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Result of 1956
England in South Africa Test Series
5th Test-England in South Africa Test Series 1956
Fri, 01 Mar - Tue, 05 Mar 1957 - 00:00 – 5th Test • Gqeberha
South Africa won by 58 runs
South Africa
459/10 (20.00) & 134/10 (80.7)
England
531/7 (20.00) & 130/10 (58.3)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
South Africa innigs
459/10 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Trevor Goddard), 2-15 (John Waite), 3-21 (Ken Funston), 4-41 (Tony Pithey), 5-
FOW
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Extras
(lb 1, nb 9)
10
TOTAL
164(87 Ov, RR: 1.88)
174
0
9
0
In 1957
Career
Tony Pithey
c (wk)Evans b Bailey
15
0
125
1
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Trevor Goddard
lbw b Bailey
2
0
20
0
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
John Waite (WK)
c (wk)Evans b Loader
3
0
22
0
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Ken Funston
b Bailey
3
0
15
0
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Russell Endean
lbw b Tyson
70
0
288
4
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Roy McLean
c (wk)Evans b Lock
23
0
76
3
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Clive van Ryneveld (c)
c Tyson b Loader
24
0
198
1
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Chris Duckworth
lbw b Laker
6
0
54
0
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Hugh Tayfield
b Loader
4
0
18
0
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Peter Heine
b Tyson
4
0
24
0
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Neil Adcock
not out
0
0
8
0
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Extras
(lb 1, nb 9)
10
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Peter Loader
20.00
3
35
3
1.31
0
0
0
In 1957
Career
Trevor Bailey
25.00
12
23
3
0.69
0
0
0
In 1957
Career
Frank Tyson
17.00
6
38
2
1.67
0
0
0
In 1957
Career
Jim Laker
14.00
1
37
1
1.98
0
0
0
In 1957
Career
Tony Lock
11.00
5
21
1
1.43
0
0
0
In 1957
Career
England innigs
531/7 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Peter Richardson), 2-1 (Denis Compton), 3-55 (Peter May), 4-77 (Doug Insole),
FOW
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Extras
(b 8, lb 4)
12
TOTAL
110(61.3 Ov, RR: 1.79)
122
2
7
0
In 1957
Career
Peter Richardson
lbw b Adcock
0
0
10
0
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Trevor Bailey
b Heine
41
0
143
4
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Denis Compton
b Adcock
0
2
1
0
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Peter May (c)
c Duckworth b Goddard
24
0
101
2
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Doug Insole
lbw b Heine
4
0
20
0
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Colin Cowdrey
c (wk)Waite b Adcock
3
0
42
0
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Godfrey Evans (WK)
b Heine
5
0
16
0
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Tony Lock
b Adcock
14
0
110
0
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Frank Tyson
c & b Heine
1
0
48
0
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Jim Laker
b Goddard
6
0
23
1
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Peter Loader
not out
0
0
16
0
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Extras
(b 8, lb 4)
12
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Peter Heine
15.00
6
22
4
1.10
0
0
0
In 1957
Career
Neil Adcock
11.30
4
20
4
1.31
0
0
0
In 1957
Career
Hugh Tayfield
22.00
8
43
0
1.46
0
0
0
In 1957
Career
Trevor Goddard
13.00
8
13
2
0.75
0
0
0
In 1957
Career
South Africa innigs
134/10 (80.7)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Tony Pithey), 2-21 (Russell Endean), 2-64, 3-65 (Ken Funston), 4-98 (Roy McLe
FOW
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 7, nb 3)
11
TOTAL
134(80.7 Ov, RR: 1.65)
145
0
5
0
In 1957
Career
Tony Pithey
b Laker
6
0
78
0
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Trevor Goddard
c (wk)Evans b Tyson
30
0
193
0
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Russell Endean
b Tyson
1
0
1
0
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Ken Funston
b Lock
24
0
98
0
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Clive van Ryneveld (c)
lbw b Tyson
13
0
79
1
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Roy McLean
b Bailey
19
0
54
3
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Chris Duckworth
b Tyson
6
0
55
0
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Hugh Tayfield
c (wk)Evans b Tyson
10
0
66
0
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
John Waite (WK)
not out
7
0
84
0
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Peter Heine
c (wk)Evans b Tyson
4
0
18
1
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Neil Adcock
b Bailey
3
0
18
0
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 7, nb 3)
11
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Peter Loader
4.00
3
1
0
0.18
0
0
0
In 1957
Career
Trevor Bailey
24.70
5
39
2
1.17
0
0
0
In 1957
Career
Frank Tyson
23.00
7
40
6
1.30
0
0
0
In 1957
Career
Jim Laker
14.00
5
26
1
1.39
0
0
0
In 1957
Career
Tony Lock
15.00
6
17
1
0.85
0
0
0
In 1957
Career
England innigs
130/10 (58.3)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Peter Richardson), 2-41 (Peter May), 3-53 (Trevor Bailey), 4-57 (Colin Cowdre
FOW
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Extras
(b 5, lb 3)
8
TOTAL
130(58.3 Ov, RR: 2.22)
138
0
8
4
In 1957
Career
Peter Richardson
b Adcock
3
0
22
0
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Trevor Bailey
c McLean b Tayfield
18
0
101
2
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Peter May (c)
lbw b Goddard
21
0
51
1
1
0.00
In 1957
Career
Colin Cowdrey
c van Ryneveld b Tayfield
8
0
44
0
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Doug Insole
c Duckworth b Tayfield
8
0
60
0
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Denis Compton
c Endean b Tayfield
5
0
49
0
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Godfrey Evans (WK)
c Endean b Heine
21
0
31
2
2
0.00
In 1957
Career
Tony Lock
c Goddard b Tayfield
12
0
61
2
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Frank Tyson
c Tayfield b Goddard
23
0
36
1
1
0.00
In 1957
Career
Jim Laker
not out
3
0
7
0
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Peter Loader
c McLean b Tayfield
0
0
2
0
0
0.00
In 1957
Career
Extras
(b 5, lb 3)
8
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Peter Heine
11.00
3
22
1
1.50
0
0
0
In 1957
Career
Neil Adcock
7.00
2
10
1
1.07
0
0
0
In 1957
Career
Hugh Tayfield
24.30
6
78
6
2.40
0
0
0
In 1957
Career
Trevor Goddard
16.00
8
12
2
0.56
0
0
0
In 1957
Career
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