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Result of 1953
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New Zealand in South Africa Test Series
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5th Test-New Zealand in South Africa Test Series 1953
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Match Stats
Match Stats
TEST
Crusaders Ground, St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
Fri, 05 Feb - Tue, 09 Feb 1954 - 13:30
SA
South Africa
505/10 (20.00) & 215/5 (47.3)
VS
New Zealand
558/7 (20.00) & 222/10 (87.6)
NZ
South Africa won by 5 wickets
PREVIEW
SUMMARY
SCORECARD
MATCH STATS
PERFORMANCE
Most Wickets
Full →
1
John
REID
NZ
5
2
Tony
MACGIBBON
NZ
5
3
Bill
BELL
NZ
2
4
Neil
ADCOCK
SA
6
5
John
WATKINS
SA
5
Best Bowling Fig
Full →
1
John
REID
NZ
4
2
Tony
MACGIBBON
NZ
3
3
Bob
BLAIR
NZ
2
4
John
WATKINS
SA
4
5
Clive
VAN
RYNEVELD
SA
4
Most Runs Conceed
Full →
1
Neil
ADCOCK
SA
131
2
Hugh
TAYFIELD
SA
86
3
Anton
MURRAY
SA
83
4
Bill
BELL
NZ
136
5
John
REID
NZ
115
Most 50s
Full →
1
Russell
ENDEAN
SA
2
Best Economy
Full →
1
John
WATKINS
SA
1.83
2
Hugh
TAYFIELD
SA
1.86
Most 50s
Full →
1
Bert
SUTCLIFFE
NZ
2
2
John
REID
NZ
2
Best Economy
Full →
1
Frank
MOONEY
NZ
0
2
Bob
BLAIR
NZ
2.35
3
Anton
MURRAY
SA
2.18
Best Average
Full →
1
John
WATKINS
SA
11
2
Clive
VAN
RYNEVELD
SA
20.5
3
Neil
ADCOCK
SA
21.83
Highest Score
Full →
1
Russell
ENDEAN
SA
87
2
John
WATKINS
SA
45
Best Economy
Full →
1
John
REID
NZ
2.45
Best Average
Full →
1
Tony
MACGIBBON
NZ
19.8
2
John
REID
NZ
23
Highest Score
Full →
1
Jack
CHEETHAM
SA
42
Best Averages
Full →
1
Russell
ENDEAN
SA
59.5
2
Jack
CHEETHAM
SA
55
Best Average
Full →
1
Bob
BLAIR
NZ
27
Highest Score
Full →
1
John
REID
NZ
73
2
Bert
SUTCLIFFE
NZ
52
Best Averages
Full →
1
Clive
VAN
RYNEVELD
SA
50
Most Runs
Full →
1
Russell
ENDEAN
SA
119
2
Jackie
MCGLEW
SA
65
3
John
WATKINS
SA
58
Most Wickets
Full →
1
Anton
MURRAY
SA
2
2
Hugh
TAYFIELD
SA
2
Highest Score
Full →
1
John
BECK
NZ
48
Best Averages
Full →
1
John
REID
NZ
46
2
Bert
SUTCLIFFE
NZ
45
Best Bowling Fig
Full →
1
Anton
MURRAY
SA
1
2
Hugh
TAYFIELD
SA
1
Most Not Outs
Full →
1
Jack
CHEETHAM
SA
2
Best Averages
Full →
1
John
BECK
NZ
30
Most Fours
Full →
1
John
REID
NZ
8
2
John
BECK
NZ
7
Most Runs Conceed
Full →
1
Clive
VAN
RYNEVELD
SA
82
Most Not Outs
Full →
1
Clive
VAN
RYNEVELD
SA
2
2
John
WAITE
SA
1
Most Fours
Full →
1
Bert
SUTCLIFFE
NZ
4
Most Runs
Full →
1
John
REID
NZ
92
2
Bert
SUTCLIFFE
NZ
90
Best Economy
Full →
1
Clive
VAN
RYNEVELD
SA
2.97
Best Strike Rate
Full →
1
John
WATKINS
SA
36
2
Neil
ADCOCK
SA
38
Most Runs
Full →
1
John
BECK
NZ
60
Most Wickets
Full →
1
Bob
BLAIR
NZ
2
Best Bowling Fig
Full →
1
Bill
BELL
NZ
1
Best Average
Full →
1
Anton
MURRAY
SA
41.5
Best Averages
Full →
1
Jackie
MCGLEW
SA
32.5
Worst Bowling Fig
Full →
1
Neil
ADCOCK
SA
86
Most Not Outs
Full →
1
Bill
BELL
NZ
2
Best Strike Rate
Full →
1
Tony
MACGIBBON
NZ
38.52
2
John
REID
NZ
56.4
Worst Bowling Fig
Full →
1
Clive
VAN
RYNEVELD
SA
67
Best Strike Rate
Full →
1
Clive
VAN
RYNEVELD
SA
41.4
Most Ducks
Full →
1
Ken
FUNSTON
SA
2
Worst Bowling Fig
Full →
1
Hugh
TAYFIELD
SA
51
2
Anton
MURRAY
SA
49
Most sixes
Full →
1
Russell
ENDEAN
SA
1
Best Strike Rate
Full →
1
Bob
BLAIR
NZ
69
Worst Bowling Fig
Full →
1
Bill
BELL
NZ
82
2
John
REID
NZ
64
3
Tony
MACGIBBON
NZ
55
Best Strike Rate
Full →
1
Bill
BELL
NZ
111.9
Most Runs
Full →
1
Matt
POORE
NZ
59
Most Fours
Full →
1
Russell
ENDEAN
SA
14
Most Ducks
Full →
1
Lawrie
MILLER
NZ
2
Highest Score
Full →
1
Matt
POORE
NZ
41
Bowler Matchups
Full matchups →
Hugh Tayfield
vs Bob Blair
WKTS
5
BALLS
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RUNS
23
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Neil Adcock
vs Matt Poore
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5
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RUNS
101
SR
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Tony MacGibbon
vs Jackie McGlew
WKTS
5
BALLS
—
RUNS
252
SR
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Bob Blair
vs John Waite
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4
BALLS
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RUNS
178
SR
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John Watkins
vs Murray Chapple
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4
BALLS
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RUNS
68
SR
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Hugh Tayfield
vs Bert Sutcliffe
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4
BALLS
3
RUNS
81
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.8 balls/wkt
Neil Adcock
vs Frank Mooney
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4
BALLS
—
RUNS
28
SR
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John Murray
vs John Reid
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3
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RUNS
145
SR
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Hugh Tayfield
vs John Reid
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3
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RUNS
32
SR
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Neil Adcock
vs John Reid
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3
BALLS
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48
SR
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John Watkins
vs Tony MacGibbon
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3
BALLS
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RUNS
23
SR
—
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Hugh Tayfield
vs Lawrie Miller
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3
BALLS
—
RUNS
17
SR
—
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Neil Adcock
vs Lawrie Miller
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3
BALLS
—
RUNS
2
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Tony MacGibbon
vs John Waite
WKTS
3
BALLS
1
RUNS
13
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.3 balls/wkt
Bob Blair
vs Clive van Ryneveld
WKTS
3
BALLS
—
RUNS
116
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Tony MacGibbon
vs Russell Endean
WKTS
3
BALLS
—
RUNS
71
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Tony MacGibbon
vs Dick Westcott
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3
BALLS
—
RUNS
14
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Bruce Reid
vs Ken Funston
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
49
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Tony MacGibbon
vs Ken Funston
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
11
SR
—
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Bruce Reid
vs Anton Murray
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
13
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Bob Blair
vs Anton Murray
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
7
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Bruce Reid
vs John Waite
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
11
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Bruce Reid
vs Russell Endean
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
94
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Hugh Tayfield
vs John Beck
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
12
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Neil Adcock
vs John Beck
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
69
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Tony MacGibbon
vs Jack Cheetham
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
62
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Bob Blair
vs Hugh Tayfield
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
21
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Bruce Reid
vs John Watkins
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
58
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Tony MacGibbon
vs John Watkins
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
35
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Bob Blair
vs John Watkins
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
44
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Hugh Tayfield
vs Frank Mooney
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
11
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
John Murray
vs Lawrie Miller
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
62
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Hugh Tayfield
vs Murray Chapple
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
23
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Hugh Tayfield
vs Matt Poore
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
50
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Clive van Ryneveld
vs Matt Poore
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
19
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
John Watkins
vs Eric Dempster
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
63
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
John Watkins
vs John Reid
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
7
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
John Watkins
vs Bert Sutcliffe
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
100
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
John Murray
vs Bert Sutcliffe
WKTS
2
BALLS
—
RUNS
43
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Clive van Ryneveld
vs Bert Sutcliffe
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
52
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Neil Adcock
vs Bert Sutcliffe
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
23
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
John Watkins
vs Frank Mooney
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
9
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
John Murray
vs Frank Mooney
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
24
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Hugh Tayfield
vs Tony MacGibbon
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
19
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Clive van Ryneveld
vs Tony MacGibbon
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
21
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Neil Adcock
vs Tony MacGibbon
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
8
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Clive van Ryneveld
vs Bob Blair
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
8
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Neil Adcock
vs Bob Blair
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
4
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
John Watkins
vs Lawrie Miller
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
13
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Hugh Tayfield
vs Eric Dempster
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
14
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Clive van Ryneveld
vs Eric Dempster
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
1
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Neil Adcock
vs Eric Dempster
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
—
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
John Murray
vs John Beck
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
16
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Clive van Ryneveld
vs Murray Chapple
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
76
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Neil Adcock
vs Murray Chapple
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
8
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
John Murray
vs Murray Chapple
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
8
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Clive van Ryneveld
vs Lawrie Miller
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
13
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Bruce Reid
vs Jackie McGlew
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
50
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Ian Bell
vs Jackie McGlew
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
27
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Bruce Reid
vs Hugh Tayfield
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
34
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Bruce Reid
vs Jack Cheetham
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
1
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Ian Bell
vs Russell Endean
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
87
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Tony MacGibbon
vs Clive van Ryneveld
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
17
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Bruce Reid
vs Neil Adcock
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
5
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Tony MacGibbon
vs Neil Adcock
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
5
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Bob Blair
vs Neil Adcock
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
—
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Bruce Reid
vs Dick Westcott
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
29
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt
Bob Blair
vs Russell Endean
WKTS
1
BALLS
—
RUNS
41
SR
—
▼ ADV. BOWLER · 0.0 balls/wkt