ENGLAND IN SOUTH AFRICA TEST SERIES

Batting Stats

E1956
England in South Africa Test Series
24 Dec 1956 – 01 Mar 1957
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SERIES WINNERdrawn2-2 (5)

Batting Stats

Most Runs · Most Sixes · Best Strike Rate
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Batting in England in South Africa Test Series

Every board for the series.

Most runs

Test
Trevor Goddard5 mat · avg 33.30
333#2 · runs
MOST RUNSPeter Richardson5 mat · avg 36.90
369#1 · runs
Colin Cowdrey5 mat · avg 33.10
331#3 · runs
  1. 4Doug Insole5 mat · avg 39.00312
  2. 5Roy McLean5 mat · avg 30.90309
  3. 6Trevor Bailey5 mat · avg 25.90259
  4. 7Denis Compton5 mat · avg 24.20242
  5. 8John Waite5 mat · avg 21.13169
  6. 9Clive van Ryneveld5 mat · avg 20.75166
  7. 10Godfrey Evans5 mat · avg 16.40164
  8. 11Russell Endean5 mat · avg 15.80158
  9. 12Peter May5 mat · avg 15.30153
  10. 13Ken Funston3 mat · avg 22.17133
  11. 14Hugh Tayfield5 mat · avg 13.0091
  12. 15Headley Keith3 mat · avg 15.0090

Highest score

Test
Doug Insole5 mat · avg 39.00
110#2
HIGHESTPeter Richardson5 mat · avg 36.90
117#1
Colin Cowdrey5 mat · avg 33.10
101#3
  1. 4Roy McLean5 mat · avg 30.90100
  2. 5Trevor Bailey5 mat · avg 25.9080
  3. 6Russell Endean5 mat · avg 15.8070
  4. 7Trevor Goddard5 mat · avg 33.3069
  5. 8Denis Compton5 mat · avg 24.2064
  6. 9Godfrey Evans5 mat · avg 16.4062
  7. 10John Waite5 mat · avg 21.1361
  8. 11Peter May5 mat · avg 15.3061
  9. 12Ken Funston3 mat · avg 22.1744
  10. 13Headley Keith3 mat · avg 15.0042
  11. 14Clive van Ryneveld5 mat · avg 20.7536
  12. 15Tony Pithey3 mat · avg 12.3325

Most sixes

Test
Colin Cowdrey5 mat · avg 33.10
2#2 · sixes
MOST SIXESGodfrey Evans5 mat · avg 16.40
3#1 · sixes
Peter May5 mat · avg 15.30
2#3 · sixes
  1. 4Johnny Wardle4 mat · avg 11.332
  2. 5Roy McLean5 mat · avg 30.901
  3. 6Ken Funston3 mat · avg 22.171
  4. 7Frank Tyson2 mat · avg 12.001
  5. 8Neil Adcock5 mat · avg 6.001

Most fours

Test
Peter Richardson5 mat · avg 36.90
28#2 · fours
MOST FOURSRoy McLean5 mat · avg 30.90
41#1 · fours
Colin Cowdrey5 mat · avg 33.10
27#3 · fours
  1. 4Doug Insole5 mat · avg 39.0023
  2. 5Denis Compton5 mat · avg 24.2022
  3. 6Trevor Bailey5 mat · avg 25.9021
  4. 7Trevor Goddard5 mat · avg 33.3019
  5. 8John Waite5 mat · avg 21.1316
  6. 9Godfrey Evans5 mat · avg 16.4013
  7. 10Peter May5 mat · avg 15.3013
  8. 11Clive van Ryneveld5 mat · avg 20.7510
  9. 12Ken Funston3 mat · avg 22.1710
  10. 13Headley Keith3 mat · avg 15.0010
  11. 14Russell Endean5 mat · avg 15.809
  12. 15Hugh Tayfield5 mat · avg 13.007

Best average

min 3 innings
Test
Peter Richardson5 mat · avg 36.90
36.90#2 · avg
BEST AVGDoug Insole5 mat · avg 39.00
39.00#1 · avg
Trevor Goddard5 mat · avg 33.30
33.30#3 · avg
  1. 4Colin Cowdrey5 mat · avg 33.1033.10
  2. 5Roy McLean5 mat · avg 30.9030.90
  3. 6Trevor Bailey5 mat · avg 25.9025.90
  4. 7Denis Compton5 mat · avg 24.2024.20
  5. 8Ken Funston3 mat · avg 22.1722.17
  6. 9John Waite5 mat · avg 21.1321.13
  7. 10Clive van Ryneveld5 mat · avg 20.7520.75
  8. 11Godfrey Evans5 mat · avg 16.4016.40
  9. 12Russell Endean5 mat · avg 15.8015.80
  10. 13Peter May5 mat · avg 15.3015.30
  11. 14Headley Keith3 mat · avg 15.0015.00
  12. 15Hugh Tayfield5 mat · avg 13.0013.00

Most fifties

Test
Trevor Goddard5 mat · avg 33.30
2#2 · 50s
MOST 50sColin Cowdrey5 mat · avg 33.10
3#1 · 50s
Denis Compton5 mat · avg 24.20
2#3 · 50s
  1. 4Peter Richardson5 mat · avg 36.901
  2. 5Doug Insole5 mat · avg 39.001
  3. 6Roy McLean5 mat · avg 30.901
  4. 7Trevor Bailey5 mat · avg 25.901
  5. 8John Waite5 mat · avg 21.131
  6. 9Godfrey Evans5 mat · avg 16.401
  7. 10Russell Endean5 mat · avg 15.801
  8. 11Peter May5 mat · avg 15.301
batting battle

England vs South Africa

The series totalled up, side against side.

EnglandvsSouth Africa
2081Total runs1701
16,007.69Strike rate11,340.00
10Sixes3
164Fours142
10Fifties5

Highest individual scores

1Peter RichardsonENG · match 1 · Johannesburg117
2Doug InsoleENG · match 3 · Durban110*
3Colin CowdreyENG · match 2 · Cape Town101
4Roy McLeanSA · match 3 · Durban100
5Roy McLeanSA · match 4 · Johannesburg93
6Trevor BaileyENG · match 3 · Durban80
7Russell EndeanSA · match 5 · Port Elizabeth70
8Trevor GoddardSA · match 3 · Durban69
9Peter RichardsonENG · match 3 · Durban68
10Doug InsoleENG · match 4 · Johannesburg68
RECENT RESULTS 3 matches