Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Peter Richardson	lbw b Goddard	117	-	525	6	0	-
Trevor Bailey	c †Waite b Heine	16	-	97	1	0	-
Denis Compton	c Keith b Goddard	5	-	30	0	0	-
Peter May (c)	c Goddard b Adcock	6	-	37	0	0	-
Colin Cowdrey	c Goddard b Heine	59	-	212	4	0	-
Doug Insole	c †Waite b van Ryneveld	1	-	8	0	0	-
Godfrey Evans †	c Keith b Adcock	20	-	55	2	0	-
Frank Tyson	b Adcock	22	-	103	2	0	-
Johnny Wardle	not out	6	-	12	1	0	-
Jim Laker	c Goddard b Adcock	0	-	2	0	0	-
Brian Statham	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
Peter Heine	31	5	89	2	2.15	-	-	-
Neil Adcock	20	6	36	4	1.35	-	-	-
Trevor Goddard	28.5	9	51	3	1.33	-	-	-
John Watkins	11	3	23	0	1.56	-	-	-
Hugh Tayfield	20	4	30	0	1.12	-	-	-
Clive van Ryneveld	8	2	23	1	2.15	-	-	-

South Africa 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Scotch Taylor	st †Evans b Wardle	12	-	106	0	0	-
Trevor Goddard	c Cowdrey b Statham	49	-	160	5	0	-
Headley Keith	c Cowdrey b Bailey	42	-	106	5	0	-
Russell Endean	c Cowdrey b Laker	18	-	142	1	0	-
Roy McLean	lbw b Bailey	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
John Watkins	c Insole b Wardle	9	-	47	0	0	-
Clive van Ryneveld (c)	c Bailey b Statham	10	-	42	1	0	-
John Waite †	c †Evans b Bailey	17	-	63	2	0	-
Hugh Tayfield	b Wardle	24	-	82	3	0	-
Peter Heine	not out	13	-	47	1	0	-
Neil Adcock	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
Brian Statham	24.1	4	71	3	2.20	-	-	-
Frank Tyson	9	1	22	0	1.83	-	-	-
Johnny Wardle	20	4	52	3	1.95	-	-	-
Jim Laker	21	10	33	1	1.17	-	-	-
Trevor Bailey	15	5	33	3	1.65	-	-	-

England 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Peter Richardson	lbw b Adcock	10	-	33	1	0	-
Trevor Bailey	c Endean b Heine	10	-	69	1	0	-
Denis Compton	c & b Tayfield	32	-	170	4	0	-
Johnny Wardle	lbw b Heine	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Doug Insole	c †Waite b Goddard	29	-	134	2	0	-
Peter May (c)	c Endean b Heine	14	-	57	1	0	-
Colin Cowdrey	c Goddard b Adcock	6	-	63	0	0	-
Godfrey Evans †	c Heine b Tayfield	30	-	46	2	1	-
Frank Tyson	c Watkins b Adcock	2	-	23	0	0	-
Jim Laker	not out	3	-	13	0	0	-
Brian Statham	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
Peter Heine	19	7	41	3	1.61	-	-	-
Neil Adcock	13	1	33	3	1.90	-	-	-
Trevor Goddard	14	7	14	1	0.75	-	-	-
John Watkins	3	0	10	0	2.50	-	-	-
Hugh Tayfield	17.6	5	40	3	1.69	-	-	-

South Africa 2nd Innings (T: 204 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Scotch Taylor	c Insole b Bailey	6	-	48	0	0	-
Trevor Goddard	c Insole b Bailey	5	-	17	1	0	-
Headley Keith	c †Evans b Bailey	2	-	4	0	0	-
John Waite †	b Statham	0	-	2	0	0	-
Russell Endean	b Statham	3	-	37	0	0	-
Roy McLean	c Insole b Bailey	6	-	49	0	0	-
John Watkins	b Laker	8	-	38	1	0	-
Clive van Ryneveld (c)	run out	16	-	85	1	0	-
Hugh Tayfield	c †Evans b Bailey	2	-	17	0	0	-
Peter Heine	run out	17	-	51	2	0	-
Neil Adcock	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
Brian Statham	13	4	22	2	1.26	-	-	-
Johnny Wardle	3	0	18	0	4.50	-	-	-
Jim Laker	2	1	5	1	1.87	-	-	-
Trevor Bailey	15.4	6	20	5	0.96	-	-	-

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	England tour of South Africa
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	Scotch Taylor
Umpires	James McMenamin Wilhelm Marais

Match Coverage

ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA 1956-57

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South Africa Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JB Statham	13	4	22	2	1.26
JH Wardle	3	0	18	0	4.5
JC Laker	2	1	5	1	1.87
TE Bailey	15.4	6	20	5	0.96

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