England vs South Africa, 3rd Test at Manchester, Jul 07 1955 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
3rd Test, Manchester, July 07 - 12, 1955, South Africa tour of England
England 1st InningsÂ
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c †Waite b Heine | 5 | - | 35 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c Tayfield b Adcock | 0 | - | 12 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c Mansell b Goddard | 34 | - | 82 | 5 | 0 | - | |||
| c †Waite b Adcock | 158 | - | 336 | 22 | 0 | - | |||
| c Mansell b Tayfield | 1 | - | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c †Waite b Adcock | 44 | - | 175 | 6 | 0 | - | |||
| lbw b Heine | 0 | - | 18 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c Keith b Heine | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| not out | 19 | - | 90 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| b Goddard | 2 | - | 18 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| lbw b Goddard | 1 | - | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| Extras | (b 13, lb 6, w 1) | 20 | |||||||
| Total | 126 Ov (RR: 2.25) | 284 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-2 (Tom Graveney), 2-22 (Don Kenyon), 3-70 (Peter May), 4-75 (Colin Cowdrey), 5-219 (Trevor Bailey), 6-234 (Fred Titmus), 7-242 (Godfrey Evans), 8-271 (Denis Compton), 9-280 (Frank Tyson), 10-284 (Alec Bedser) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 4 | 71 | 3 | 2.95 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | 5 | 52 | 3 | 1.85 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | 15 | 57 | 1 | 1.62 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | 10 | 52 | 3 | 1.92 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 2.16 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 3.16 | - | 0 | 0 |
South Africa 1st InningsÂ
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| not out | 104 | - | 287 | 10 | 0 | - | |||
| c †Graveney b Tyson | 62 | - | 199 | 7 | 0 | - | |||
| c †Graveney b Bailey | 38 | - | 180 | 3 | 0 | - | |||
| lbw b Lock | 7 | - | 43 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| c †Evans b Lock | 5 | - | 17 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| b Tyson | 3 | - | 12 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c Kenyon b Bedser | 113 | - | 339 | 12 | 0 | - | |||
| lbw b Bedser | 108 | - | 188 | 13 | 3 | - | |||
| b Tyson | 28 | - | 110 | 3 | 0 | - | |||
| not out | 22 | - | 21 | 4 | 0 | - | |||
| Extras | (b 15, lb 12, nb 3, w 1) | 31 | |||||||
| Total | 195 Ov (RR: 2.67) | 521/8d | |||||||
Did not bat | |||||||||
Fall of wickets 1-147 (Trevor Goddard), 1-147* (Jackie McGlew, retired not out), 2-171 (Percy Mansell), 3-179 (Russell Endean), 4-182 (Roy McLean), 5-245 (Headley Keith), 6-416 (Paul Winslow), 7-457 (John Waite), 8-494 (Hugh Tayfield) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 2 | 92 | 2 | 2.96 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 44 | 5 | 124 | 3 | 2.81 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | 8 | 102 | 1 | 2.75 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 64 | 24 | 121 | 2 | 1.89 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | 7 | 51 | 0 | 2.68 | - | 0 | 0 |
England 2nd InningsÂ
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c †Waite b Heine | 1 | - | 21 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| b Adcock | 1 | - | 16 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| b Mansell | 117 | - | 269 | 16 | 0 | - | |||
| c Mansell b Heine | 71 | - | 103 | 12 | 0 | - | |||
| c Goddard b Heine | 50 | - | 250 | 6 | 0 | - | |||
| c McGlew b Adcock | 17 | - | 76 | 2 | 0 | - | |||
| not out | 38 | - | 149 | 5 | 0 | - | |||
| c Mansell b Adcock | 19 | - | 66 | 4 | 0 | - | |||
| b Heine | 8 | - | 15 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| c †Waite b Heine | 3 | - | 25 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c McLean b Tayfield | 36 | - | 34 | 7 | 0 | - | |||
| Extras | (b 13, lb 5, w 2) | 20 | |||||||
| Total | 173.5 Ov (RR: 2.19) | 381 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-2 (Tom Graveney), 2-2 (Don Kenyon), 3-126 (Denis Compton), 4-234 (Peter May), 5-270 (Tony Lock), 6-274 (Colin Cowdrey), 7-304 (Fred Titmus), 8-325 (Frank Tyson), 9-333 (Alec Bedser), 10-381 (Godfrey Evans) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 8 | 86 | 5 | 2.68 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | 12 | 48 | 3 | 1.71 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 51.5 | 21 | 102 | 1 | 1.96 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 47 | 21 | 92 | 0 | 1.95 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 2.20 | - | 0 | 0 |
South Africa 2nd Innings (T: 145 runs)
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b Tyson | 48 | - | 108 | 5 | 0 | - | |||
| c May b Bedser | 8 | - | 17 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| b Bedser | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| run out | 50 | - | 71 | 7 | 1 | - | |||
| b Tyson | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 200.00 | |||
| lbw b Tyson | 4 | - | 13 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| not out | 10 | - | 27 | 2 | 0 | - | |||
| c Titmus b Lock | 2 | - | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| not out | 1 | - | 12 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 2, nb 1, w 1) | 6 | |||||||
| Total | 30.3 Ov (RR: 4.75) | 145/7 | |||||||
Did not bat | |||||||||
Fall of wickets 1-18 (Trevor Goddard), 2-23 (Headley Keith), 3-95 (Roy McLean), 4-112 (Paul Winslow), 5-129 (Percy Mansell), 6-132 (Jackie McGlew), 7-135 (Russell Endean) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1 | 61 | 2 | 6.10 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 13.3 | 2 | 55 | 3 | 4.07 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 3.28 | - | 0 | 0 |
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Close of Play
Thu, 07 Jul
day 1 - England 1st innings 264/7 (Denis Compton 155*, Tony Lock 6*)Fri, 08 Jul
day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 199/4 (Headley Keith 22*, John Waite 14*)Sat, 09 Jul
day 3 - South Africa 1st innings 482/7 (Jackie McGlew 89*, Hugh Tayfield 26*)Sun, 10 Jul
rest dayMon, 11 Jul
day 4 - England 2nd innings 250/4 (Colin Cowdrey 42*, Tony Lock 3*)Tue, 12 Jul
day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 145/7 (30.3 ov) - end of matchMatch Flow
General
DJ McGlew (1) retired hurt on 77* from 147/1 to 457/7
TW Graveney kept wickets in place of TG Evans who was injured (fractured right little finger) while keeping wickets in the 1st Innings.
Match Details
GroundOld Trafford, Manchester
TossEngland, elected to bat first
Season1955
Series resultEngland led the 5-match series 2-1
Match numberTest no. 410
Match daysday (5-day match)
Umpires