Flag1 South Africa vs New Zealand 1953-54 Flag2
Date Venue Captains Scores Result Player of the Match
11 Dec 1953
 
Durban
 
JE Cheetham (SAf)
GO Rabone (NZ)
SAf 437-9d
NZ 230 & 149
South Africa
Innings & 58 runs
24 Dec 1953
 
Johannesburg EP
 
JE Cheetham (SAf)
GO Rabone (NZ)
SAf 271 & 148
NZ 187 & 100
South Africa
132 runs
1 Jan 1954
 
Cape Town
 
JE Cheetham (SAf)
GO Rabone (NZ)
NZ 505
SAf 326 & 159-3
Match Drawn
 
29 Jan 1954
 
Johannesburg EP
 
JE Cheetham (SAf)
B Sutcliffe (NZ)
SAf 243 & 25-1
NZ 79 & 188
South Africa
9 wickets
5 Feb 1954
 
Gqeberha
 
JE Cheetham (SAf)
B Sutcliffe (NZ)
NZ 226 & 222
SAf 237 & 215-5
South Africa
5 wickets


South Africa Batting and Fielding

  Mat Inn no Runs Avg 50 100 HS S/R 4s/6s Ct/St
DJ McGlew 5 9 1 351 43.87 3 0 86 - 0 4
WR Endean 5 8 1 293 41.85 2 0 93 - 0 9
CB van Ryneveld 5 7 2 234 46.80 2 0 68* 178.63 7 4
JE Cheetham 5 8 2 227 37.83 1 0 89 - 0 1
RA McLean 4 6 1 191 38.20 0 1 101 - 0 1
RJ Westcott 3 6 0 148 24.66 1 0 62 - 0 0
JHB Waite 5 7 1 144 24.00 1 0 52 ****** 0 16/7
HJ Tayfield 5 6 1 137 27.40 0 0 34 - 0 2
JC Watkins 3 4 0 93 23.25 0 0 45 - 0 2
KJ Funston 3 5 0 60 12.00 0 0 39 - 0 4
DEJ Ironside 3 4 2 37 18.50 0 0 13 - 0 1
ARA Murray 4 5 0 33 6.60 0 0 13 - 0 2
NAT Adcock 5 5 1 19 4.75 0 0 8* - 0 1


South Africa Bowling

  Ov M R Wkt Avg BBi Econ 5/10 nb wd
NAT Adcock 170.3 27 485 24 20.20 5/43 2.13 2 0 0
HJ Tayfield 192.6 80 377 21 17.95 6/13 1.47 2 0 0
DEJ Ironside 123.2 41 275 15 18.33 5/51 1.67 1 0 0
JC Watkins 78 29 129 10 12.90 4/34 1.24 0 0 0
CB van Ryneveld 102.4 18 305 10 30.50 4/67 2.23 0 0 0
ARA Murray 106 34 233 6 38.83 1/8 1.65 0 0 0


New Zealand Batting and Fielding

  Mat Inn no Runs Avg 50 100 HS S/R 4s/6s Ct/St
B Sutcliffe 5 9 1 305 38.12 3 0 80* ****** 0 8
JR Reid 5 9 0 263 29.22 1 1 135 - 0 5
GO Rabone 3 5 0 254 50.80 2 1 107 - 0 0
JEF Beck 4 7 0 203 29.00 1 0 99 - 0 0
ME Chapple 5 9 0 180 20.00 1 0 76 - 0 4
MB Poore 5 9 0 170 18.88 0 0 44 - 0 1
FLH Mooney 5 9 0 123 13.66 0 0 35 - 0 8/1
AR MacGibbon 5 9 1 98 12.25 0 0 21 - 0 1
EW Dempster 4 7 2 92 18.40 0 0 47 - 0 0
LSM Miller 4 8 0 47 5.87 0 0 18 - 0 0
RW Blair 4 8 1 40 5.71 0 0 8 - 0 2
W Bell 2 3 3 21 - 0 0 21* - 0 1
GWF Overton 3 6 1 8 1.60 0 0 3* - 0 1
IB Leggat 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 - 0 2


New Zealand Bowling

  Ov M R Wkt Avg BBi Econ 5/10 nb wd
AR MacGibbon 171.1 36 454 22 20.63 4/62 1.99 0 0 0
JR Reid 142 39 384 12 32.00 4/34 2.03 0 0 0
RW Blair 89 14 270 9 30.00 3/42 2.28 0 0 0
GWF Overton 91.1 23 258 9 28.66 3/65 2.12 0 0 0
GO Rabone 59.7 16 131 8 16.37 6/68 1.64 1 0 0
W Bell 61.3 13 235 2 117.50 1/54 2.87 0 0 0
EW Dempster 29 4 106 1 106.00 1/24 2.74 0 0 0
MB Poore 19 1 75 1 75.00 1/39 2.96 0 0 0
B Sutcliffe 12 1 46 0 - - 2.88 0 0 0
FLH Mooney 1 1 0 0 - - 0.00 0 0 0
LSM Miller 0.2 0 1 0 - - 3.00 0 0 0
ME Chapple 1 0 1 0 - - 0.75 0 0 0
IB Leggat 3 0 6 0 - - 1.50 0 0 0


Partnerships

  Avg 0-9 10-49 50-99 100+ Best Test Batsmen
South Africa
1st 41.3 1 6 - 2 113 1(1) McGlew & Waite
2nd 18.8 4 5 - - 31 3(2) McGlew & Westcott
3rd 28.2 2 4 2 - 82 3(2) Endean & Westcott
4th 57.4 1 3 2 2 135 1(1) McLean & Funston
5th 25.9 3 2 2 - 71 3(1) McGlew & van Ryneveld
6th 31.3 1 5 1 - 58 2(1) van Ryneveld & Cheetham
7th 26.3 1 5 - - 45 2(2) van Ryneveld & McLean
8th 41.0 2 1 3 - 95 3(1) Cheetham & Tayfield
9th 17.0 - 6 - - 27 2(1) Tayfield & Ironside
10th 7.2 2 3 - - 13 3(1) Adcock & Ironside
   17 40 10 4
 
New Zealand
1st 29.6 3 5 - 1 126 3(1) Rabone & Chapple
2nd 13.0 5 4 - - 40 5(1) Mooney & Poore
3rd 36.1 3 4 3 - 94 3(1) Sutcliffe & Poore
4th 24.3 2 8 - - 45 5(2) Reid & Sutcliffe
5th 43.0 3 4 1 1 176 3(1) Beck & Reid
6th 10.4 5 4 - - 25 3(1) Beck & Mooney
7th 23.0 2 6 1 - 57 2(1) Mooney & Sutcliffe
8th 9.8 5 4 - - 23 4(1) Dempster & MacGibbon
9th 9.8 7 2 - - 38 5(1) Blair & Beck
10th 10.6 5 4 - - 33 2(1) Blair & Sutcliffe
   40 45 5 2


Overall Summary

    SAf NZ
Runs Scored   2061 1886
Wickets lost   68 90
Overs faced   679.6 772.7
Runs per wicket   30.31 20.96
Runs per over   3.03 2.44
Innings  80 99
Ducks  7 15
Fifties  10 8
Centuries  1 2
5 w/inn  5 1
10 w/mat  0 0

 

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