Flag1 South Africa vs England 1956-57 Flag2
Date Venue Captains Scores Result Player of the Match
24 Dec 1956
 
Johannesburg
 
CB van Ryneveld (SAf)
PBH May (Eng)
Eng 268 & 150
SAf 215 & 72
England
131 runs
1 Jan 1957
 
Cape Town
 
DJ McGlew (SAf)
PBH May (Eng)
Eng 369 & 220-6d
SAf 205 & 72
England
312 runs
25 Jan 1957
 
Durban
 
CB van Ryneveld (SAf)
PBH May (Eng)
Eng 218 & 254
SAf 283 & 142-6
Match Drawn
 
15 Feb 1957
 
Johannesburg
 
CB van Ryneveld (SAf)
PBH May (Eng)
SAf 340 & 142
Eng 251 & 214
South Africa
17 runs
1 Mar 1957
 
Gqeberha
 
CB van Ryneveld (SAf)
PBH May (Eng)
SAf 164 & 134
Eng 110 & 130
South Africa
58 runs


South Africa Batting and Fielding

  Mat Inn no Runs Avg 50 100 HS S/R 4s/6s Ct/St
TL Goddard 5 10 0 333 33.30 2 0 69 - 0 12
RA McLean 5 10 0 309 30.90 1 1 100 ****** 0 3
JHB Waite 5 10 2 169 21.12 1 0 61 - 0 14/2
CB van Ryneveld 5 10 2 166 20.75 0 0 36 - 0 3
WR Endean 5 10 0 158 15.80 1 0 70 - 0 10
KJ Funston 3 6 0 133 22.16 0 0 44 - 0 0
HJ Tayfield 5 9 2 91 13.00 0 0 24 - 0 5
HJ Keith 3 6 0 90 15.00 0 0 42 - 0 5
AJ Pithey 3 6 0 74 12.33 0 0 25 - 0 1
PS Heine 5 9 2 45 6.42 0 0 17 ****** 0 2
NAT Adcock 5 9 2 42 6.00 0 0 17 - 0 0
CAR Duckworth 2 4 0 28 7.00 0 0 13 - 0 3
JC Watkins 2 4 1 24 8.00 0 0 9 - 0 1
DJ McGlew 1 2 0 21 10.50 0 0 14 - 0 1
AI Taylor 1 2 0 18 9.00 0 0 12 - 0 0


South Africa Bowling

  Ov M R Wkt Avg BBi Econ 5/10 nb wd
HJ Tayfield 285 105 636 37 17.18 9/113 1.67 4/1 0 0
NAT Adcock 142 32 313 21 14.90 4/20 1.65 0 0 0
PS Heine 185 34 517 18 28.72 4/22 2.10 0 0 0
TL Goddard 215.4 81 370 15 24.66 3/51 1.29 0 0 0
CB van Ryneveld 47 8 166 4 41.50 2/38 2.65 0 0 0
JC Watkins 24 5 79 0 - - 2.47 0 0 0


England Batting and Fielding

  Mat Inn no Runs Avg 50 100 HS S/R 4s/6s Ct/St
PE Richardson 5 10 0 369 36.90 1 1 117 - 0 0
MC Cowdrey 5 10 0 331 33.10 3 1 101 - 0 10
DJ Insole 5 10 2 312 39.00 1 1 110* - 0 7
TE Bailey 5 10 0 259 25.90 1 0 80 - 0 3
DCS Compton 5 10 0 242 24.20 2 0 64 ****** 0 0
TG Evans 5 10 0 164 16.40 1 0 62 - 0 18/2
PBH May 5 10 0 153 15.30 1 0 61 ****** 0 2
JH Wardle 4 7 1 68 11.33 0 0 22 ****** 0 3
FH Tyson 2 4 0 48 12.00 0 0 23 - 0 1
JC Laker 5 9 3 40 6.66 0 0 17 - 0 1
JB Statham 4 7 3 35 8.75 0 0 12* - 0 1
PJ Loader 4 7 1 34 5.66 0 0 13 - 0 0
GAR Lock 1 2 0 26 13.00 0 0 14 - 0 0


England Bowling

  Ov M R Wkt Avg BBi Econ 5/10 nb wd
JH Wardle 139.6 37 359 26 13.80 7/36 1.93 3/1 0 0
TE Bailey 142.3 43 232 19 12.21 5/20 1.22 1 0 0
JB Statham 130.1 20 349 14 24.92 3/37 2.01 0 0 0
JC Laker 145.1 46 324 11 29.45 2/7 1.67 0 0 0
PJ Loader 121 27 291 9 32.33 3/35 1.80 0 0 0
FH Tyson 49 14 100 8 12.50 6/40 1.53 1 0 0
GAR Lock 26 11 38 2 19.00 1/17 1.10 0 0 0
DCS Compton 3 1 8 0 - - 2.00 0 0 0


Partnerships

  Avg 0-9 10-49 50-99 100+ Best Test Batsmen
South Africa
1st 27.7 3 4 3 - 65 3(1) Pithey & Goddard
2nd 26.8 3 6 - 1 112 4(1) Waite & Goddard
3rd 12.5 7 4 - - 43* 5(2) Funston & Goddard
4th 18.1 4 5 1 - 64 3(1) McLean & Goddard
5th 31.2 3 4 3 - 75 3(2) Endean & Funston
6th 15.9 4 5 1 - 65 5(1) van Ryneveld & Endean
7th 21.2 4 4 2 - 58 4(1) van Ryneveld & McLean
8th 11.9 4 5 - - 35 1(1) Tayfield & Waite
9th 9.3 6 3 - - 27 1(2) van Ryneveld & Heine
10th 7.2 6 3 - - 21 1(1) Adcock & Heine
   44 43 10 1
 
England
1st 40.0 1 6 2 1 115 3(1) Richardson & Bailey
2nd 20.8 4 6 1 - 55 4(2) Richardson & Insole
3rd 31.8 3 4 3 - 91 4(1) Insole & May
4th 43.0 3 3 3 1 121 1(1) Richardson & Cowdrey
5th 16.5 3 6 1 - 50 2(1) Insole & Cowdrey
6th 21.9 5 4 1 - 93 2(1) Evans & Cowdrey
7th 18.2 2 6 1 - 54 1(1) Richardson & Tyson
8th 13.9 5 4 - - 37 4(1) Compton & Laker
9th 7.0 5 4 - - 14 4(1) Compton & Loader
10th 10.2 6 3 - - 24 3(2) Statham & Insole
   37 46 12 2


Overall Summary

    SAf Eng
Runs Scored   1769 2184
Wickets lost   96 96
Overs faced   756.3 898.4
Runs per wicket   18.43 22.75
Runs per over   2.34 2.43
Innings  107 106
Ducks  8 9
Fifties  5 10
Centuries  1 3
5 w/inn  4 5
10 w/mat  1 1

 

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