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1st Test-England in South Africa Test Series 1956 Performance

RESULTTESTNew 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

PREVIEW SUMMARY SCORECARD MATCH STATS PERFORMANCE

Impact leaderboard

Everyone, ranked

Runs, strike rate against the match average, wickets and economy, dot balls and catches, in one score.

PHPeter Heine17 (0) · 3/41 · 1 ct

80#2 · pts

MVPTBTrevor Bailey10 (0) · 5/20

142#1 · pts

HTHugh Tayfield2 (0) · 3/40

59#3 · pts

1TBTrevor BaileyENG · 10 (0) · 5/20142

2PHPeter HeineSA · 17 (0) · 3/41 · 1 ct80

3HTHugh TayfieldSA · 2 (0) · 3/4059

4BSBrian StathamENG · 2 (0) · 2/2255

5NANeil AdcockSA · 0* (0) · 3/3352

6DIDoug InsoleENG · 29 (0) · 4 ct50

7TGTrevor GoddardSA · 5 (0) · 1/1448

8DCDenis ComptonENG · 32 (0)35

9GEGodfrey EvansENG · 30 (0)33

10CRClive van RyneveldSA · 16 (0) · 1/2327

11JLJim LakerENG · 3* (0) · 1/524

BatBallField

Who carried the team

Share of the runs

ENGEngland · 162

Denis Compton32 (0)20%

Godfrey Evans30 (0)19%

Doug Insole29 (0)18%

Peter May14 (0)9%

Peter Richardson10 (0)6%

Trevor Bailey10 (0)6%

Colin Cowdrey6 (0)4%

Jim Laker3* (0)2%

Frank Tyson2 (0)1%

Brian Statham2 (0)1%

SASouth Africa · 79

Peter Heine17 (0)22%

Clive van Ryneveld16 (0)20%

John Watkins8 (0)10%

Scotch Taylor6 (0)8%

Roy McLean6 (0)8%

Trevor Goddard5 (0)6%

Russell Endean3 (0)4%

Headley Keith2 (0)3%

Hugh Tayfield2 (0)3%

Beat their average?

3 of 22 did

Each batter's score today against their own career average in this format.

Godfrey Evans30 today · avg 20.5+10

Peter Heine17 today · avg 10+7

Doug Insole29 today · avg 27.2+2

Scotch Taylor6 today · avg 9-3

Neil Adcock0* today · avg 5.4-5

Frank Tyson2 today · avg 11-9

Brian Statham2 today · avg 11.4-9

Jim Laker3* today · avg 13.8-11

Clive van Ryneveld16 today · avg 26.8-11

Hugh Tayfield2 today · avg 16.9-15

John Watkins8 today · avg 23.5-16

Denis Compton32 today · avg 50.1-18

Headley Keith2 today · avg 21.2-19

Trevor Bailey10 today · avg 29.7-20

Johnny Wardle0 today · avg 19.8-20

Roy McLean6 today · avg 30.3-24

Peter Richardson10 today · avg 37.5-27

Trevor Goddard5 today · avg 34.5-29

John Waite0 today · avg 30.4-30

Russell Endean3 today · avg 34-31

Peter May14 today · avg 46.8-33

Colin Cowdrey6 today · avg 44.1-38