 4 | 0 | - | |||
| c †Waite b van Ryneveld | 1 | - | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c Keith b Adcock | 20 | - | 55 | 2 | 0 | - | |||
| b Adcock | 22 | - | 103 | 2 | 0 | - | |||
| not out | 6 | - | 12 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| c Goddard b Adcock | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c †Waite b Goddard | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 9, nb 3) | 16 | |||||||
| Total | 118.5 Ov (RR: 2.25) | 268 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Trevor Bailey), 2-37 (Denis Compton), 3-48 (Peter May), 4-169 (Colin Cowdrey), 5-170 (Doug Insole), 6-205 (Godfrey Evans), 7-259 (Peter Richardson), 8-263 (Frank Tyson), 9-263 (Jim Laker), 10-268 (Brian Statham) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 5 | 89 | 2 | 2.15 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | 6 | 36 | 4 | 1.35 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 28.5 | 9 | 51 | 3 | 1.33 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 1.56 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 1.12 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 2.15 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
South Africa 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st †Evans b Wardle | 12 | - | 106 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c Cowdrey b Statham | 49 | - | 160 | 5 | 0 | - | |||
| c Cowdrey b Bailey | 42 | - | 106 | 5 | 0 | - | |||
| c Cowdrey b Laker | 18 | - | 142 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| lbw b Bailey | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c Insole b Wardle | 9 | - | 47 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c Bailey b Statham | 10 | - | 42 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| c †Evans b Bailey | 17 | - | 63 | 2 | 0 | - | |||
| b Wardle | 24 | - | 82 | 3 | 0 | - | |||
| not out | 13 | - | 47 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| b Statham | 17 | - | 23 | 2 | 1 | - | |||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 3) | 4 | |||||||
| Total | 89.1 Ov (RR: 2.41) | 215 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-54 (Scotch Taylor), 2-92 (Trevor Goddard), 3-112 (Headley Keith), 4-112 (Roy McLean), 5-126 (John Watkins), 6-141 (Russell Endean), 7-141 (Clive van Ryneveld), 8-176 (John Waite), 9-194 (Hugh Tayfield), 10-215 (Neil Adcock) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24.1 | 4 | 71 | 3 | 2.20 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 1.83 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | 4 | 52 | 3 | 1.95 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | 10 | 33 | 1 | 1.17 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | 5 | 33 | 3 | 1.65 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
England 2nd Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lbw b Adcock | 10 | - | 33 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| c Endean b Heine | 10 | - | 69 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| c & b Tayfield | 32 | - | 170 | 4 | 0 | - | |||
| lbw b Heine | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c †Waite b Goddard | 29 | - | 134 | 2 | 0 | - | |||
| c Endean b Heine | 14 | - | 57 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| c Goddard b Adcock | 6 | - | 63 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c Heine b Tayfield | 30 | - | 46 | 2 | 1 | - | |||
| c Watkins b Adcock | 2 | - | 23 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| not out | 3 | - | 13 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| lbw b Tayfield | 2 | - | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| Extras | (b 8, lb 1, nb 3) | 12 | |||||||
| Total | 66.6 Ov (RR: 2.24) | 150 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Peter Richardson), 2-37 (Trevor Bailey), 3-37 (Johnny Wardle), 4-84 (Denis Compton), 5-100 (Doug Insole), 6-107 (Peter May), 7-126 (Colin Cowdrey), 8-145 (Frank Tyson), 9-147 (Godfrey Evans), 10-150 (Brian Statham) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 7 | 41 | 3 | 1.61 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 1.90 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0.75 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 17.6 | 5 | 40 | 3 | 1.69 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
South Africa 2nd Innings (T: 204 runs)
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Insole b Bailey | 6 | - | 48 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c Insole b Bailey | 5 | - | 17 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| c †Evans b Bailey | 2 | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| b Statham | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| b Statham | 3 | - | 37 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c Insole b Bailey | 6 | - | 49 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| b Laker | 8 | - | 38 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| run out | 16 | - | 85 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| c †Evans b Bailey | 2 | - | 17 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| run out | 17 | - | 51 | 2 | 0 | - | |||
| not out | 0 | - | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 3, nb 2) | 7 | |||||||
| Total | 33.4 Ov (RR: 2.14) | 72 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Trevor Goddard), 2-10 (Headley Keith), 3-11 (John Waite), 4-20 (Scotch Taylor), 5-25 (Russell Endean), 6-36 (Roy McLean), 7-40 (John Watkins), 8-44 (Hugh Tayfield), 9-71 (Peter Heine), 10-72 (Clive van Ryneveld) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 1.26 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 4.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1.87 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 15.4 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 0.96 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
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Close of Play
Mon, 24 Dec - day 1 - England 1st innings 157/3 (Peter Richardson 69*, Colin Cowdrey 51*)
Tue, 25 Dec - rest day
Wed, 26 Dec - day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 91/1 (Trevor Goddard 49*, Headley Keith 29*)
Thu, 27 Dec - day 3 - England 2nd innings 42/3 (Denis Compton 17*, Doug Insole 0*)
Fri, 28 Dec - day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 40/7 (Clive van Ryneveld 4*)
Sat, 29 Dec - day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 72 (33.4 ov) - end of match
Match Details
| New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | |
| Toss | England, elected to bat first |
| Series | |
| Season | 1956/57 |
| Series result | England led the 5-match series 1-0 |
| Match number | Test no. 434 |
| Match days | day (5-day match) |
| Test debut | |
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