Archive & Stats

f21352 t434	South Africa v England
	Marylebone Cricket Club in South Africa 1956/57 (1st Test)
Venue	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 24th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th December 1956 (5-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by 131 runs
Umpires	JH McMenamin, W Marais
Close of play day 1	England (1) 157/3 (Richardson 69, Cowdrey 51)
Close of play day 2	South Africa (1) 91/1 (Goddard 49, Keith 29)
Close of play day 3	England (2) 42/3 (Compton 17, Insole 0)
Close of play day 4	South Africa (2) 40/7 (van Ryneveld 4*)

England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	lbw b Goddard	117		525	6	-
TE Bailey	c Waite b Heine	16		97	1	-
DCS Compton	c Keith b Goddard	5		30	-	-
*PBH May	c Goddard b Adcock	6		37	-	-
MC Cowdrey	c Goddard b Heine	59		212	4	-
DJ Insole	c Waite b van Ryneveld	1		8	-	-
+TG Evans	c Keith b Adcock	20		55	2	-
FH Tyson	b Adcock	22		103	2	-
JH Wardle	not out	6		12	1	-
JC Laker	c Goddard b Adcock	0		2	-	-
JB Statham	c Waite b Goddard	0		6	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 9 lb, 3 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 118.5 overs)	268
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Bailey), 2-37 (Compton), 3-48 (May), 4-169 (Cowdrey), 5-170 (Insole), 6-205 (Evans), 7-259 (Richardson), 8-263 (Tyson), 9-263 (Laker), 10-268 (Statham, 118.5 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Heine	31	5	89	2	-	-
Adcock	20	6	36	4	-	-
Goddard	28.5	9	51	3	-	-
Watkins	11	3	23	0	-	-
Tayfield	20	4	30	0	-	-
van Ryneveld	8	2	23	1	-	-

South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AI Taylor	st Evans b Wardle	12		106	-	-
TL Goddard	c Cowdrey b Statham	49		160	5	-
HJ Keith	c Cowdrey b Bailey	42		106	5	-
WR Endean	c Cowdrey b Laker	18		142	1	-
RA McLean	lbw b Bailey	0	2	1	-	-
JC Watkins	c Insole b Wardle	9		47	-	-
*CB van Ryneveld	c Bailey b Statham	10		42	1	-
+JHB Waite	c Evans b Bailey	17		63	2	-
HJ Tayfield	b Wardle	24		82	3	-
PS Heine	not out	13		47	1	-
NAT Adcock	b Statham	17		23	2	1
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 89.1 overs)	215
Fall of wickets: 1-54 (Taylor), 2-92 (Goddard), 3-112 (Keith), 4-112 (McLean), 5-126 (Watkins), 6-141 (Endean), 7-141 (van Ryneveld), 8-176 (Waite), 9-194 (Tayfield), 10-215 (Adcock, 89.1 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	24.1	4	71	3	-	-
Tyson	9	1	22	0	-	-
Wardle	20	4	52	3	-	-
Laker	21	10	33	1	-	-
Bailey	15	5	33	3	-	-

England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	lbw b Adcock	10		33	1	-
TE Bailey	c Endean b Heine	10		69	1	-
DCS Compton	c and b Tayfield	32		170	4	-
JH Wardle	lbw b Heine	0	3	2	-	-
DJ Insole	c Waite b Goddard	29		134	2	-
*PBH May	c Endean b Heine	14		57	1	-
MC Cowdrey	c Goddard b Adcock	6		63	-	-
+TG Evans	c Heine b Tayfield	30		46	2	1
FH Tyson	c Watkins b Adcock	2		23	-	-
JC Laker	not out	3		13	-	-
JB Statham	lbw b Tayfield	2		6	-	-
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 3 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 66.6 overs)	150
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Richardson), 2-37 (Bailey), 3-37 (Wardle), 4-84 (Compton), 5-100 (Insole), 6-107 (May), 7-126 (Cowdrey), 8-145 (Tyson), 9-147 (Evans), 10-150 (Statham, 66.6 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Heine	19	7	41	3	-	-
Adcock	13	1	33	3	-	-
Goddard	14	7	14	1	-	-
Tayfield	17.6	5	40	3	-	-
Watkins	3	0	10	0	-	-

South Africa second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AI Taylor	c Insole b Bailey	6		48	-	-
TL Goddard	c Insole b Bailey	5		17	1	-
HJ Keith	c Evans b Bailey	2		4	-	-
+JHB Waite	b Statham	0		2	-	-
WR Endean	b Statham	3		37	-	-
RA McLean	c Insole b Bailey	6		49	-	-
JC Watkins	b Laker	8		38	1	-
*CB van Ryneveld	run out	16		85	1	-
HJ Tayfield	c Evans b Bailey	2		17	-	-
PS Heine	run out	17		51	2	-
NAT Adcock	not out	0		8	-	-
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 33.4 overs)	72
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Goddard), 2-10 (Keith), 3-11 (Waite), 4-20 (Taylor), 5-25 (Endean), 6-36 (McLean), 7-40 (Watkins), 8-44 (Tayfield), 9-71 (Heine), 10-72 (van Ryneveld, 33.4 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	13	4	22	2	-	-
Bailey	15.4	6	20	5	-	-
Laker	2	1	5	1	-	-
Wardle	3	0	18	0	-	-

Notes
--> PE Richardson (1) 50 in 280 minutes
--> PE Richardson (1) 100 in 488 minutes
--> PE Richardson (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 104
--> MC Cowdrey (1) passed 10500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 49
--> AI Taylor made his debut in Test Matches
--> HJ Keith (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 23
--> JHB Waite (1) passed 1000 runs in Test Matches when he reached 13
--> NAT Adcock (1) passed his previous highest First-Class Matches score of 14
--> PS Heine (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 12
--> TE Bailey reached 1050 wickets in First-Class Matches when he dismissed RA McLean, his 2nd wicket in the South Africa first innings
--> JB Statham reached 100 wickets in Test Matches when he dismissed JHB Waite, his 1st wicket in the South Africa second innings