Date | Venue | Captains | Scores | Result | Player of the Match |
24 Dec 1956 | Johannesburg |
CB van Ryneveld (SAf)
PBH May (Eng) |
Eng 268 & 150
SAf 215 & 72 |
England 131 runs |
|
1 Jan 1957 | Cape Town |
DJ McGlew (SAf)
PBH May (Eng) |
Eng 369 & 220-6d
SAf 205 & 72 |
England 312 runs |
|
25 Jan 1957 | Durban |
CB van Ryneveld (SAf)
PBH May (Eng) |
Eng 218 & 254
SAf 283 & 142-6 |
Match Drawn |
|
15 Feb 1957 | Johannesburg |
CB van Ryneveld (SAf)
PBH May (Eng) |
SAf 340 & 142
Eng 251 & 214 |
South Africa 17 runs |
|
1 Mar 1957 | Gqeberha |
CB van Ryneveld (SAf)
PBH May (Eng) |
SAf 164 & 134
Eng 110 & 130 |
South Africa 58 runs |
Mat | Inn | no | Runs | Avg | 50 | 100 | HS | S/R | 4s/6s | Ct/St | |
TL Goddard | 5 | 10 | 0 | 333 | 33.30 | 2 | 0 | 69 | - | 0 | 12 |
RA McLean | 5 | 10 | 0 | 309 | 30.90 | 1 | 1 | 100 | ****** | 0 | 3 |
JHB Waite | 5 | 10 | 2 | 169 | 21.12 | 1 | 0 | 61 | - | 0 | 14/2 |
CB van Ryneveld | 5 | 10 | 2 | 166 | 20.75 | 0 | 0 | 36 | - | 0 | 3 |
WR Endean | 5 | 10 | 0 | 158 | 15.80 | 1 | 0 | 70 | - | 0 | 10 |
KJ Funston | 3 | 6 | 0 | 133 | 22.16 | 0 | 0 | 44 | - | 0 | 0 |
HJ Tayfield | 5 | 9 | 2 | 91 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 | 24 | - | 0 | 5 |
HJ Keith | 3 | 6 | 0 | 90 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 | 42 | - | 0 | 5 |
AJ Pithey | 3 | 6 | 0 | 74 | 12.33 | 0 | 0 | 25 | - | 0 | 1 |
PS Heine | 5 | 9 | 2 | 45 | 6.42 | 0 | 0 | 17 | ****** | 0 | 2 |
NAT Adcock | 5 | 9 | 2 | 42 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | 17 | - | 0 | 0 |
CAR Duckworth | 2 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | 13 | - | 0 | 3 |
JC Watkins | 2 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | 9 | - | 0 | 1 |
DJ McGlew | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 10.50 | 0 | 0 | 14 | - | 0 | 1 |
AI Taylor | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 12 | - | 0 | 0 |
Ov | M | R | Wkt | Avg | BBi | Econ | 5/10 | nb | wd | |
HJ Tayfield | 285 | 105 | 636 | 37 | 17.18 | 9/113 | 1.67 | 4/1 | 0 | 0 |
NAT Adcock | 142 | 32 | 313 | 21 | 14.90 | 4/20 | 1.65 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PS Heine | 185 | 34 | 517 | 18 | 28.72 | 4/22 | 2.10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TL Goddard | 215.4 | 81 | 370 | 15 | 24.66 | 3/51 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CB van Ryneveld | 47 | 8 | 166 | 4 | 41.50 | 2/38 | 2.65 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
JC Watkins | 24 | 5 | 79 | 0 | - | - | 2.47 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mat | Inn | no | Runs | Avg | 50 | 100 | HS | S/R | 4s/6s | Ct/St | |
PE Richardson | 5 | 10 | 0 | 369 | 36.90 | 1 | 1 | 117 | - | 0 | 0 |
MC Cowdrey | 5 | 10 | 0 | 331 | 33.10 | 3 | 1 | 101 | - | 0 | 10 |
DJ Insole | 5 | 10 | 2 | 312 | 39.00 | 1 | 1 | 110* | - | 0 | 7 |
TE Bailey | 5 | 10 | 0 | 259 | 25.90 | 1 | 0 | 80 | - | 0 | 3 |
DCS Compton | 5 | 10 | 0 | 242 | 24.20 | 2 | 0 | 64 | ****** | 0 | 0 |
TG Evans | 5 | 10 | 0 | 164 | 16.40 | 1 | 0 | 62 | - | 0 | 18/2 |
PBH May | 5 | 10 | 0 | 153 | 15.30 | 1 | 0 | 61 | ****** | 0 | 2 |
JH Wardle | 4 | 7 | 1 | 68 | 11.33 | 0 | 0 | 22 | ****** | 0 | 3 |
FH Tyson | 2 | 4 | 0 | 48 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 | 23 | - | 0 | 1 |
JC Laker | 5 | 9 | 3 | 40 | 6.66 | 0 | 0 | 17 | - | 0 | 1 |
JB Statham | 4 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 8.75 | 0 | 0 | 12* | - | 0 | 1 |
PJ Loader | 4 | 7 | 1 | 34 | 5.66 | 0 | 0 | 13 | - | 0 | 0 |
GAR Lock | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 | 14 | - | 0 | 0 |
Ov | M | R | Wkt | Avg | BBi | Econ | 5/10 | nb | wd | |
JH Wardle | 139.6 | 37 | 359 | 26 | 13.80 | 7/36 | 1.93 | 3/1 | 0 | 0 |
TE Bailey | 142.3 | 43 | 232 | 19 | 12.21 | 5/20 | 1.22 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
JB Statham | 130.1 | 20 | 349 | 14 | 24.92 | 3/37 | 2.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
JC Laker | 145.1 | 46 | 324 | 11 | 29.45 | 2/7 | 1.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PJ Loader | 121 | 27 | 291 | 9 | 32.33 | 3/35 | 1.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FH Tyson | 49 | 14 | 100 | 8 | 12.50 | 6/40 | 1.53 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
GAR Lock | 26 | 11 | 38 | 2 | 19.00 | 1/17 | 1.10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
DCS Compton | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | - | - | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Avg | 0-9 | 10-49 | 50-99 | 100+ | Best | Test | Batsmen | ||
South Africa | |||||||||
1st | 27.7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | - | 65 | 3(1) | Pithey & Goddard | |
2nd | 26.8 | 3 | 6 | - | 1 | 112 | 4(1) | Waite & Goddard | |
3rd | 12.5 | 7 | 4 | - | - | 43* | 5(2) | Funston & Goddard | |
4th | 18.1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | - | 64 | 3(1) | McLean & Goddard | |
5th | 31.2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | - | 75 | 3(2) | Endean & Funston | |
6th | 15.9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | - | 65 | 5(1) | van Ryneveld & Endean | |
7th | 21.2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | - | 58 | 4(1) | van Ryneveld & McLean | |
8th | 11.9 | 4 | 5 | - | - | 35 | 1(1) | Tayfield & Waite | |
9th | 9.3 | 6 | 3 | - | - | 27 | 1(2) | van Ryneveld & Heine | |
10th | 7.2 | 6 | 3 | - | - | 21 | 1(1) | Adcock & Heine | |
44 | 43 | 10 | 1 | ||||||
England | |||||||||
1st | 40.0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 115 | 3(1) | Richardson & Bailey | |
2nd | 20.8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | - | 55 | 4(2) | Richardson & Insole | |
3rd | 31.8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | - | 91 | 4(1) | Insole & May | |
4th | 43.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 121 | 1(1) | Richardson & Cowdrey | |
5th | 16.5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | - | 50 | 2(1) | Insole & Cowdrey | |
6th | 21.9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | 93 | 2(1) | Evans & Cowdrey | |
7th | 18.2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | - | 54 | 1(1) | Richardson & Tyson | |
8th | 13.9 | 5 | 4 | - | - | 37 | 4(1) | Compton & Laker | |
9th | 7.0 | 5 | 4 | - | - | 14 | 4(1) | Compton & Loader | |
10th | 10.2 | 6 | 3 | - | - | 24 | 3(2) | Statham & Insole | |
37 | 46 | 12 | 2 |
SAf | Eng | ||
Runs Scored | 1769 | 2184 | |
Wickets lost | 96 | 96 | |
Overs faced | 756.3 | 898.4 | |
Runs per wicket | 18.43 | 22.75 | |
Runs per over | 2.34 | 2.43 | |
Innings | 107 | 106 | |
Ducks | 8 | 9 | |
Fifties | 5 | 10 | |
Centuries | 1 | 3 | |
5 w/inn | 4 | 5 | |
10 w/mat | 1 | 1 |
Note: ball overs in this series.