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Test no. 1263

South Africa in England Test Series - 1st Test
England v South Africa

1994 season

Played at Lord's, London, on 21,22,23,24 July 1994 (5-day match)

Result South Africa won by 356 runs


South Africa 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	AC Hudson	c Gooch b Gough	6	42	32	1	0	18.75
	G Kirsten	c DeFreitas b Hick	72	206	145	12	0	49.65
	WJ Cronje	c Crawley b Fraser	7	27	18	1	0	38.88
	KC Wessels	c Rhodes b Gough	105	295	217	15	0	48.38
	PN Kirsten	c Rhodes b Gough	8	36	39	1	0	20.51
	JN Rhodes	b White	32	106	79	3	0	40.50
	BM McMillan	c Rhodes b Fraser	29	131	76	4	0	38.15
	DJ Richardson	lbw b Gough	26	37	35	3	0	74.28
	CR Matthews	b White	41	54	36	6	0	113.88
	PS de Villiers	c Rhodes b Fraser	8	40	31	1	0	25.80
	AA Donald	not out	5	17	14	0	0	35.71
	Extras	(lb 9, nb 9)	18

	Total	(all out; 118.5 overs)	357	(3.00 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-18 (Hudson, 9.6 ov), 2-35 (Cronje, 15.3 ov), 3-141 (G Kirsten, 48.5 ov), 4-164 (PN Kirsten, 59.6 ov), 5-239 (Rhodes, 85.5 ov), 6-241 (Wessels, 88.5 ov), 7-281 (Richardson, 97.6 ov), 8-334 (Matthews, 109.4 ov), 9-348 (McMillan, 114.4 ov), 10-357 (de Villiers, 118.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
PAJ DeFreitas	18	5	67	0	3.72
D Gough	28	6	76	4	2.71	(5nb)
IDK Salisbury	25	2	68	0	2.72
ARC Fraser	24.5	7	72	3	2.89	(4nb)
GA Hick	10	5	22	1	2.20
C White	13	2	43	2	3.30


England 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MA Atherton	c Wessels b Donald	20	89	64	2	0	31.25
	AJ Stewart	b Donald	12	13	11	2	0	109.09
	JP Crawley	c Hudson b de Villiers	9	29	16	2	0	56.25
	GA Hick	c Richardson b de Villiers	38	134	88	7	0	43.18
	GA Gooch	lbw b de Villiers	20	45	39	1	0	51.28
	C White	c Richardson b Donald	10	101	63	1	0	15.87
	SJ Rhodes	b McMillan	15	34	27	1	0	55.55
	IDK Salisbury	not out	6	59	38	0	0	15.78
	PAJ DeFreitas	c Wessels b Donald	20	9	10	4	0	200.00
	D Gough	c & b Donald	12	18	15	2	0	80.00
	ARC Fraser	run out	3	7	7	0	0	42.85
	Extras	(b 2, lb 5, nb 8)	15

	Total	(all out; 61.3 overs)	180	(2.92 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-19 (Stewart, 2.6 ov), 2-41 (Crawley, 9.3 ov), 3-68 (Atherton, 19.1 ov), 4-107 (Gooch, 29.6 ov), 5-119 (Hick, 39.5 ov), 6-136 (Rhodes, 48.1 ov), 7-141 (White, 53.2 ov), 8-161 (DeFreitas, 55.3 ov), 9-176 (Gough, 59.6 ov), 10-180 (Fraser, 61.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
AA Donald	19.3	5	74	5	3.79	(7nb)
PS de Villiers	16	5	28	3	1.75	(1nb)
CR Matthews	16	6	46	0	2.87
BM McMillan	10	1	25	1	2.50


South Africa 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	G Kirsten	st Rhodes b Hick	44	170	126	8	0	34.92
	AC Hudson	lbw b Fraser	3	11	4	0	0	75.00
	WJ Cronje	c Fraser b Gough	32	99	67	6	0	47.76
	KC Wessels	c Crawley b Salisbury	28	114	108	5	0	25.92
	PN Kirsten	b Gough	42	163	129	5	0	32.55
	JN Rhodes	b Gough	32	102	68	3	1	47.05
	BM McMillan	not out	39	98	65	4	0	60.00
	DJ Richardson	c Rhodes b Fraser	3	34	24	0	0	12.50
	CR Matthews	b Gough	25	64	38	5	0	65.78
	Extras	(b 8, lb 10, nb 12)	30

	Total	(8 wickets dec; 102.3 overs)	278	(2.71 runs per over)

Did not bat PS de Villiers, AA Donald

Fall of wickets1-14 (Hudson), 2-73 (Cronje), 3-101 (G Kirsten), 4-141 (Wessels), 5-208 (Rhodes), 6-209 (PN Kirsten), 7-220 (Richardson), 8-278 (Matthews)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
ARC Fraser	23	5	62	2	2.69	(8nb)
D Gough	19.3	5	46	4	2.35	(6nb)
PAJ DeFreitas	14	3	43	0	3.07
GA Hick	24	14	38	1	1.58
IDK Salisbury	19	4	53	1	2.78
C White	3	0	18	0	6.00


England 2nd innings (target: 456 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MA Atherton	c McMillan b de Villiers	8	49	37	0	0	21.62
	AJ Stewart	c Richardson b Matthews	27	143	82	2	0	32.92
	JP Crawley	c Hudson b McMillan	7	40	24	0	0	29.16
	GA Hick	lbw b McMillan	11	9	7	2	0	157.14
	GA Gooch	lbw b Donald	28	64	51	4	0	54.90
	C White	c Wessels b Matthews	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	SJ Rhodes	not out	14	72	43	2	0	32.55
	PAJ DeFreitas	c G Kirsten b Matthews	1	5	6	0	0	16.66
	D Gough	retired hurt	0	14	6	0	0	0.00
	IDK Salisbury	lbw b Donald	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
	ARC Fraser	lbw b McMillan	1	21	14	0	0	7.14
	Extras	(b 1, lb 1)	2

	Total	(all out; 45.5 overs)	99	(2.16 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-16 (Atherton), 2-29 (Crawley), 3-45 (Hick), 4-74 (Stewart), 5-74 (White), 6-82 (Gooch), 7-85 (DeFreitas), 7-86* (Gough, retired not out), 8-88 (Salisbury), 9-99 (Fraser)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
AA Donald	12	5	29	2	2.41	(1nb)
PS de Villiers	12	4	26	1	2.16
CR Matthews	14	6	25	3	1.78
BM McMillan	6.5	2	16	3	2.34
WJ Cronje	1	0	1	0	1.00

Toss South Africa, who chose to bat first
Series South Africa led the 3-match series 1-0

Test debut JP Crawley (England)
Player of the match KC Wessels (South Africa)

Umpires HD Bird and SG Randell (Australia)
TV umpire MJ Kitchen
Match referee PJP Burge (Australia)

Close of play
21 Jul day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 244/6 (BM McMillan 2*, DJ Richardson 1*)
22 Jul day 2 - England 1st innings 141/7 (IDK Salisbury 3*)
23 Jul day 3 - South Africa 2nd innings 195/4 (PN Kirsten 40*, JN Rhodes 23*)
24 Jul day 4 - England 2nd innings 99 (45.5 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Day 4
GA Gooch (when 5*) overtook IVA Richards to become Test cricket's 4th most prolific scorer.
D Gough retired hurt at 86/7

Atherton was fined 2000 pounds by chairman of selectors Illingworth for rubbing dirt on the ball while in the field, then allegedly lying about the matter to referee Burge afterwards.

Atendance: 103,198 Receipts: 2,253,275 pounds sterling