Archive & Stats

f21902	South African Universities v Australians
	Australia in South Africa 1957/58
Venue	Newlands, Cape Town on 8th, 10th, 11th March 1958 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	S Collins, JE Warner
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 289/9 (Kline 2*)
Close of play day 2	South African Universities (2) 61/0 (AJ Pithey 40, Varnals 19)

Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LE Favell	c MacDonald b Ridgway	14
CC McDonald	b Rushmere	34
PJP Burge	c Ridgway b DB Pithey	45
JW Burke	c Rushmere b van der Merwe	81
*RN Harvey	b DB Pithey	60
R Benaud	c Marais b DB Pithey	0
+BN Jarman	b van der Merwe	18
J Drennan	b van der Merwe	2
I Meckiff	b DB Pithey	14
LF Kline	not out	2
RA Gaunt	b DB Pithey	0
Extras	(9 b, 7 lb, 3 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 88.4 overs)	289
Fall of wickets: 1-29, 2-66, 3-116, 4-202, 5-202, 6-246, 7-262, 8-269, 9-289, 10-289 (88.4 ov)

South African Universities bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	9	0	37	1	-	-
Rushmere	10	0	50	1	-	-
DB Pithey	36.4	8	105	5	-	-
van der Merwe	33	13	78	3	-	-

South African Universities first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Pithey	b Gaunt	3
*GD Varnals	b Benaud	26
PJ Muzzell	c Jarman b Burke	15
C Wesley	c Harvey b Burke	13
RR MacDonald	b Burke	0
KC Bland	b Burke	0
DB Pithey	c and b Benaud	9
CG Rushmere	b Burke	11
+DP Marais	b Burke	1
RK Ridgway	c Favell b Benaud	5
PL van der Merwe	not out	22
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 49.2 overs)	110
Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-48, 3-56, 4-58, 5-58, 6-61, 7-81, 8-81, 9-88, 10-110 (49.2 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gaunt	6	1	12	1	-	-
Meckiff	4	1	6	0	-	-
Drennan	7	0	16	0	-	-
Benaud	18.2	7	31	3	-	-
Burke	14	5	40	6	-	-

South African Universities second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Pithey	c Harvey b Favell	126
*GD Varnals	lbw b Burke	43
C Wesley	st Jarman b Burke	17
PJ Muzzell	b Benaud	12
RR MacDonald	b McDonald	36
KC Bland	not out	20
DB Pithey	c Favell b Kline	40
CG Rushmere	not out	3
+DP Marais	did not bat
RK Ridgway	did not bat
PL van der Merwe	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	13
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 103 overs)	310
Fall of wickets: 1-97, 2-121, 3-157, 4-243, 5-250, 6-307

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gaunt	9	1	24	0	-	-
Drennan	15	2	41	0	-	-
Benaud	13	3	25	1	-	-
Burke	22	4	54	2	-	-
Kline	29	3	83	1	-	-
Favell	6	1	44	1	-	-
McDonald	6	1	14	1	-	-
Jarman	2	0	9	0	-	-
Harvey	1	0	3	0	-	-

Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJP Burge	not out	25
J Drennan	lbw b Ridgway	0
+BN Jarman	not out	25
LE Favell	did not bat
CC McDonald	did not bat
JW Burke	did not bat
*RN Harvey	did not bat
R Benaud	did not bat
I Meckiff	did not bat
LF Kline	did not bat
RA Gaunt	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(1 wicket, 8 overs)	51
Fall of wickets: 1-8

South African Universities bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	4	1	21	1	-	-
Rushmere	2	1	10	0	-	-
DB Pithey	2	0	19	0	-	-

Notes
--> JW Burke (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class Matches for the season when he reached 40
--> JW Burke achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class Matches in the South African Universities first innings (previous best was 6-60)