Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jackie McGlew	c Reid b MacGibbon	13	-	-	-	0	-
Anton Murray	c Chapple b Blair	7	-	-	-	0	-
Russell Endean	c Sutcliffe b Reid	93	-	170	13	0	-
Ken Funston	lbw b Overton	0	-	-	0	0	-
Roy McLean	c Blair b Overton	27	-	-	-	1	-
Clive van Ryneveld	b Blair	65	-	131	7	0	-
Jack Cheetham (c)	c †Mooney b MacGibbon	20	-	-	-	0	-
Hugh Tayfield	not out	20	-	-	-	0	-
John Waite †	c †Mooney b MacGibbon	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
David Ironside	b Reid	13	-	-	-	0	-
Neil Adcock	run out	0	-	-	0	0	-
Extras	(b 3, lb 2, nb 8)	13
Total	80 Ov (RR: 3.38)	271
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Anton Murray), 2-37 (Jackie McGlew), 3-43 (Ken Funston), 4-100 (Roy McLean), 5-168 (Russell Endean), 6-226 (Clive van Ryneveld), 7-244 (Jack Cheetham), 8-244 (John Waite), 9-271 (David Ironside), 10-271 (Neil Adcock)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Blair	17	4	50	2	2.20	-	-	-
John Reid	18	3	63	2	2.62	-	-	-
Guy Overton	20	4	68	2	2.55	-	-	-
Tony MacGibbon	22	5	61	3	2.07	-	-	-
Geoff Rabone	3	0	16	0	4.00	-	-	-

New Zealand 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Rabone (c)	c Endean b Ironside	1	-	-	0	0	-
Murray Chapple	b Adcock	8	-	-	-	0	-
Matt Poore	b Adcock	15	-	-	-	0	-
Bert Sutcliffe	not out	80	-	112	4	7	-
John Reid	c Endean b Adcock	3	-	25	0	0	-
Lawrie Miller	b Ironside	14	-	35	-	0	-
John Beck	c †Waite b Murray	16	-	52	-	0	-
Frank Mooney †	b Ironside	35	-	131	-	0	-
Tony MacGibbon	c Endean b Ironside	0	-	-	0	0	-
Guy Overton	c Murray b Ironside	0	-	-	0	0	-
Bob Blair	st †Waite b Tayfield	6	-	10	0	1	-
Extras	(b 3, lb 4, nb 2)	9
Total	53.2 Ov (RR: 3.51)	187
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Geoff Rabone), 2-9 (Murray Chapple), 2-9* (Bert Sutcliffe, retired not out), 3-23 (John Reid), 3-24* (Lawrie Miller, retired not out), 4-35 (Matt Poore), 5-57 (John Beck), 6-81 (Lawrie Miller), 7-138 (Frank Mooney), 8-146 (Tony MacGibbon), 9-154 (Guy Overton), 10-187 (Bob Blair)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Neil Adcock	14	2	44	3	2.35	-	-	-
David Ironside	19	4	51	5	2.01	-	-	-
Anton Murray	12	3	30	1	1.87	-	-	-
Hugh Tayfield	8.2	2	53	1	4.81	-	-	-

South Africa 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jackie McGlew	b MacGibbon	8	-	-	-	0	-
John Waite †	c Reid b MacGibbon	5	-	-	-	0	-
Russell Endean	c sub b Reid	1	-	-	0	0	-
Ken Funston	c Overton b MacGibbon	11	-	-	-	0	-
Hugh Tayfield	b Reid	34	-	-	-	0	-
Jack Cheetham (c)	c Sutcliffe b Reid	1	-	-	0	0	-
Roy McLean	lbw b Reid	36	-	-	-	0	-
Clive van Ryneveld	c Reid b MacGibbon	17	-	90	-	0	-
Anton Murray	c Blair b Overton	13	-	-	-	0	-
David Ironside	not out	11	-	-	-	0	-
Neil Adcock	c Poore b Overton	6	-	-	-	0	-
Extras	(lb 3, nb 2)	5
Total	53.1 Ov (RR: 2.78)	148
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Jackie McGlew), 2-13 (Russell Endean), 3-24 (Ken Funston), 4-37 (John Waite), 5-44 (Jack Cheetham), 6-67 (Hugh Tayfield), 7-112 (Roy McLean), 8-122 (Clive van Ryneveld), 9-138 (Anton Murray), 10-148 (Neil Adcock)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Blair	5	0	14	0	2.10	-	-	-
John Reid	16	5	34	4	1.59	-	-	-
Guy Overton	12.1	1	33	2	2.04	-	-	-
Tony MacGibbon	20	2	62	4	2.32	-	-	-

New Zealand 2nd Innings (T: 233 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Rabone (c)	c van Ryneveld b Adcock	22	-	-	-	0	-
Murray Chapple	c †Waite b Ironside	22	-	45	-	0	-
Matt Poore	b Adcock	1	-	-	0	0	-
Bert Sutcliffe	c Endean b Murray	10	-	-	-	0	-
Frank Mooney †	c Funston b Adcock	10	-	-	-	0	-
John Reid	c Funston b Ironside	1	-	-	0	0	-
Lawrie Miller	c †Waite b Adcock	0	-	-	0	0	-
John Beck	c Endean b Ironside	7	-	-	-	0	-
Tony MacGibbon	not out	11	-	-	-	0	-
Bob Blair	b Adcock	4	-	-	-	0	-
Guy Overton	run out	2	-	-	0	0	-
Extras	(b 3, lb 5, nb 2)	10
Total	47.5 Ov (RR: 2.09)	100
Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Murray Chapple), 2-38 (Matt Poore), 3-58 (Bert Sutcliffe), 4-75 (Frank Mooney), 5-75 (Geoff Rabone), 6-76 (John Reid), 7-76 (Lawrie Miller), 8-84 (John Beck), 9-89 (Bob Blair), 10-100 (Guy Overton)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Neil Adcock	19	4	43	5	1.69	-	-	-
David Ironside	20.5	10	37	3	1.34	-	-	-
Anton Murray	8	3	10	1	0.93	-	-	-

Close of Play

Thu, 24 Dec - day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 259/8 (Hugh Tayfield 16*, David Ironside 6*)

Fri, 25 Dec - rest day

Sat, 26 Dec - day 2 - South Africa 2nd innings 35/3 (John Waite 4*, Hugh Tayfield 9*)

Sun, 27 Dec - rest day

Mon, 28 Dec - day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 68/3 (Geoff Rabone 19*, Frank Mooney 6*)

Tue, 29 Dec - day 4 - New Zealand 2nd innings 100 (47.5 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

This Test has special significance in NZ cricket. It started just before the Tangiwai rail disaster on the North Island main trunk railway (24/12) when a bridge was washed away by torrents of water from the Mt Ruapehu crater lake. The fiancee of RW Blair was killed.
B Sutcliffe (1) retired hurt on 0* from 9/2 to 81/6 (hospitalised after being struck on the head)
LSM Miller (1) retired hurt on 1* from 24/3 to 57/5 (also hospitalised after being struck on the chest)
Blair, not expected at the crease, batted at 11 and stayed while Sutcliffe hit Tayfield for 3 further 6s in 4 balls. Blair himself also hit Tayfield for 6.

Match Details

Ellis Park, Johannesburg
Toss	South Africa, elected to bat first
Series	New Zealand tour of South Africa
Season	1953/54
Series result	South Africa led the 5-match series 2-0
Match number	Test no. 378
Match days	day (4-day match)
Test debut	John Beck David Ironside
Umpires	CD Coote David Drew

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SOUTH AFRICA v NEW ZEALAND 1953-54

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New Zealand Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
NAT Adcock	19	4	43	5	1.69
DEJ Ironside	20.5	10	37	3	1.34
ARA Murray	8	3	10	1	0.93

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