Flag1 England vs South Africa 1955 Flag2
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


England Batting and Fielding

  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


England Bowling

  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


South Africa Batting and Fielding

  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


South Africa Bowling

  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


Partnerships

  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


Overall Summary

    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

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