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Fri, 05 Feb - Tue, 09 Feb 1954 - 00:00 – 5th Test • Crusaders Ground, St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
South Africa won by 5 wickets
South Africa
505/10 (20.00) & 215/5 (47.3)
New Zealand
558/7 (20.00) & 222/10 (87.6)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Best Average
John Watkins
11.000000
Tony MacGibbon
19.800000
Clive van Ryneveld
20.500000
Neil Adcock
21.833333
John Reid
23.000000
Most 50s
Bert Sutcliffe
2
John Reid
2
Russell Endean
2
Best Bowling Fig
John Reid
4
John Watkins
4
Clive van Ryneveld
4
Neil Adcock
4
Tony MacGibbon
3
Most Wickets
Neil Adcock
6
John Reid
5
Tony MacGibbon
5
John Watkins
5
Clive van Ryneveld
4
Most Runs Conceed
Bill Bell
136
Neil Adcock
131
John Reid
115
Tony MacGibbon
99
Hugh Tayfield
86
Best Economy
Frank Mooney
0.000000
John Watkins
1.833333
Hugh Tayfield
1.857451
Anton Murray
2.184210
Bob Blair
2.347826
Highest Score
Russell Endean
87
John Reid
73
Bert Sutcliffe
52
John Beck
48
John Watkins
45
Best Averages
Russell Endean
59.500000
Jack Cheetham
55.000000
Clive van Ryneveld
50.000000
John Reid
46.000000
Bert Sutcliffe
45.000000
Most Runs
Russell Endean
119
John Reid
92
Bert Sutcliffe
90
Jackie McGlew
65
John Beck
60
Most Runs Conceed
Anton Murray
83
Clive van Ryneveld
82
Most Wickets
Anton Murray
2
Bill Bell
2
Hugh Tayfield
2
Bob Blair
2
Best Bowling Fig
Bob Blair
2
Anton Murray
1
Bill Bell
1
Hugh Tayfield
1
Most Not Outs
Bill Bell
2
Best Economy
John Reid
2.446808
Clive van Ryneveld
2.971014
Best Strike Rate
John Watkins
36
Neil Adcock
38
Tony MacGibbon
38.52
Best Average
Bob Blair
27.000000
Anton Murray
41.500000
Most Not Outs
Jack Cheetham
2
Clive van Ryneveld
2
John Waite
1
Best Strike Rate
Clive van Ryneveld
41.4
John Reid
56.4
Bob Blair
69
Bill Bell
111.9
Best Averages
Jackie McGlew
32.500000
John Beck
30.000000
Worst Bowling Fig
Neil Adcock
86
Bill Bell
82
Clive van Ryneveld
67
Most Runs
Matt Poore
59
John Watkins
58
Most Ducks
Lawrie Miller
2
Ken Funston
2
Highest Score
Jack Cheetham
42
Matt Poore
41
Most sixes
Bert Sutcliffe
2
Russell Endean
1
Worst Bowling Fig
John Reid
64
Tony MacGibbon
55
Hugh Tayfield
51
Anton Murray
49
Most Fours
Russell Endean
14
John Reid
8
John Beck
7
Bert Sutcliffe
4