Matches (30)

SA vs WI (1)

New Zealand in India (1)

Men's Under-19 World Cup (2)

PAK vs AUS (2)

UAE vs IRE (1)

Super Smash (1)

Ranji Trophy (16)

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WI

(10/10 ov) 114/3

SA

(10/10 ov, T:125) 118/6

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IND

NZ

(19.4/20 ov, T:272) 225

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England vs South Africa, 5th Test at London, Aug 13 1955 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

5th Test, The Oval, August 13 - 17, 1955, South Africa tour of England

151 & 204

(T:244) 112 & 151

England won by 92 runs

England 1st Innings

South Africa 1st Innings

England 2nd Innings

South Africa 2nd Innings

Match Flow

Info

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jack Ikin	c †Waite b Heine	17	-	101	1	0	-
Brian Close	c Mansell b Goddard	32	-	119	2	0	-
Peter May (c)	c Goddard b Fuller	3	-	25	0	0	-
Denis Compton	c †Waite b Goddard	30	-	119	2	0	-
Willie Watson	c Mansell b Tayfield	25	-	95	3	0	-
Tom Graveney	c Fuller b Goddard	13	-	52	1	0	-
Trevor Bailey	c Heine b Tayfield	0	-	5	0	0	-
Dick Spooner †	b Tayfield	0	-	10	0	0	-
Jim Laker	c & b Goddard	2	-	14	0	0	-
Tony Lock	c McLean b Goddard	18	-	19	3	0	-
Brian Statham	not out	4	-	13	0	0	-
Extras	(b 2, lb 5)	7
Total	89.4 Ov (RR: 1.68)	151
Fall of wickets 0-43* (Jack Ikin, retired not out), 1-51 (Brian Close), 2-59 (Peter May), 3-69 (Jack Ikin), 4-105 (Willie Watson), 5-117 (Denis Compton), 6-117 (Trevor Bailey), 7-118 (Dick Spooner), 8-123 (Tom Graveney), 9-130 (Jim Laker), 10-151 (Tony Lock, 89.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Peter Heine	21	3	43	1	2.04	-	0	0
Trevor Goddard	22.4	9	31	5	1.36	-	0	0
Eddie Fuller	27	11	31	1	1.14	-	0	0
Hugh Tayfield	19	7	39	3	2.05	-	0	0

South Africa 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jackie McGlew	c †Spooner b Statham	30	-	154	1	0	-
Trevor Goddard	lbw b Bailey	8	-	39	0	0	-
Headley Keith	b Lock	5	-	16	0	0	-
Russell Endean	c Ikin b Lock	0	-	11	0	0	-
Roy McLean	b Lock	1	-	5	0	0	-
John Waite †	c Lock b Laker	28	-	69	4	0	-
Jack Cheetham (c)	not out	12	-	55	1	0	-
Percy Mansell	lbw b Laker	6	-	16	0	0	-
Hugh Tayfield	b Statham	4	-	7	0	0	-
Eddie Fuller	c †Spooner b Lock	5	-	9	1	0	-
Peter Heine	run out (Lock)	5	-	11	0	0	-
Extras	(lb 7, nb 1)	8
Total	65 Ov (RR: 1.72)	112
Fall of wickets 1-22 (Trevor Goddard), 2-29 (Headley Keith), 3-31 (Russell Endean), 4-33 (Roy McLean), 5-77 (John Waite), 6-77 (Jackie McGlew), 7-86 (Percy Mansell), 8-91 (Hugh Tayfield), 9-98 (Eddie Fuller), 10-112 (Peter Heine, 65 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Brian Statham	15	3	31	2	2.06	-	0	0
Trevor Bailey	5	1	6	1	1.20	-	0	0
Tony Lock	22	11	39	4	1.77	-	0	0
Jim Laker	23	13	28	2	1.21	-	0	0

England 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jack Ikin	c Goddard b Heine	0	-	14	0	0	-
Brian Close	b Goddard	15	-	71	1	0	-
Tom Graveney	b Tayfield	42	-	144	3	0	-
Peter May (c)	not out	89	-	299	10	0	-
Denis Compton	c †Waite b Fuller	30	-	141	4	0	-
Willie Watson	b Fuller	3	-	17	0	0	-
Trevor Bailey	lbw b Tayfield	1	-	3	0	0	-
Dick Spooner †	b Tayfield	0	-	1	0	0	-
Jim Laker	b Tayfield	12	-	20	1	0	-
Tony Lock	lbw b Heine	1	-	8	0	0	-
Brian Statham	lbw b Tayfield	0	-	8	0	0	-
Extras	(b 4, lb 6, nb 1)	11
Total	123.4 Ov (RR: 1.64)	204
Fall of wickets 1-5 (Jack Ikin), 2-30 (Brian Close), 3-95 (Tom Graveney), 4-157 (Denis Compton), 5-165 (Willie Watson), 6-166 (Trevor Bailey), 7-170 (Dick Spooner), 8-188 (Jim Laker), 9-197 (Tony Lock), 10-204 (Brian Statham, 123.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Peter Heine	25	6	44	2	1.76	-	0	0
Eddie Fuller	20	3	36	2	1.80	-	0	0
Trevor Goddard	19	10	29	1	1.52	-	0	0
Hugh Tayfield	53.4	29	60	5	1.11	-	0	0
Percy Mansell	6	0	24	0	4.00	-	0	0

South Africa 2nd Innings (T: 244 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jackie McGlew	lbw b Lock	19	-	108	1	0	-
Trevor Goddard	c Graveney b Lock	20	-	56	2	0	-
Headley Keith	c May b Lock	0	-	2	0	0	-
Russell Endean	lbw b Laker	0	-	1	0	0	-
Roy McLean	lbw b Laker	0	-	3	0	0	-
John Waite †	b Laker	60	-	146	9	0	-
Jack Cheetham (c)	lbw b Laker	9	-	23	1	0	-
Percy Mansell	c Watson b Lock	9	-	77	0	0	-
Hugh Tayfield	not out	10	-	50	0	0	-
Eddie Fuller	run out	16	-	38	3	0	-
Peter Heine	c Graveney b Laker	7	-	5	1	0	-
Extras	(lb 1)	1
Total	87.4 Ov (RR: 1.72)	151
Fall of wickets 1-28 (Trevor Goddard), 2-28 (Headley Keith), 3-29 (Russell Endean), 4-33 (Roy McLean), 5-59 (Jackie McGlew), 6-88 (Jack Cheetham), 7-118 (Percy Mansell), 8-118 (John Waite), 9-144 (Eddie Fuller), 10-151 (Peter Heine, 87.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Brian Statham	11	4	17	0	1.54	-	0	0
Trevor Bailey	6	1	15	0	2.50	-	0	0
Jim Laker	37.4	18	56	5	1.48	-	0	0
Tony Lock	33	14	62	4	1.87	-	0	0

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Close of Play

Sat, 13 Aug

day 1 - England 1st innings 70/3 (Denis Compton 12*, Willie Watson 1*)

Sun, 14 Aug

rest day

Mon, 15 Aug

day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 112

Tue, 16 Aug

day 3 - England 2nd innings 195/8 (Peter May 81*, Tony Lock 0*)

Wed, 17 Aug

day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 151 (87.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

JT Ikin (1) retired hurt on 15* from 43/0 to 59/2

Match Details

GroundKennington Oval, London

TossEngland, elected to bat first

Series

South Africa tour of England

Season1955

Series resultEngland won the 5-match series 3-2

Match numberTest no. 412

Match daysday (5-day match)

Umpires

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