Mon, 24 Dec - Sat, 29 Dec 1956 - 00:00 – 1st Test • New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
England won by 131 runs
South AfricaSouth Africa
537/10 (20.00) & 72/10 (33.4)
EnglandEngland
531/7 (20.00) & 150/10 (66.6)
Stat #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
Best Bowling Fig 5 Trevor Bailey 4 Neil Adcock 3 Trevor Goddard 3 Peter Heine 3 Hugh Tayfield
Most 50s 2 Colin Cowdrey
Most Wickets 8 Trevor Bailey 7 Neil Adcock 5 Brian Statham
Best Economy 1.53 Trevor Goddard 1.65 Jim Laker 1.74 Trevor Bailey 1.86 Hugh Tayfield
Most Wickets 5 Peter Heine 4 Trevor Goddard 3 Hugh Tayfield 3 Johnny Wardle 2 Jim Laker
Most Runs Conceed 130 Peter Heine 93 Brian Statham 70 Johnny Wardle 70 Hugh Tayfield 69 Neil Adcock
Most Fours 7 Peter Richardson 6 Trevor Goddard 5 Headley Keith 4 Denis Compton 4 Godfrey Evans
Highest Score 117 Peter Richardson 59 Colin Cowdrey 49 Trevor Goddard 42 Headley Keith 32 Denis Compton
Most Runs 127 Peter Richardson 65 Colin Cowdrey 54 Trevor Goddard 50 Godfrey Evans 44 Headley Keith
Best Averages 63.5 Peter Richardson 32.5 Colin Cowdrey 30 Peter Heine 27 Trevor Goddard 25 Godfrey Evans
Best Average 6.62 Trevor Bailey 9.86 Neil Adcock 16.25 Trevor Goddard 18.6 Brian Statham 19 Jim Laker
Best Economy 2.09 Neil Adcock 2.36 John Watkins 2.44 Frank Tyson
Best Strike Rate 22.8 Trevor Bailey 28.29 Neil Adcock 44.52 Brian Statham 46 Johnny Wardle 48 Clive van Ryneveld
Most Runs Conceed 53 Trevor Bailey 38 Jim Laker
Most Runs 30 Peter Heine
Most Ducks 2 Jim Laker 2 Johnny Wardle
Most Not Outs 2 Jim Laker 2 Johnny Wardle 2 Neil Adcock
Most Ducks 2 Brian Statham 2 John Waite 2 Roy McLean
Best Strike Rate 3 Roy McLean 2 Johnny Wardle
Most Not Outs 2 Peter Heine
Most 100s 2 Peter Richardson
Worst Bowling Fig 89 Peter Heine 71 Brian Statham 52 Johnny Wardle 51 Trevor Goddard 40 Hugh Tayfield
Most Balls Faced 3 Johnny Wardle 2 Roy McLean
Highest Score 29 Doug Insole
Most sixes 1 Godfrey Evans 1 Neil Adcock
Trevor Goddard vs Brian Statham
Dismissals 11
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
John Waite vs Brian Statham
Dismissals 9
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Colin Cowdrey vs Neil Adcock
Dismissals 8
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 6.3
⚠ Bowler dominance
Johnny Wardle vs Hugh Tayfield
Dismissals 8
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Trevor Bailey vs Hugh Tayfield
Dismissals 8
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Denis Compton vs Hugh Tayfield
Dismissals 6
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Godfrey Evans vs Hugh Tayfield
Dismissals 6
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Peter May vs Hugh Tayfield
Dismissals 6
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 1.3
⚠ Bowler dominance
Roy McLean vs Brian Statham
Dismissals 6
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 1.7
⚠ Bowler dominance
Peter Heine vs Johnny Wardle
Dismissals 6
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.5
⚠ Bowler dominance
Trevor Goddard vs George Bailey
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Roy McLean vs Jim Laker
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Colin Cowdrey vs Hugh Tayfield
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Trevor Bailey vs Peter Heine
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Brian Statham vs Hugh Tayfield
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Denis Compton vs Tom Goddard
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Jim Laker vs Hugh Tayfield
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Godfrey Evans vs Peter Heine
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.8
⚠ Bowler dominance
Denis Compton vs Peter Heine
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Brian Statham vs Tom Goddard
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Colin Cowdrey vs Tom Goddard
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Clive van Ryneveld vs Jim Laker
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Peter Richardson vs Neil Adcock
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Roy McLean vs George Bailey
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.5
⚠ Bowler dominance
Russell Endean vs Jim Laker
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Russell Endean vs Brian Statham
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Neil Adcock vs Brian Statham
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Neil Adcock vs Johnny Wardle
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Headley Keith vs George Bailey
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Headley Keith vs Johnny Wardle
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Russell Endean vs Johnny Wardle
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Hugh Tayfield vs Johnny Wardle
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Hugh Tayfield vs Brian Statham
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Colin Cowdrey vs Peter Heine
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
John Waite vs Johnny Wardle
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Peter May vs Tom Goddard
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Peter May vs Peter Heine
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Doug Insole vs Tom Goddard
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Denis Compton vs Neil Adcock
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.7
⚠ Bowler dominance
Jim Laker vs Tom Goddard
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Trevor Bailey vs Tom Goddard
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Trevor Bailey vs Neil Adcock
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Trevor Goddard vs Johnny Wardle
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Jim Laker vs Neil Adcock
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Johnny Wardle vs Peter Heine
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 1.5
⚠ Bowler dominance
Godfrey Evans vs Tom Goddard
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Doug Insole vs Clive van Ryneveld
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Doug Insole vs Peter Heine
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Brian Statham vs Neil Adcock
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Frank Tyson vs Tom Goddard
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Peter May vs Neil Adcock
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Frank Tyson vs Neil Adcock
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Frank Tyson vs Peter Heine
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
John Waite vs Jim Laker
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
John Watkins vs Johnny Wardle
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Clive van Ryneveld vs Johnny Wardle
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Clive van Ryneveld vs Brian Statham
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Peter Richardson vs Tom Goddard
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Peter Richardson vs Peter Heine
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Russell Endean vs George Bailey
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Roy McLean vs Johnny Wardle
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Neil Adcock vs George Bailey
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Neil Adcock vs Jim Laker
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Headley Keith vs Brian Statham
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Headley Keith vs Jim Laker
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Hugh Tayfield vs George Bailey
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
John Watkins vs Jim Laker
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Peter Richardson vs Hugh Tayfield
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Peter Richardson vs Clive van Ryneveld
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
John Waite vs George Bailey
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Frank Tyson vs Hugh Tayfield
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Doug Insole vs Neil Adcock
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Doug Insole vs Hugh Tayfield
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Godfrey Evans vs Clive van Ryneveld
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Godfrey Evans vs Neil Adcock
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Johnny Wardle vs Tom Goddard
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Peter Heine vs George Bailey
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Peter Heine vs Jim Laker
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Scotch Taylor vs George Bailey
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Scotch Taylor vs Johnny Wardle
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 0.0
⚠ Bowler dominance