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f21819 t444	South Africa v Australia
	Australia in South Africa 1957/58 (1st Test)
Venue	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 23rd, 24th, 26th, 27th, 28th December 1957 (5-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	South Africa won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	A Birkett, JH McMenamin
Close of play day 1	South Africa (1) 222/2 (McGlew 100, Waite 19)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 15/0 (McDonald 10, Burke 5)
Close of play day 3	Australia (1) 307/7 (Benaud 80, Grout 21)
Close of play day 4	South Africa (2) 176/5 (Endean 68, Funston 18)

South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DJ McGlew	c Simpson b Meckiff	108			12	1
TL Goddard	b Meckiff	90			10	1
JD Nel	b Meckiff	4
+JHB Waite	c Burge b Benaud	115
WR Endean	lbw b Meckiff	50
RA McLean	b Meckiff	50
KJ Funston	lbw b Mackay	12
HJ Tayfield	b Davidson	18				1
PS Heine	b Mackay	7
VI Smith	not out	2			-	-
NAT Adcock	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 130.6 overs)	470
Fall of wickets: 1-176 (Goddard), 2-182 (Nel), 3-237 (McGlew), 4-341 (Endean), 5-412 (Waite), 6-436 (McLean), 7-461 (Funston), 8-465 (Tayfield), 9-470 (Heine, 130.6 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davidson	32	4	115	1	-	-
Meckiff	31	3	125	5	-	-
Mackay	20.6	3	54	2	-	-
Benaud	27	7	115	1	-	-
Kline	20	6	47	0	-	-

Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	c Tayfield b Smith	75		210		1
JW Burke	c Waite b Heine	16
KD Mackay	c Waite b Heine	3
*ID Craig	b Heine	14
PJP Burge	c Waite b Heine	0
RB Simpson	lbw b Tayfield	60
R Benaud	c Heine b Adcock	122			20	-
AK Davidson	c sub (ERH Fuller) b Heine	24
+ATW Grout	c Endean b Tayfield	21
I Meckiff	c Smith b Heine	11
LF Kline	not out	6
Extras	(4 b, 11 lb, 1 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 91.2 overs)	368
Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Burke), 2-40 (Mackay), 3-56 (Craig), 4-62 (Burge), 5-151 (McDonald), 6-177 (Simpson), 7-244 (Davidson), 8-313 (Grout), 9-355 (Benaud), 10-368 (Meckiff, 91.2 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Heine	14.2	3	58	6	-	-
Adcock	23	3	106	1	-	-
Goddard	16	5	57	0	-	-
Tayfield	29	9	101	2	-	-
Smith	9	2	30	1	-	-

South Africa second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DJ McGlew	c Simpson b Meckiff	6
TL Goddard	c Grout b Davidson	5
JD Nel	c Grout b Davidson	7
+JHB Waite	c Grout b Burke	59
RA McLean	c Grout b Davidson	0			-	-
WR Endean	c Meckiff b Davidson	77
KJ Funston	b Meckiff	27
HJ Tayfield	c Grout b Meckiff	3			-	-
PS Heine	c Grout b Davidson	2			-	-
VI Smith	not out	1			-	-
NAT Adcock	c Simpson b Davidson	0			-	-
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 78.4 overs)	201
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Goddard), 2-19 (McGlew), 3-19 (Nel), 4-19 (McLean), 5-148 (Waite), 6-193 (Endean), 7-196 (Tayfield), 8-199 (Funston), 9-199 (Heine), 10-201 (Adcock, 78.4 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Meckiff	26	3	52	3	-	-
Davidson	17.4	4	34	6	-	-
Benaud	2	0	15	0	-	-
Kline	8	2	18	0	-	-
Mackay	11	1	29	0	-	-
Burke	14	3	39	1	-	-

Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	st Waite b Smith	25
JW Burke	retired hurt	10
KD Mackay	not out	65		225		-
*ID Craig	b Tayfield	17
PJP Burge	b Tayfield	14
RB Simpson	not out	23		55		-
R Benaud	did not bat
AK Davidson	did not bat
+ATW Grout	did not bat
I Meckiff	did not bat
LF Kline	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb)	8
Total	(3 wickets, 73 overs)	162
Fall of wickets: 1-44 (McDonald), 2-85 (Craig), 3-118 (Burge)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Heine	8	2	17	0	-	-
Adcock	3	0	11	0	-	-
Tayfield	33	12	70	2	-	-
Smith	16	8	25	1	-	-
Goddard	12	6	24	0	-	-
McGlew	1	0	7	0	-	-

Notes
--> DJ McGlew (1) passed 1500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 29
--> TL Goddard (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 74
--> JHB Waite (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 113
--> HJ Tayfield (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 11
--> CC McDonald (1) passed 1500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 39
--> RB Simpson made his debut in Test Matches
--> R Benaud (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 121
--> ATW Grout made his debut in Test Matches
--> I Meckiff made his debut in Test Matches
--> LF Kline made his debut in Test Matches
--> WR Endean (2) passed 1500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 73
--> KD Mackay (2) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 38
--> PS Heine achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test Matches when he dismissed I Meckiff in the Australia first innings (previous best was 5-60)
--> AK Davidson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test Matches when he dismissed RA McLean in the South Africa second innings (previous best was 2-22)
--> JW Burke retired hurt in the Australia second innings having scored 10 (team score 17/0)