England vs South Africa Scorecard, England vs South Africa, 24 December, 1956, The Wanderers Stadium & Match Stats

South Africa vs England | December 24, 1956, 07:30 PM | The Wanderers Stadium

Completed

England

*268/10 (118.5 ov) & *150/10 (66.6 ov)

South Africa

*215/10 (89.1 ov) & *72/10 (33.4 ov)

England won by 131 runs

Commentary Scorecard Squad Stats

England 1st Innings Inning

268/10 (118.5 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Peter Richardson lbw b Goddard	117	0	6	0	0.00
Trevor Bailey c †Waite b Heine	16	0	1	0	0.00
Denis Compton c Keith b Goddard	5	0	0	0	0.00
Peter May c Goddard b Adcock	6	0	0	0	0.00
Colin Cowdrey c Goddard b Heine	59	0	4	0	0.00
Douglas Insole c †Waite b van Ryneveld	1	0	0	0	0.00
Godfrey Evans c Keith b Adcock	20	0	2	0	0.00
Frank Tyson b Adcock	22	0	2	0	0.00
John Wardle not out	6	0	1	0	0.00
Jim Laker c Goddard b Adcock	0	0	0	0	0.00
Brian Statham c †Waite b Goddard	0	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS ( b 4, lb 9, w 0, nb 3, p 0)	16
TOTAL (2.26 RUNS PER OVER)	268/10 (118.5 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

259-7 (Peter Richardson, 0 ov), 28-1 (Trevor Bailey, 0 ov), 37-2 (Denis Compton, 0 ov), 48-3 (Peter May, 0 ov), 169-4 (Colin Cowdrey, 0 ov), 170-5 (Douglas Insole, 0 ov), 205-6 (Godfrey Evans, 0 ov), 263-8 (Frank Tyson, 0 ov), 263-9 (Jim Laker, 0 ov), 268-10 (Brian Statham, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Peter Heine	31	5	89	2	2.87
Neil Adcock	20	6	36	4	1.80
Trevor Goddard	28.5	9	51	3	1.77
John Watkins	11	3	23	0	2.09
Hugh Tayfield	20	4	30	0	1.50
Clive van Ryneveld	8	2	23	1	2.88

South Africa 1st Innings Inning

215/10 (89.1 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Alistair Taylor st †Evans b Wardle	12	0	0	0	0.00
Trevor Goddard c Cowdrey b Statham	49	0	5	0	0.00
Headley Keith c Cowdrey b Bailey	42	0	5	0	0.00
Russell Endean c Cowdrey b Laker	18	0	1	0	0.00
Roy McLean lbw b Bailey	0	2	0	0	0.00
John Watkins c Insole b Wardle	9	0	0	0	0.00
Clive van Ryneveld c Bailey b Statham	10	0	1	0	0.00
John Waite c †Evans b Bailey	17	0	2	0	0.00
Hugh Tayfield b Wardle	24	0	3	0	0.00
Peter Heine not out	13	0	1	0	0.00
Neil Adcock b Statham	17	0	2	1	0.00
EXTRAS ( b 1, lb 3, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	4
TOTAL (2.41 RUNS PER OVER)	215/10 (89.1 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

54-1 (Alistair Taylor, 0 ov), 92-2 (Trevor Goddard, 0 ov), 112-3 (Headley Keith, 0 ov), 141-6 (Russell Endean, 0 ov), 112-4 (Roy McLean, 0 ov), 126-5 (John Watkins, 0 ov), 141-7 (Clive van Ryneveld, 0 ov), 176-8 (John Waite, 0 ov), 194-9 (Hugh Tayfield, 0 ov), 215-10 (Neil Adcock, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Brian Statham	24.1	4	71	3	2.94
Frank Tyson	9	1	22	0	2.44
John Wardle	20	4	52	3	2.60
Jim Laker	21	10	33	1	1.57
Trevor Bailey	15	5	33	3	2.20

England 2nd Innings Inning

150/10 (66.6 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Peter Richardson lbw b Adcock	10	0	1	0	0.00
Trevor Bailey c Endean b Heine	10	0	1	0	0.00
Denis Compton c & b Tayfield	32	0	4	0	0.00
John Wardle lbw b Heine	0	3	0	0	0.00
Douglas Insole c †Waite b Goddard	29	0	2	0	0.00
Peter May c Endean b Heine	14	0	1	0	0.00
Colin Cowdrey c Goddard b Adcock	6	0	0	0	0.00
Godfrey Evans c Heine b Tayfield	30	0	2	1	0.00
Frank Tyson c Watkins b Adcock	2	0	0	0	0.00
Jim Laker not out	3	0	0	0	0.00
Brian Statham lbw b Tayfield	2	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS ( b 8, lb 1, w 0, nb 3, p 0)	12
TOTAL (2.25 RUNS PER OVER)	150/10 (66.6 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

11-1 (Peter Richardson, 0 ov), 37-2 (Trevor Bailey, 0 ov), 84-4 (Denis Compton, 0 ov), 37-3 (John Wardle, 0 ov), 100-5 (Douglas Insole, 0 ov), 107-6 (Peter May, 0 ov), 126-7 (Colin Cowdrey, 0 ov), 147-9 (Godfrey Evans, 0 ov), 145-8 (Frank Tyson, 0 ov), 150-10 (Brian Statham, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Peter Heine	19	7	41	3	2.16
Neil Adcock	13	1	33	3	2.54
Trevor Goddard	14	7	14	1	1.00
John Watkins	3	0	10	0	3.33
Hugh Tayfield	17.6	5	40	3	2.22

South Africa 2nd Innings (target 204) Inning

72/10 (33.4 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Alistair Taylor c Insole b Bailey	6	0	0	0	0.00
Trevor Goddard c Insole b Bailey	5	0	1	0	0.00
Headley Keith c †Evans b Bailey	2	0	0	0	0.00
John Waite b Statham	0	0	0	0	0.00
Russell Endean b Statham	3	0	0	0	0.00
Roy McLean c Insole b Bailey	6	0	0	0	0.00
John Watkins b Laker	8	0	1	0	0.00
Clive van Ryneveld run out	16	0	1	0	0.00
Hugh Tayfield c †Evans b Bailey	2	0	0	0	0.00
Peter Heine run out	17	0	2	0	0.00
Neil Adcock not out	0	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS ( b 2, lb 3, w 0, nb 2, p 0)	7
TOTAL (2.16 RUNS PER OVER)	72/10 (33.4 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

20-4 (Alistair Taylor, 0 ov), 6-1 (Trevor Goddard, 0 ov), 10-2 (Headley Keith, 0 ov), 11-3 (John Waite, 0 ov), 25-5 (Russell Endean, 0 ov), 36-6 (Roy McLean, 0 ov), 40-7 (John Watkins, 0 ov), 72-10 (Clive van Ryneveld, 0 ov), 44-8 (Hugh Tayfield, 0 ov), 71-9 (Peter Heine, 0 ov)