Cricket Records in New Zealand in South Africa Test Series, 1953/54

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Innings in match	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
HJ Tayfield	14.0	7	13	6	0.69	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
HJ Tayfield	36.0	17	62	6	1.29	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
GO Rabone	38.7	10	68	6	1.31	New Zealand	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1954	Test # 379
NAT Adcock	19.0	4	43	5	1.69	South Africa	4	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
NAT Adcock	26.0	8	45	5	1.29	South Africa	3	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
DEJ Ironside	19.0	4	51	5	2.01	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
JR Reid	16.0	5	34	4	1.59	New Zealand	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
JC Watkins	16.0	6	34	4	1.59	South Africa	1	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	05 Feb 1954	Test # 382
JR Reid	32.0	16	51	4	1.19	New Zealand	2	v South Africa	Gqeberha	05 Feb 1954	Test # 382
AR MacGibbon	20.0	2	62	4	2.32	New Zealand	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
CB van Ryneveld	20.6	1	67	4	2.42	South Africa	3	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	05 Feb 1954	Test # 382
AR MacGibbon	33.0	13	71	4	1.61	New Zealand	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1954	Test # 379
NAT Adcock	19.0	1	86	4	3.39	South Africa	1	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	05 Feb 1954	Test # 382
DEJ Ironside	46.3	16	117	4	1.89	South Africa	1	v New Zealand	Cape Town	01 Jan 1954	Test # 379
HJ Tayfield	26.1	12	35	3	1.00	South Africa	3	v New Zealand	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
DEJ Ironside	20.5	10	37	3	1.34	South Africa	4	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
NAT Adcock	14.0	4	38	3	2.03	South Africa	3	v New Zealand	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
RW Blair	19.0	4	42	3	1.65	New Zealand	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
NAT Adcock	14.0	2	44	3	2.35	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
AR MacGibbon	22.1	2	55	3	1.86	New Zealand	2	v South Africa	Gqeberha	05 Feb 1954	Test # 382
AR MacGibbon	22.0	5	61	3	2.07	New Zealand	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
GWF Overton	32.0	10	65	3	1.52	New Zealand	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
CB van Ryneveld	28.6	6	69	3	1.80	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
AR MacGibbon	27.0	4	73	3	2.02	New Zealand	1	v South Africa	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
JC Watkins	12.0	4	13	2	0.81	South Africa	3	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
JC Watkins	14.0	7	16	2	0.85	South Africa	3	v New Zealand	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
DEJ Ironside	14.0	5	20	2	1.07	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
GWF Overton	12.1	1	33	2	2.04	New Zealand	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
RW Blair	16.0	4	39	2	1.82	New Zealand	2	v South Africa	Gqeberha	05 Feb 1954	Test # 382
AR MacGibbon	10.0	-	44	2	3.30	New Zealand	4	v South Africa	Gqeberha	05 Feb 1954	Test # 382
NAT Adcock	19.0	1	45	2	1.77	South Africa	3	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	05 Feb 1954	Test # 382
HJ Tayfield	29.0	12	48	2	1.24	South Africa	3	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
RW Blair	17.0	4	50	2	2.20	New Zealand	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
AR MacGibbon	26.0	6	57	2	1.64	New Zealand	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
JR Reid	18.0	3	63	2	2.62	New Zealand	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
GWF Overton	20.0	4	68	2	2.55	New Zealand	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
GWF Overton	27.0	8	92	2	2.55	New Zealand	1	v South Africa	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
CB van Ryneveld	23.0	1	93	2	3.03	South Africa	1	v New Zealand	Cape Town	01 Jan 1954	Test # 379
RW Blair	22.0	2	104	2	3.54	New Zealand	1	v South Africa	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
ARA Murray	7.0	4	8	1	0.85	South Africa	3	v New Zealand	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
ARA Murray	8.0	3	10	1	0.93	South Africa	4	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
GO Rabone	10.0	6	16	1	1.20	New Zealand	3	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1954	Test # 379
AR MacGibbon	3.0	-	16	1	4.00	New Zealand	4	v South Africa	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
JC Watkins	14.0	6	21	1	1.12	South Africa	3	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	05 Feb 1954	Test # 382
EW Dempster	6.0	-	24	1	3.00	New Zealand	3	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1954	Test # 379
NAT Adcock	11.3	1	27	1	1.78	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
JC Watkins	15.0	5	28	1	1.40	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
ARA Murray	12.0	3	30	1	1.87	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
GO Rabone	8.0	-	31	1	2.90	New Zealand	1	v South Africa	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
ARA Murray	17.0	7	34	1	1.50	South Africa	3	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	05 Feb 1954	Test # 382
HJ Tayfield	29.3	15	35	1	0.89	South Africa	1	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	05 Feb 1954	Test # 382
MB Poore	12.0	1	39	1	2.43	New Zealand	3	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1954	Test # 379
CB van Ryneveld	21.0	9	42	1	1.50	South Africa	3	v New Zealand	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
JR Reid	16.0	2	49	1	2.29	New Zealand	1	v South Africa	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
ARA Murray	21.0	4	49	1	1.75	South Africa	1	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	05 Feb 1954	Test # 382
DEJ Ironside	23.2	6	50	1	1.61	South Africa	3	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
HJ Tayfield	17.0	5	51	1	2.25	South Africa	3	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	05 Feb 1954	Test # 382
HJ Tayfield	8.2	2	53	1	4.81	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
W Bell	9.3	-	54	1	4.32	New Zealand	4	v South Africa	Gqeberha	05 Feb 1954	Test # 382
JR Reid	15.0	2	64	1	3.20	New Zealand	4	v South Africa	Gqeberha	05 Feb 1954	Test # 382
HJ Tayfield	33.0	10	80	1	1.81	South Africa	1	v New Zealand	Cape Town	01 Jan 1954	Test # 379
W Bell	28.0	6	82	1	2.19	New Zealand	2	v South Africa	Gqeberha	05 Feb 1954	Test # 382
ARA Murray	34.0	8	93	1	2.05	South Africa	1	v New Zealand	Cape Town	01 Jan 1954	Test # 379
NAT Adcock	29.0	3	105	1	2.71	South Africa	1	v New Zealand	Cape Town	01 Jan 1954	Test # 379

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