South Africa vs England - 1st Test match result | cricstats | cricstats.in

1st Test

Mon, 24 December 1956, Starts from 00:00

Johannesburg

South Africa - 537/10 (20.00) , 72/10 (33.4) vs England - 531/7 (20.00) , 150/10 (66.6)

England in South Africa Test Series

England won by 131 runs

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

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

South Africa innigs

537/10 (20.00)

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

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	0s	4s	6s	Season	W	0s	Best	All time	W	0s	Best
Brian Statham	24.10	4	71	3	2.20	0	0	0	In 1956				Career
Frank Tyson	9.00	1	22	0	1.83	0	0	0	In 1956				Career
Johnny Wardle	20.00	4	52	3	1.95	0	0	0	In 1956				Career
Jim Laker	21.00	10	33	1	1.17	0	0	0	In 1956				Career
Trevor Bailey	15.00	5	33	3	1.65	0	0	0	In 1956				Career

England innigs

72/10 (33.4)

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

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	0s	4s	6s	Season	W	0s	Best	All time	W	0s	Best
Peter Heine	19.00	7	41	3	1.61	0	0	0	In 1956				Career
Neil Adcock	13.00	1	33	3	1.90	0	0	0	In 1956				Career
Trevor Goddard	14.00	7	14	1	0.75	0	0	0	In 1956				Career
John Watkins	3.00	0	10	0	2.50	0	0	0	In 1956				Career
Hugh Tayfield	17.60	5	40	3	1.69	0	0	0	In 1956				Career

South Africa innigs

150/10 (66.6)

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

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

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