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1st Test-England in South Africa Test Series 1956

TESTNew Wanderers Stadium, JohannesburgMon, 24 Dec - Sat, 29 Dec 1956 - 13:30

South Africa

537/10 (20.00) & 72/10 (33.4)

England

531/7 (20.00) & 150/10 (66.6)

ENG

England won by 131 runs

ENGEngland innings

531/7 (20.00)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Trevor Bailey), 2-37 (Denis Compton), 3-48 (Peter May), 4-169 (Colin Cowdrey) FOW	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Extras (b 4, lb 9, nb 3)	16
TOTAL 268(118.5 Ov, RR: 2.25)	284						In 1956	Career
Peter Richardson lbw b Goddard	117	0	525	6	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Trevor Bailey c (wk)Waite b Heine	16	0	97	1	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Denis Compton c Keith b Goddard	5	0	30	0	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Peter May (c) c Goddard b Adcock	6	0	37	0	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Colin Cowdrey c Goddard b Heine	59	0	212	4	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Doug Insole c (wk)Waite b van Ryneveld	1	0	8	0	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Godfrey Evans (WK) c Keith b Adcock	20	0	55	2	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Frank Tyson b Adcock	22	0	103	2	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Johnny Wardle not out	6	0	12	1	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Jim Laker c Goddard b Adcock	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Brian Statham c (wk)Waite b Goddard	0	0	6	0	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Extras (b 4, lb 9, nb 3)	16

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
Peter Heine	31.00	5	89	2	2.15	In 1956	Career
Neil Adcock	20.00	6	36	4	1.35	In 1956	Career
Trevor Goddard	28.50	9	51	3	1.33	In 1956	Career
John Watkins	11.00	3	23	0	1.56	In 1956	Career
Hugh Tayfield	20.00	4	30	0	1.12	In 1956	Career
Clive van Ryneveld	8.00	2	23	1	2.15	In 1956	Career

SASouth Africa innings

537/10 (20.00)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
Fall of wickets: 1-54 (Scotch Taylor), 2-92 (Trevor Goddard), 3-112 (Headley Keith), 4-112 (Roy McLe FOW	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Extras (b 1, lb 3)	4
TOTAL 215(89.1 Ov, RR: 2.41)	219						In 1956	Career
Scotch Taylor st (wk)Evans b Wardle	12	0	106	0	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Trevor Goddard c Cowdrey b Statham	49	0	160	5	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Headley Keith c Cowdrey b Bailey	42	0	106	5	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Russell Endean c Cowdrey b Laker	18	0	142	1	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Roy McLean lbw b Bailey	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
John Watkins c Insole b Wardle	9	0	47	0	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Clive van Ryneveld (c) c Bailey b Statham	10	0	42	1	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
John Waite (WK) c (wk)Evans b Bailey	17	0	63	2	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Hugh Tayfield b Wardle	24	0	82	3	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Peter Heine not out	13	0	47	1	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Neil Adcock b Statham	17	0	23	2	1	0.00	In 1956	Career
Extras (b 1, lb 3)	4

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
Brian Statham	24.10	4	71	3	2.20	In 1956	Career
Frank Tyson	9.00	1	22	0	1.83	In 1956	Career
Johnny Wardle	20.00	4	52	3	1.95	In 1956	Career
Jim Laker	21.00	10	33	1	1.17	In 1956	Career
Trevor Bailey	15.00	5	33	3	1.65	In 1956	Career

ENGEngland innings

72/10 (33.4)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Peter Richardson), 2-37 (Trevor Bailey), 3-37 (Johnny Wardle), 4-84 (Denis Co FOW	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Extras (b 8, lb 1, nb 3)	12
TOTAL 150(66.6 Ov, RR: 2.24)	162						In 1956	Career
Peter Richardson lbw b Adcock	10	0	33	1	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Trevor Bailey c Endean b Heine	10	0	69	1	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Denis Compton c & b Tayfield	32	0	170	4	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Johnny Wardle lbw b Heine	0	3	2	0	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Doug Insole c (wk)Waite b Goddard	29	0	134	2	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Peter May (c) c Endean b Heine	14	0	57	1	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Colin Cowdrey c Goddard b Adcock	6	0	63	0	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Godfrey Evans (WK) c Heine b Tayfield	30	0	46	2	1	0.00	In 1956	Career
Frank Tyson c Watkins b Adcock	2	0	23	0	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Jim Laker not out	3	0	13	0	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Brian Statham lbw b Tayfield	2	0	6	0	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Extras (b 8, lb 1, nb 3)	12

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
Peter Heine	19.00	7	41	3	1.61	In 1956	Career
Neil Adcock	13.00	1	33	3	1.90	In 1956	Career
Trevor Goddard	14.00	7	14	1	0.75	In 1956	Career
John Watkins	3.00	0	10	0	2.50	In 1956	Career
Hugh Tayfield	17.60	5	40	3	1.69	In 1956	Career

SASouth Africa innings

150/10 (66.6)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Trevor Goddard), 2-10 (Headley Keith), 3-11 (John Waite), 4-20 (Scotch Taylor) FOW	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Extras (b 2, lb 3, nb 2)	7
TOTAL 72(33.4 Ov, RR: 2.14)	79						In 1956	Career
Scotch Taylor c Insole b Bailey	6	0	48	0	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Trevor Goddard c Insole b Bailey	5	0	17	1	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Headley Keith c (wk)Evans b Bailey	2	0	4	0	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
John Waite (WK) b Statham	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Russell Endean b Statham	3	0	37	0	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Roy McLean c Insole b Bailey	6	0	49	0	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
John Watkins b Laker	8	0	38	1	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Clive van Ryneveld (c) run out	16	0	85	1	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Hugh Tayfield c (wk)Evans b Bailey	2	0	17	0	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Peter Heine run out	17	0	51	2	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Neil Adcock not out	0	0	8	0	0	0.00	In 1956	Career
Extras (b 2, lb 3, nb 2)	7

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
Brian Statham	13.00	4	22	2	1.26	In 1956	Career
Johnny Wardle	3.00	0	18	0	4.50	In 1956	Career
Jim Laker	2.00	1	5	1	1.87	In 1956	Career
Trevor Bailey	15.40	6	20	5	0.96	In 1956	Career