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Sat, 13 Aug - Wed, 17 Aug 1955 - 00:00 – 5th Test • Kennington Oval, London
England won by 92 runs
England
371/10 (20.00) & 204/10 (123.4)
South Africa
600/7 (20.00) & 151/10 (87.4)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Most 50s
Peter May
2
John Waite
2
Best Average
Trevor Goddard
10.000000
Jim Laker
12.000000
Hugh Tayfield
12.375000
Tony Lock
12.625000
Trevor Bailey
21.000000
Most Wickets
Tony Lock
8
Hugh Tayfield
8
Jim Laker
7
Trevor Goddard
6
Peter Heine
3
Most Runs Conceed
Tony Lock
101
Hugh Tayfield
99
Peter Heine
87
Jim Laker
84
Eddie Fuller
67
Most Runs
Peter May
92
John Waite
88
Denis Compton
60
Tom Graveney
55
Jackie McGlew
49
Best Bowling Fig
Jim Laker
5
Hugh Tayfield
5
Trevor Goddard
5
Tony Lock
4
Brian Statham
2
Best Averages
Peter May
92.000000
John Waite
44.000000
Denis Compton
30.000000
Tom Graveney
27.500000
Jackie McGlew
24.500000
Highest Score
Peter May
89
John Waite
60
Tom Graveney
42
Brian Close
32
Denis Compton
30
Most Wickets
Eddie Fuller
3
Brian Statham
2
Trevor Bailey
1
Most Fours
John Waite
13
Peter May
10
Denis Compton
6
Tom Graveney
4
Eddie Fuller
4
Willie Watson
3
Brian Close
3
Best Economy
Hugh Tayfield
1.367403
Jim Laker
1.390728
Eddie Fuller
1.425531
Trevor Goddard
1.449275
Tony Lock
1.836363
Most Runs Conceed
Trevor Goddard
60
Brian Statham
48
Most Runs
Brian Close
47
Willie Watson
28
Trevor Goddard
28
Most Ducks
Jack Ikin
2
Trevor Bailey
2
Brian Statham
2
Dick Spooner
2
Roy McLean
2
Russell Endean
2
Headley Keith
2
Best Bowling Fig
Peter Heine
2
Eddie Fuller
2
Trevor Bailey
1
Most Not Outs
Brian Statham
2
Peter May
2
Best Averages
Brian Close
23.500000
Jack Cheetham
21.000000
Worst Bowling Fig
Tony Lock
62
Hugh Tayfield
60
Jim Laker
56
Peter Heine
44
Eddie Fuller
36
Trevor Goddard
31
Brian Statham
31
Most Not Outs
Jack Cheetham
2
Hugh Tayfield
2
Best Average
Eddie Fuller
22.333333
Brian Statham
24.000000
Best Economy
Brian Statham
1.846153
Peter Heine
1.891304
Best Strike Rate
Tony Lock
41.25
Trevor Goddard
41.4
Jim Laker
51.7714
Hugh Tayfield
54.3
Trevor Bailey
66
Brian Statham
78
Peter Heine
92
Highest Score
Jackie McGlew
30
Willie Watson
25
Trevor Goddard
20
Most Fours
Jackie McGlew
2
Peter Heine
1
Jack Ikin
1
Jim Laker
1