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Test no. 434

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

1956/57 season

Played at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, on 24,26,27,28,29 December 1956 (5-day match)

Result England won by 131 runs


England 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	PE Richardson	lbw b Goddard	117	525	6	0
	TE Bailey	c Waite b Heine	16	97	1	0
	DCS Compton	c Keith b Goddard	5	30	0	0
	PBH May	c Goddard b Adcock	6	37	0	0
	MC Cowdrey	c Goddard b Heine	59	212	4	0
	DJ Insole	c Waite b van Ryneveld	1	8	0	0
	TG Evans	c Keith b Adcock	20	55	2	0
	FH Tyson	b Adcock	22	103	2	0
	JH Wardle	not out	6	12	1	0
	JC Laker	c Goddard b Adcock	0	2	0	0
	JB Statham	c Waite b Goddard	0	6	0	0
	Extras	(b 4, lb 9, nb 3)	16

	Total	(all out; 118.5 overs)	268	(1.69 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-28 (Bailey), 2-37 (Compton), 3-48 (May), 4-169 (Cowdrey), 5-170 (Insole), 6-205 (Evans), 7-259 (Richardson), 8-263 (Tyson), 9-263 (Laker), 10-268 (Statham)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
PS Heine	31	5	89	2	2.15
NAT Adcock	20	6	36	4	1.35
TL Goddard	28.5	9	51	3	1.33
JC Watkins	11	3	23	0	1.56
HJ Tayfield	20	4	30	0	1.12
CB van Ryneveld	8	2	23	1	2.15


South Africa 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	AI Taylor	st Evans b Wardle	12	106		0	0
	TL Goddard	c Cowdrey b Statham	49	160		5	0
	HJ Keith	c Cowdrey b Bailey	42	106		5	0
	WR Endean	c Cowdrey b Laker	18	142		1	0
	RA McLean	lbw b Bailey	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
	JC Watkins	c Insole b Wardle	9	47		0	0
	CB van Ryneveld	c Bailey b Statham	10	42		1	0
	JHB Waite	c Evans b Bailey	17	63		2	0
	HJ Tayfield	b Wardle	24	82		3	0
	PS Heine	not out	13	47		1	0
	NAT Adcock	b Statham	17	23		2	1
	Extras	(b 1, lb 3)	4

	Total	(all out; 89.1 overs)	215	(1.80 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-54 (Taylor), 2-92 (Goddard), 3-112 (Keith), 4-112 (McLean), 5-126 (Watkins), 6-141 (Endean), 7-141 (van Ryneveld), 8-176 (Waite), 9-194 (Tayfield), 10-215 (Adcock)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
JB Statham	24.1	4	71	3	2.20
FH Tyson	9	1	22	0	1.83
JH Wardle	20	4	52	3	1.95
JC Laker	21	10	33	1	1.17
TE Bailey	15	5	33	3	1.65


England 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	PE Richardson	lbw b Adcock	10	33		1	0
	TE Bailey	c Endean b Heine	10	69		1	0
	DCS Compton	c & b Tayfield	32	170		4	0
	JH Wardle	lbw b Heine	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
	DJ Insole	c Waite b Goddard	29	134		2	0
	PBH May	c Endean b Heine	14	57		1	0
	MC Cowdrey	c Goddard b Adcock	6	63		0	0
	TG Evans	c Heine b Tayfield	30	46		2	1
	FH Tyson	c Watkins b Adcock	2	23		0	0
	JC Laker	not out	3	13		0	0
	JB Statham	lbw b Tayfield	2	6		0	0
	Extras	(b 8, lb 1, nb 3)	12

	Total	(all out; 66.6 overs)	150	(1.68 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-11 (Richardson), 2-37 (Bailey), 3-37 (Wardle), 4-84 (Compton), 5-100 (Insole), 6-107 (May), 7-126 (Cowdrey), 8-145 (Tyson), 9-147 (Evans), 10-150 (Statham)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
PS Heine	19	7	41	3	1.61
NAT Adcock	13	1	33	3	1.90
TL Goddard	14	7	14	1	0.75
JC Watkins	3	0	10	0	2.50
HJ Tayfield	17.6	5	40	3	1.69


South Africa 2nd innings (target: 204 runs)			R	M	4s	6s
	AI Taylor	c Insole b Bailey	6	48	0	0
	TL Goddard	c Insole b Bailey	5	17	1	0
	HJ Keith	c Evans b Bailey	2	4	0	0
	JHB Waite	b Statham	0	2	0	0
	WR Endean	b Statham	3	37	0	0
	RA McLean	c Insole b Bailey	6	49	0	0
	JC Watkins	b Laker	8	38	1	0
	CB van Ryneveld	run out	16	85	1	0
	HJ Tayfield	c Evans b Bailey	2	17	0	0
	PS Heine	run out	17	51	2	0
	NAT Adcock	not out	0	8	0	0
	Extras	(b 2, lb 3, nb 2)	7

	Total	(all out; 33.4 overs)	72	(1.61 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-6 (Goddard), 2-10 (Keith), 3-11 (Waite), 4-20 (Taylor), 5-25 (Endean), 6-36 (McLean), 7-40 (Watkins), 8-44 (Tayfield), 9-71 (Heine), 10-72 (van Ryneveld)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
JB Statham	13	4	22	2	1.26
JH Wardle	3	0	18	0	4.50
JC Laker	2	1	5	1	1.87
TE Bailey	15.4	6	20	5	0.96

Balls per over 8

Toss England, who chose to bat first
Series England led the 5-match series 1-0

Test debut AI Taylor (South Africa)

Umpires JH McMenamin and W Marais

Close of play
24 Dec day 1 - England 1st innings 157/3 (PE Richardson 69*, MC Cowdrey 51*)
25 Dec rest day
26 Dec day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 91/1 (TL Goddard 49*, HJ Keith 29*)
27 Dec day 3 - England 2nd innings 42/3 (DCS Compton 17*, DJ Insole 0*)
28 Dec day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 40/7 (CB van Ryneveld 4*)
29 Dec day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 72 (33.4 ov) - end of match




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