Date | Venue | Captains | Scores | Result | Player of the Match |
9 Jun 1955 | Nottingham |
PBH May (Eng)
JE Cheetham (SAf) |
Eng 334
SAf 181 & 148 |
England Innings & 5 runs |
|
23 Jun 1955 | Lord's |
PBH May (Eng)
JE Cheetham (SAf) |
Eng 133 & 353
SAf 304 & 111 |
England 71 runs |
|
7 Jul 1955 | Manchester |
PBH May (Eng)
DJ McGlew (SAf) |
Eng 284 & 381
SAf 521-8d & 145-7 |
South Africa 3 wickets |
|
21 Jul 1955 | Leeds |
PBH May (Eng)
DJ McGlew (SAf) |
SAf 171 & 500
Eng 191 & 256 |
South Africa 224 runs |
|
13 Aug 1955 | The Oval |
PBH May (Eng)
JE Cheetham (SAf) |
Eng 151 & 204
SAf 112 & 151 |
England 92 runs |
Mat | Inn | no | Runs | Avg | 50 | 100 | HS | S/R | 4s/6s | Ct/St | |
PBH May | 5 | 9 | 1 | 582 | 72.75 | 3 | 2 | 117 | - | 0 | 7 |
DCS Compton | 5 | 9 | 0 | 492 | 54.66 | 3 | 1 | 158 | - | 0 | 1 |
TW Graveney | 5 | 9 | 0 | 219 | 24.33 | 1 | 0 | 60 | - | 0 | 9 |
TE Bailey | 5 | 9 | 1 | 184 | 23.00 | 0 | 0 | 49 | - | 0 | 1 |
D Kenyon | 3 | 5 | 0 | 96 | 19.20 | 1 | 0 | 87 | - | 0 | 3 |
TG Evans | 3 | 5 | 0 | 82 | 16.40 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ****** | 0 | 9/1 |
GAR Lock | 3 | 6 | 1 | 79 | 15.80 | 0 | 0 | 19* | - | 0 | 2 |
JH Wardle | 3 | 5 | 0 | 71 | 14.20 | 0 | 0 | 24 | - | 0 | 0 |
KF Barrington | 2 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 17.33 | 0 | 0 | 34 | ****** | 0 | 0 |
MC Cowdrey | 1 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 25.50 | 1 | 0 | 50 | - | 0 | 0 |
DJ Insole | 1 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 | 47 | - | 0 | 0 |
DB Close | 1 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 23.50 | 0 | 0 | 32 | - | 0 | 0 |
JB Statham | 4 | 7 | 1 | 42 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | 20 | - | 0 | 0 |
FJ Titmus | 2 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 9.75 | 0 | 0 | 19 | - | 0 | 2 |
W Watson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 | 25 | - | 0 | 1 |
JT Ikin | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8.50 | 0 | 0 | 17 | - | 0 | 1 |
JC Laker | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | 12 | - | 0 | 0 |
FH Tyson | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 0 | 8 | - | 0 | 0 |
FS Trueman | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | - | 0 | 0 | 6* | - | 0 | 0 |
AJW McIntyre | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 | 4 | - | 0 | 4 |
FA Lowson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 0 | 5 | - | 0 | 1 |
AV Bedser | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | 0 | 0 |
PJ Loader | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0* | - | 0 | 0 |
R Appleyard | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0* | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
RT Spooner | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 2 |
Ov | M | R | Wkt | Avg | BBi | Econ | 5/10 | nb | wd | |
JB Statham | 177.2 | 54 | 363 | 17 | 21.35 | 7/39 | 2.05 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
JH Wardle | 165.4 | 77 | 273 | 15 | 18.20 | 4/24 | 1.65 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FH Tyson | 103 | 19 | 258 | 14 | 18.42 | 6/28 | 2.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
GAR Lock | 174 | 65 | 353 | 13 | 27.15 | 4/39 | 2.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TE Bailey | 142.5 | 40 | 328 | 9 | 36.44 | 3/97 | 2.30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
JC Laker | 60.4 | 31 | 84 | 7 | 12.00 | 5/56 | 1.38 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
AV Bedser | 41 | 3 | 153 | 4 | 38.25 | 2/61 | 3.73 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PJ Loader | 48 | 16 | 119 | 4 | 29.75 | 4/52 | 2.48 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FS Trueman | 35 | 4 | 112 | 2 | 56.00 | 2/73 | 3.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
R Appleyard | 47 | 13 | 78 | 2 | 39.00 | 2/46 | 1.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FJ Titmus | 33 | 10 | 101 | 1 | 101.00 | 1/50 | 3.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mat | Inn | no | Runs | Avg | 50 | 100 | HS | S/R | 4s/6s | Ct/St | |
DJ McGlew | 5 | 10 | 1 | 476 | 52.88 | 2 | 2 | 133 | ****** | 0 | 2 |
RA McLean | 5 | 10 | 0 | 277 | 27.70 | 1 | 1 | 142 | - | 0 | 6 |
JHB Waite | 5 | 10 | 1 | 265 | 29.44 | 1 | 1 | 113 | - | 0 | 15 |
WR Endean | 5 | 10 | 1 | 246 | 27.33 | 0 | 1 | 116* | - | 0 | 0 |
TL Goddard | 5 | 10 | 0 | 235 | 23.50 | 2 | 0 | 74 | ****** | 0 | 6 |
HJ Keith | 4 | 8 | 0 | 178 | 22.25 | 2 | 0 | 73 | - | 0 | 3 |
PL Winslow | 3 | 6 | 0 | 156 | 26.00 | 0 | 1 | 108 | ****** | 1/2 | 0 |
HJ Tayfield | 5 | 10 | 3 | 117 | 16.71 | 0 | 0 | 28 | - | 0 | 5 |
JE Cheetham | 3 | 6 | 2 | 96 | 24.00 | 1 | 0 | 54 | - | 0 | 0 |
PS Heine | 4 | 7 | 1 | 74 | 12.33 | 0 | 0 | 22* | - | 0 | 5 |
PNF Mansell | 4 | 8 | 0 | 45 | 5.62 | 0 | 0 | 16 | - | 0 | 9 |
ERH Fuller | 2 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 10.50 | 0 | 0 | 16 | - | 0 | 1 |
NAT Adcock | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 0 | 6 | - | 0 | 1 |
VI Smith | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 2* | - | 0 | 0 |
Ov | M | R | Wkt | Avg | BBi | Econ | 5/10 | nb | wd | |
HJ Tayfield | 313.3 | 124 | 568 | 26 | 21.84 | 5/60 | 1.81 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
TL Goddard | 315.4 | 148 | 528 | 25 | 21.12 | 5/31 | 1.67 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
PS Heine | 199.5 | 46 | 494 | 21 | 23.52 | 5/60 | 2.47 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
NAT Adcock | 129 | 37 | 252 | 10 | 25.20 | 3/48 | 1.95 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ERH Fuller | 76 | 19 | 126 | 6 | 21.00 | 3/59 | 1.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PNF Mansell | 48 | 7 | 130 | 1 | 130.00 | 1/33 | 2.71 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
VI Smith | 30 | 9 | 62 | 1 | 62.00 | 1/62 | 2.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
HJ Keith | 6 | 2 | 19 | 0 | - | - | 3.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Avg | 0-9 | 10-49 | 50-99 | 100+ | Best | Test | Batsmen | ||
England | |||||||||
1st | 20.6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | - | 91 | 1(1) | Kenyon & Graveney | |
2nd | 36.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 132 | 2(2) | May & Graveney | |
3rd | 62.0 | - | 4 | 3 | 2 | 124 | 3(2) | Compton & May | |
4th | 42.1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 108 | 3(2) | Cowdrey & May | |
5th | 33.9 | 3 | 5 | - | 1 | 144 | 3(1) | Compton & Bailey | |
6th | 10.1 | 5 | 4 | - | - | 33 | 1(1) | Bailey & Evans | |
7th | 11.3 | 6 | 3 | - | - | 30 | 3(2) | Titmus & Bailey | |
8th | 15.4 | 4 | 5 | - | - | 30 | 2(2) | Bailey & Titmus | |
9th | 9.3 | 7 | 2 | - | - | 36 | 1(1) | Bailey & Statham | |
10th | 13.2 | 5 | 4 | - | - | 48 | 3(2) | Evans & Bailey | |
43 | 35 | 8 | 5 | ||||||
South Africa | |||||||||
1st | 51.2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 176 | 4(2) | McGlew & Goddard | |
2nd | 16.1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | - | 89 | 4(2) | McGlew & Keith | |
3rd | 17.5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | - | 72 | 3(2) | McGlew & McLean | |
4th | 14.7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | 50 | 2(1) | McLean & Endean | |
5th | 25.1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | - | 63 | 3(1) | Waite & Keith | |
6th | 52.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 171 | 3(1) | Waite & Winslow | |
7th | 15.3 | 5 | 5 | - | - | 41 | 3(1) | Waite & Tayfield | |
8th | 27.1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | - | 56 | 4(1) | Tayfield & Endean | |
9th | 14.9 | 5 | 4 | - | - | 29 | 4(2) | Heine & Endean | |
10th | 8.9 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 32 | 4(2) | Adcock & Endean | |
45 | 41 | 8 | 4 |
Eng | SAf | ||
Runs Scored | 2287 | 2344 | |
Wickets lost | 90 | 94 | |
Overs faced | 1118 | 1027.3 | |
Runs per wicket | 25.41 | 24.94 | |
Runs per over | 2.05 | 2.28 | |
Innings | 99 | 107 | |
Ducks | 13 | 15 | |
Fifties | 9 | 9 | |
Centuries | 3 | 6 | |
5 w/inn | 3 | 7 | |
10 w/mat | 0 | 0 |