New Zealand vs South Africa, 1st Test at Wellington, Feb 21 1964 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
1st Test, Wellington, February 21 - 25, 1964, South Africa tour of New Zealand
South Africa 1st InningsÂ
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b Cameron | 24 | - | 90 | - | 0 | - | |||
| b Cameron | 22 | - | 68 | 5 | 0 | - | |||
| c Chapple b Motz | 31 | - | 125 | - | 0 | - | |||
| b Reid | 30 | - | 72 | 5 | 0 | - | |||
| c †Ward b Blair | 40 | - | 111 | 5 | 0 | - | |||
| b Blair | 30 | - | 93 | - | 0 | - | |||
| b Cameron | 27 | - | 58 | 6 | 0 | - | |||
| b Motz | 44 | - | 131 | - | 0 | - | |||
| b Blair | 7 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| c Dowling b Reid | 24 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| not out | 2 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| Extras | (b 9, lb 3, nb 9) | 21 | |||||||
| Total | 131.5 Ov (RR: 2.29) | 302 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-41 (Eddie Barlow), 2-56 (Trevor Goddard), 3-97 (Buster Farrer), 4-121 (Tony Pithey), 5-189 (Colin Bland), 6-198 (John Waite), 7-233 (Denis Lindsay), 8-257 (David Pithey), 9-292 (Peter van der Merwe), 10-302 (Peter Pollock) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 3 | 68 | 2 | 2.72 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | 13 | 58 | 3 | 1.93 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 41 | 10 | 86 | 3 | 2.09 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 29.5 | 12 | 47 | 2 | 1.57 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 3.66 | - | 0 | 0 |
New Zealand 1st InningsÂ
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b Pollock | 1 | - | 36 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| lbw b Pollock | 10 | - | 45 | - | 0 | - | |||
| lbw b DB Pithey | 44 | - | 205 | 5 | 0 | - | |||
| c Barlow b Partridge | 16 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| b DB Pithey | 39 | - | 201 | - | 0 | - | |||
| lbw b Pollock | 49 | - | 245 | - | 0 | - | |||
| c Goddard b Partridge | 59 | - | 140 | 6 | 0 | - | |||
| c DB Pithey b Pollock | 2 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| b Pollock | 5 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| b Pollock | 5 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| not out | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| Extras | (b 10, lb 5, nb 7) | 22 | |||||||
| Total | 152.5 Ov (RR: 1.65) | 253 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-14 (Graham Dowling), 2-17 (Graham Gedye), 3-49 (John Reid), 4-112 (Barry Sinclair), 5-148 (Noel McGregor), 6-234 (Murray Chapple), 7-242 (Dick Motz), 8-243 (John Sparling), 9-252 (John Ward), 10-253 (Bob Blair) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31.5 | 9 | 47 | 6 | 1.47 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 45 | 24 | 50 | 2 | 1.11 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 38 | 21 | 42 | 0 | 1.10 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 3.45 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | 11 | 53 | 2 | 2.20 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.33 | - | 0 | 0 |
South Africa 2nd InningsÂ
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b Reid | 40 | - | 128 | 4 | 0 | - | |||
| c †Ward b Cameron | 92 | - | 167 | 14 | 0 | - | |||
| not out | 38 | - | 85 | 6 | 0 | - | |||
| not out | 46 | - | 47 | 7 | 0 | - | |||
| Extras | (b 2) | 2 | |||||||
| Total | 66 Ov (RR: 3.30) | 218/2d | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-117 (Trevor Goddard), 2-143 (Eddie Barlow) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 3.53 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | 6 | 60 | 1 | 3.15 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 4.36 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | 8 | 55 | 1 | 2.61 | - | 0 | 0 |
New Zealand 2nd Innings (T: 268 runs)
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lbw b Bland | 32 | - | 100 | 3 | 1 | - | |||
| c van der Merwe b Pollock | 52 | - | 225 | 3 | 0 | - | |||
| b Bland | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| b Goddard | 12 | - | 30 | - | 0 | - | |||
| lbw b van der Merwe | 24 | - | 90 | 3 | 0 | - | |||
| c van der Merwe b Pollock | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| not out | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| not out | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| Extras | (b 6, lb 7, nb 3, w 1) | 17 | |||||||
| Total | 76 Ov (RR: 1.81) | 138/6 | |||||||
Did not bat | |||||||||
Fall of wickets 1-64 (Graham Dowling), 2-64 (Barry Sinclair), 3-79 (John Reid), 4-134 (Graham Gedye), 5-136 (John Sparling), 6-138 (Noel McGregor) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 4 | 31 | 2 | 1.93 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0.71 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0.68 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 6.50 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 2.42 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 1.77 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1.20 | - | 0 | 0 |
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Close of Play
Fri, 21 Feb
day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 233/7 (Peter van der Merwe 11*, David Pithey 0*)Sat, 22 Feb
day 2 - New Zealand 1st innings 117/4 (Noel McGregor 27*, John Sparling 4*)Sun, 23 Feb
rest dayMon, 24 Feb
day 3 - South Africa 2nd innings 79/0 (Trevor Goddard 30*, Eddie Barlow 47*)Tue, 25 Feb
day 4 - New Zealand 2nd innings 138/6 (76 ov) - end of matchMatch Flow
General
Anti-apartheid demonstrators damaged the pitch but failed to prevent the match starting on time in cold weather and on a very slow surface
NZ 1st innings, Pollock took the last four wickets for 10 runs in 18 balls. Best bowling analysis for RSA in NZ
RSA 2nd innings, Farrer and Bland added 75 runs in 45 min.
NZ needed 268 to win in four hours.
Match Details
TossSouth Africa, elected to bat first
Season1963/64
Series result3-match series level 0-0
Match numberTest no. 558
Match daysday (4-day match)
Test debut
Umpires