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Result of 1953
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New Zealand in South Africa Test Series
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2nd Test-New Zealand in South Africa Test Series 1953
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Match Stats
Match Stats
TEST
Ellis Park, Johannesburg
Thu, 24 Dec - Tue, 29 Dec 1953 - 13:30
SA
South Africa
437/10 (20.00) & 148/10 (53.1)
VS
New Zealand
558/7 (20.00) & 100/10 (47.5)
NZ
South Africa won by 132 runs
PREVIEW
SUMMARY
SCORECARD
MATCH STATS
PERFORMANCE
Most 50s
Full →
1
Bert
SUTCLIFFE
NZ
2
Best Average
Full →
1
John
REID
NZ
16.17
2
Tony
MACGIBBON
NZ
17.57
Most 50s
Full →
1
Clive
VAN
RYNEVELD
SA
2
2
Russell
ENDEAN
SA
2
Best Average
Full →
1
Neil
ADCOCK
SA
10.88
2
Guy
OVERTON
NZ
25.25
Best Bowling Fig
Full →
1
John
REID
NZ
4
2
Tony
MACGIBBON
NZ
4
Best Average
Full →
1
David
IRONSIDE
SA
11
2
Anton
MURRAY
SA
20
Best Bowling Fig
Full →
1
Neil
ADCOCK
SA
5
2
Bob
BLAIR
NZ
2
Most Runs Conceed
Full →
1
Tony
MACGIBBON
NZ
123
2
Guy
OVERTON
NZ
101
Best Bowling Fig
Full →
1
David
IRONSIDE
SA
5
2
Hugh
TAYFIELD
SA
1
Most Runs Conceed
Full →
1
David
IRONSIDE
SA
88
2
John
REID
NZ
97
Most Wickets
Full →
1
Tony
MACGIBBON
NZ
7
2
John
REID
NZ
6
Most Runs Conceed
Full →
1
Neil
ADCOCK
SA
87
2
Hugh
TAYFIELD
SA
53
Most Wickets
Full →
1
Neil
ADCOCK
SA
8
2
Guy
OVERTON
NZ
4
Best Economy
Full →
1
John
REID
NZ
2.85
2
Bob
BLAIR
NZ
2.91
3
Tony
MACGIBBON
NZ
2.93
Most Runs
Full →
1
Bert
SUTCLIFFE
NZ
90
2
Frank
MOONEY
NZ
45
Most Wickets
Full →
1
David
IRONSIDE
SA
8
2
Anton
MURRAY
SA
2
Best Economy
Full →
1
Anton
MURRAY
SA
2
Most Runs
Full →
1
Murray
CHAPPLE
NZ
30
Highest Score
Full →
1
Bert
SUTCLIFFE
NZ
80
2
Frank
MOONEY
NZ
35
Best Economy
Full →
1
David
IRONSIDE
SA
2.23
2
Neil
ADCOCK
SA
2.64
Most Runs
Full →
1
Russell
ENDEAN
SA
94
Highest Score
Full →
1
Geoff
RABONE
NZ
22
Most Wickets
Full →
1
Bob
BLAIR
NZ
2
Best Bowling Fig
Full →
1
Guy
OVERTON
NZ
2
Most Runs
Full →
1
Clive
VAN
RYNEVELD
SA
82
2
Roy
MCLEAN
SA
63
Best Averages
Full →
1
Hugh
TAYFIELD
SA
54
Most Not Outs
Full →
1
Bert
SUTCLIFFE
NZ
2
2
Tony
MACGIBBON
NZ
2
Best Economy
Full →
1
Guy
OVERTON
NZ
3.15
Best Strike Rate
Full →
1
John
REID
NZ
34
2
Tony
MACGIBBON
NZ
36
Most Runs Conceed
Full →
1
Bob
BLAIR
NZ
64
Best Averages
Full →
1
Russell
ENDEAN
SA
47
2
Clive
VAN
RYNEVELD
SA
41
Highest Score
Full →
1
Russell
ENDEAN
SA
93
Most Ducks
Full →
1
Tony
MACGIBBON
NZ
2
2
Lawrie
MILLER
NZ
2
3
Guy
OVERTON
NZ
2
Highest Score
Full →
1
Clive
VAN
RYNEVELD
SA
65
2
Roy
MCLEAN
SA
36
Most Wickets
Full →
1
Hugh
TAYFIELD
SA
1
Best Averages
Full →
1
Bert
SUTCLIFFE
NZ
90
2
Frank
MOONEY
NZ
22.5
Worst Bowling Fig
Full →
1
Guy
OVERTON
NZ
68
Best Bowling Fig
Full →
1
Anton
MURRAY
SA
1
Most Not Outs
Full →
1
Hugh
TAYFIELD
SA
2
2
David
IRONSIDE
SA
2
Worst Bowling Fig
Full →
1
John
REID
NZ
63
2
Tony
MACGIBBON
NZ
62
3
Bob
BLAIR
NZ
50
Best Strike Rate
Full →
1
Neil
ADCOCK
SA
24.75
2
David
IRONSIDE
SA
29.62
3
Hugh
TAYFIELD
SA
49.2
4
Guy
OVERTON
NZ
48.15
Highest Score
Full →
1
Murray
CHAPPLE
NZ
22
Most sixes
Full →
1
Bert
SUTCLIFFE
NZ
7
2
Bob
BLAIR
NZ
1
Best Average
Full →
1
Bob
BLAIR
NZ
32
Most Fours
Full →
1
Bert
SUTCLIFFE
NZ
4
Most Runs
Full →
1
Hugh
TAYFIELD
SA
54
Most Ducks
Full →
1
John
WAITE
SA
2
2
Ken
FUNSTON
SA
2
Best Averages
Full →
1
Roy
MCLEAN
SA
31.5
2
David
IRONSIDE
SA
24
Worst Bowling Fig
Full →
1
Hugh
TAYFIELD
SA
53
Best Strike Rate
Full →
1
Anton
MURRAY
SA
60
Most Ducks
Full →
1
Neil
ADCOCK
SA
2
Best Strike Rate
Full →
1
John
WAITE
SA
5
Worst Bowling Fig
Full →
1
David
IRONSIDE
SA
51
2
Neil
ADCOCK
SA
44
Highest Score
Full →
1
Hugh
TAYFIELD
SA
34
Most sixes
Full →
1
Roy
MCLEAN
SA
1
Most Fours
Full →
1
Russell
ENDEAN
SA
13
2
Clive
VAN
RYNEVELD
SA
7
Bowler Matchups
Full matchups →
Hugh Tayfield
vs Bob Blair
WKTS
5
BALLS
—
RUNS
23
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Neil Adcock
vs Matt Poore
WKTS
5
BALLS
—
RUNS
101
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Tony MacGibbon
vs Jackie McGlew
WKTS
5
BALLS
—
RUNS
252
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Bob Blair
vs John Waite
WKTS
4
BALLS
—
RUNS
178
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Hugh Tayfield
vs Bert Sutcliffe
WKTS
4
BALLS
3
RUNS
81
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.8 balls/wkt
Neil Adcock
vs Frank Mooney
WKTS
4
BALLS
—
RUNS
28
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
John Murray
vs John Reid
WKTS
3
BALLS
—
RUNS
145
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Hugh Tayfield
vs John Reid
WKTS
3
BALLS
—
RUNS
32
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Neil Adcock
vs John Reid
WKTS
3
BALLS
—
RUNS
48
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Hugh Tayfield
vs Lawrie Miller
WKTS
3
BALLS
—
RUNS
17
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Neil Adcock
vs Lawrie Miller
WKTS
3
BALLS
—
RUNS
2
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
David Ironside
vs Tony MacGibbon
WKTS
3
BALLS
—
RUNS
18
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Bob Blair
vs Clive van Ryneveld
WKTS
3
BALLS
—
RUNS
116
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Tony MacGibbon
vs Russell Endean
WKTS
3
BALLS
—
RUNS
71
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Tony MacGibbon
vs John Waite
WKTS
3
BALLS
1
RUNS
13
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.3 balls/wkt
Bruce Reid
vs Ken Funston
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
49
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Tony MacGibbon
vs Ken Funston
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
11
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Bruce Reid
vs Anton Murray
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
13
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Bob Blair
vs Anton Murray
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
7
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Bruce Reid
vs John Waite
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
11
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Bob Blair
vs Roy McLean
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
106
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Guy Overton
vs Roy McLean
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
27
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Bruce Reid
vs Russell Endean
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
94
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Bob Blair
vs Hugh Tayfield
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
21
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
David Ironside
vs Guy Overton
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
1
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Tony MacGibbon
vs Jack Cheetham
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
62
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
John Murray
vs Lawrie Miller
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
62
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Hugh Tayfield
vs Murray Chapple
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
23
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
David Ironside
vs Murray Chapple
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
26
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Hugh Tayfield
vs Matt Poore
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
50
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Hugh Tayfield
vs John Beck
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
12
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Neil Adcock
vs John Beck
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
69
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Neil Adcock
vs Geoff Rabone
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
90
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
David Ironside
vs Frank Mooney
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
39
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
John Murray
vs Bert Sutcliffe
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
43
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Hugh Tayfield
vs Frank Mooney
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
11
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Hugh Tayfield
vs Geoff Rabone
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
107
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Neil Adcock
vs Bert Sutcliffe
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
23
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
David Ironside
vs Bert Sutcliffe
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
66
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
John Murray
vs Frank Mooney
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
24
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
David Ironside
vs Geoff Rabone
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
1
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Neil Adcock
vs Bob Blair
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
4
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
David Ironside
vs John Reid
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
1
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Hugh Tayfield
vs Tony MacGibbon
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
19
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Neil Adcock
vs Tony MacGibbon
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
8
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
David Ironside
vs John Beck
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
7
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Bruce Reid
vs Jack Cheetham
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
1
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Neil Adcock
vs Guy Overton
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
—
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Neil Adcock
vs Murray Chapple
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
8
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
David Ironside
vs Lawrie Miller
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
14
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
John Murray
vs Murray Chapple
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
8
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Bruce Reid
vs Hugh Tayfield
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
34
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
John Murray
vs John Beck
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
16
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Guy Overton
vs Hugh Tayfield
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
28
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Bruce Reid
vs Jackie McGlew
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
50
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Tony MacGibbon
vs Clive van Ryneveld
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
17
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Guy Overton
vs John Waite
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
43
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Bruce Reid
vs Roy McLean
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
36
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Tony MacGibbon
vs Roy McLean
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
20
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Guy Overton
vs Anton Murray
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
13
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Bruce Reid
vs Neil Adcock
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
5
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Tony MacGibbon
vs Neil Adcock
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
5
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Bob Blair
vs Neil Adcock
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
—
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Guy Overton
vs Neil Adcock
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
6
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Bruce Reid
vs David Ironside
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
13
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Guy Overton
vs Ken Funston
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
—
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Bob Blair
vs Russell Endean
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
41
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Guy Overton
vs Russell Endean
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
7
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
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