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f20698 t409	England v South Africa
	South Africa in England 1955 (2nd Test)
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 23rd, 24th, 25th, 27th June 1955 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by 71 runs
Umpires	F Chester, LH Gray
Close of play day 1	South Africa (1) 142/5 (McLean 62, Keith 0)
Close of play day 2	England (2) 108/1 (Graveney 53, May 50)
Close of play day 3	South Africa (2) 17/2 (Cheetham 3, Tayfield 0)

England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	b Adcock	1		23	-	-
TW Graveney	c Waite b Heine	15		60	1	-
*PBH May	c Tayfield b Heine	0		4	-	-
DCS Compton	c Keith b Heine	20		49	1	-
KF Barrington	b Heine	34		94	4	-
TE Bailey	lbw b Goddard	13		48	1	-
+TG Evans	c Waite b Heine	20		28	2	-
FJ Titmus	lbw b Goddard	4		17	-	-
JH Wardle	c Tayfield b Goddard	20		18	1	2
JB Statham	c McLean b Goddard	0		1	-	-
FS Trueman	not out	2		11	-	-
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 54.2 overs)	133
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Kenyon), 2-8 (May), 3-30 (Graveney), 4-45 (Compton), 5-82 (Bailey), 6-98 (Barrington), 7-111 (Evans), 8-111 (Titmus), 9-111 (Statham), 10-133 (Wardle, 54.2 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Heine	25	7	60	5	-	-
Adcock	8	3	10	1	-	-
Goddard	21.2	8	59	4	-	-

South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ McGlew	c Evans b Statham	0	1	2	-	-
TL Goddard	c Evans b Trueman	0	4	12	-	-
*JE Cheetham	lbw b Bailey	13		71	-	-
WR Endean	lbw b Wardle	48		106	5	-
RA McLean	b Statham	142		201	21	1
+JHB Waite	c Evans b Trueman	8		31	1	-
HJ Keith	c Titmus b Wardle	57		199	8	-
PNF Mansell	c Graveney b Wardle	2		15	-	-
HJ Tayfield	b Titmus	21		50	2	-
PS Heine	st Evans b Wardle	2		7	-	-
NAT Adcock	not out	0	0	1	-	-
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 4 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 102 overs)	304
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (McGlew), 2-7 (Goddard), 3-51 (Cheetham), 4-101 (Endean), 5-138 (Waite), 6-247 (McLean), 7-259 (Mansell), 8-302 (Tayfield), 9-304 (Keith), 10-304 (Heine, 102 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	27	9	49	2	-	-
Trueman	16	2	73	2	-	-
Bailey	16	2	56	1	-	-
Wardle	29	10	65	4	-	-
Titmus	14	3	50	1	-	-

England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	lbw b Goddard	2		14	-	-
TW Graveney	c Heine b Goddard	60		200	4	-
*PBH May	hit wkt b Heine	112		270	16	1
DCS Compton	c Mansell b Goddard	69		147	11	-
KF Barrington	c McLean b Tayfield	18		55	2	-
TE Bailey	c Adcock b Tayfield	22		117	-	-
+TG Evans	c and b Tayfield	14		21	1	-
JH Wardle	c Heine b Tayfield	4		7	1	-
FJ Titmus	c Waite b Adcock	16		64	1	-
JB Statham	b Tayfield	11		19	1	-
FS Trueman	not out	6		16	-	-
Extras	(15 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 149.5 overs)	353
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Kenyon), 2-141 (Graveney), 3-237 (May), 4-277 (Barrington), 5-285 (Compton), 6-302 (Evans), 7-306 (Wardle), 8-336 (Titmus), 9-336 (Bailey), 10-353 (Statham, 149.5 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Heine	29	5	87	1	-	-
Adcock	25	5	64	1	-	-
Goddard	55	23	96	3	-	-
Tayfield	38.5	12	80	5	-	-
Mansell	2	0	7	0	-	-

South Africa second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ McGlew	lbw b Statham	0	2	1	-	-
TL Goddard	c Evans b Statham	10		30		-
*JE Cheetham	retired hurt	3			-	-
HJ Tayfield	c Evans b Statham	3		55	-	-
WR Endean	c Evans b Statham	28		90		-
RA McLean	b Statham	8				-
HJ Keith	c Graveney b Statham	5				-
+JHB Waite	lbw b Statham	9				-
PNF Mansell	c Kenyon b Wardle	16				-
PS Heine	c Kenyon b Wardle	14				-
NAT Adcock	not out	0	0		-	-
Extras	(11 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 57.4 overs)	111
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (McGlew), 2-17 (Goddard), 3-40 (Tayfield), 4-54 (McLean), 5-63 (Endean), 6-75 (Waite), 7-78 (Keith), 8-111 (Heine), 9-111 (Mansell, 57.4 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	29	12	39	7	-	-
Trueman	19	2	39	0	-	-
Wardle	9.4	4	18	2	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> FJ Titmus made his debut in Test Matches
--> WR Endean (1) passed 1000 runs in Test Matches when he reached 21
--> RA McLean (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 101
--> RA McLean (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 44
--> HJ Keith (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 40
--> PS Heine made his debut in Test Matches
--> DCS Compton (2) passed 5000 runs in Test Matches when he reached 9
--> DCS Compton (2) passed 34500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 54
--> TL Goddard achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test Matches when he dismissed JB Statham in the England first innings (previous best was 2-61)
--> HJ Tayfield reached 50 wickets in First-Class Matches for the season when he dismissed JB Statham, his 5th wicket in the England second innings
--> JB Statham achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class Matches in the South Africa second innings (previous best was 7-43)
--> JB Statham achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test Matches when he dismissed JHB Waite in the South Africa second innings (previous best was 5-60)
--> JE Cheetham retired hurt in the South Africa second innings having scored 3 (team score 17/2)