RESULT

New Zealand vs South Africa Scorecard, New Zealand vs South Africa, 24 December, 1953, Ellis Park Stadium & Match Stats

271/10 (80.0 ov) & 148/10 (53.2 ov)

187/10 (53.2 ov) & 100/10 (47.5 ov)

South Africa won by 132 runs

South Africa 1st Innings

271/10 (80.0 ov)

RR 3.39

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Derrick McGlew c Reid b MacGibbon	13	0	0	0	0.00
Anton Murray c Chapple b Blair	7	0	0	0	0.00
Russell Endean c Sutcliffe b Reid	93	0	13	0	0.00
Kenneth Funston lbw b Overton	0	0	0	0	0.00
Roy McLean c Blair b Overton	27	0	0	0	0.00
Clive van Ryneveld b Blair	65	0	7	0	0.00
John Cheetham c †Mooney b MacGibbon	20	0	0	0	0.00
Hugh Tayfield not out	20	0	0	0	0.00
John Waite c †Mooney b MacGibbon	0	1	0	0	0.00
David Ironside b Reid	13	0	0	0	0.00
Neil Adcock run out	0	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 3, lb 2, w 0, nb 8, p 0)	13
TOTAL (3.39 RUNS PER OVER)	271/10 (80.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 37-2 (Derrick McGlew, 0 ov), 13-1 (Anton Murray, 0 ov), 168-5 (Russell Endean, 0 ov), 43-3 (Kenneth Funston, 0 ov), 100-4 (Roy McLean, 0 ov), 226-6 (Clive van Ryneveld, 0 ov), 244-7 (John Cheetham, 0 ov), 244-8 (John Waite, 0 ov), 271-9 (David Ironside, 0 ov), 271-10 (Neil Adcock, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Bob Blair	17	4	50	2	2.94
John Reid	18	3	63	2	3.50
Guy Overton	20	4	68	2	3.40
Anthony MacGibbon	22	5	61	3	2.77
Geoffrey Rabone	3	0	16	0	5.33

New Zealand 1st Innings

187/10 (53.2 ov)

RR 3.52

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Geoffrey Rabone c Endean b Ironside	1	0	0	0	0.00
Murray Chapple b Adcock	8	0	0	0	0.00
Matt Poore b Adcock	15	0	0	0	0.00
Bert Sutcliffe not out	80	0	4	7	0.00
John Reid c Endean b Adcock	3	0	0	0	0.00
Lawrence Miller b Ironside	14	0	0	0	0.00
John Beck c †Waite b Murray	16	0	0	0	0.00
Francis Mooney b Ironside	35	0	0	0	0.00
Anthony MacGibbon c Endean b Ironside	0	0	0	0	0.00
Guy Overton c Murray b Ironside	0	0	0	0	0.00
Bob Blair st †Waite b Tayfield	6	0	0	1	0.00
EXTRAS (b 3, lb 4, w 0, nb 2, p 0)	9
TOTAL (3.52 RUNS PER OVER)	187/10 (53.2 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 5-1 (Geoffrey Rabone, 0 ov), 9-2 (Murray Chapple, 0 ov), 35-4 (Matt Poore, 0 ov), 23-3 (John Reid, 0 ov), 81-6 (Lawrence Miller, 0 ov), 57-5 (John Beck, 0 ov), 138-7 (Francis Mooney, 0 ov), 146-8 (Anthony MacGibbon, 0 ov), 154-9 (Guy Overton, 0 ov), 187-10 (Bob Blair, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Neil Adcock	14	2	44	3	3.14
David Ironside	19	4	51	5	2.68
Anton Murray	12	3	30	1	2.50
Hugh Tayfield	8.2	2	53	1	6.36

South Africa 2nd Innings

148/10 (53.2 ov)

RR 2.78

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Derrick McGlew b MacGibbon	8	0	0	0	0.00
John Waite c Reid b MacGibbon	5	0	0	0	0.00
Russell Endean c sub b Reid	1	0	0	0	0.00
Kenneth Funston c Overton b MacGibbon	11	0	0	0	0.00
Hugh Tayfield b Reid	34	0	0	0	0.00
John Cheetham c Sutcliffe b Reid	1	0	0	0	0.00
Roy McLean lbw b Reid	36	0	0	0	0.00
Clive van Ryneveld c Reid b MacGibbon	17	0	0	0	0.00
Anton Murray c Blair b Overton	13	0	0	0	0.00
David Ironside not out	11	0	0	0	0.00
Neil Adcock c Poore b Overton	6	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 3, w 0, nb 2, p 0)	5
TOTAL (2.78 RUNS PER OVER)	148/10 (53.2 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 11-1 (Derrick McGlew, 0 ov), 37-4 (John Waite, 0 ov), 13-2 (Russell Endean, 0 ov), 24-3 (Kenneth Funston, 0 ov), 67-6 (Hugh Tayfield, 0 ov), 44-5 (John Cheetham, 0 ov), 112-7 (Roy McLean, 0 ov), 122-8 (Clive van Ryneveld, 0 ov), 138-9 (Anton Murray, 0 ov), 148-10 (Neil Adcock, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Bob Blair	5	0	14	0	2.80
John Reid	16	5	34	4	2.13
Guy Overton	12.2	1	33	2	2.68
Anthony MacGibbon	20	2	62	4	3.10

New Zealand 2nd Innings (target 233)

100/10 (47.5 ov)

RR 2.11

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Geoffrey Rabone c van Ryneveld b Adcock	22	0	0	0	0.00
Murray Chapple c †Waite b Ironside	22	0	0	0	0.00
Matt Poore b Adcock	1	0	0	0	0.00
Bert Sutcliffe c Endean b Murray	10	0	0	0	0.00
Francis Mooney c Funston b Adcock	10	0	0	0	0.00
John Reid c Funston b Ironside	1	0	0	0	0.00
Lawrence Miller c †Waite b Adcock	0	0	0	0	0.00
John Beck c Endean b Ironside	7	0	0	0	0.00
Anthony MacGibbon not out	11	0	0	0	0.00
Bob Blair b Adcock	4	0	0	0	0.00
Guy Overton run out	2	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 3, lb 5, w 0, nb 2, p 0)	10
TOTAL (2.11 RUNS PER OVER)	100/10 (47.5 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 76-5 (Geoffrey Rabone, 0 ov), 35-1 (Murray Chapple, 0 ov), 38-2 (Matt Poore, 0 ov), 58-3 (Bert Sutcliffe, 0 ov), 75-4 (Francis Mooney, 0 ov), 76-6 (John Reid, 0 ov), 76-7 (Lawrence Miller, 0 ov), 84-8 (John Beck, 0 ov), 89-9 (Bob Blair, 0 ov), 100-10 (Guy Overton, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Neil Adcock	19	4	43	5	2.26
David Ironside	20.5	10	37	3	1.78
Anton Murray	8	3	10	1	1.25

* = not out SR = Strike Rate RR = Run Rate

Match Information

SERIES: New Zealand vs South Africa
DATE & TIME: Thursday, December 24, 1953 · 07:30 PM
TOSS: Toss South Africa won the toss and elected to bat
VENUE: Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg