England vs South Africa Scorecard, England vs South Africa, 1st Test, 24 December, 1956, The Wanderers Stadium

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

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England
England

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

vs
South Africa

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

South Africa

England won by 131 runs

England 1st Innings Inning

268/10 (118.5 ov)
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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 Dots NB WD ECO
Peter Heine 31 5 89 2 0 0 0 2.87
Neil Adcock 20 6 36 4 0 0 0 1.80
Trevor Goddard 28.5 9 51 3 0 0 0 1.77
John Watkins 11 3 23 0 0 0 0 2.09
Hugh Tayfield 20 4 30 0 0 0 0 1.50
Clive van Ryneveld 8 2 23 1 0 0 0 2.88

South Africa 1st Innings Inning

215/10 (89.1 ov)
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England 2nd Innings Inning

150/10 (66.6 ov)
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South Africa 2nd Innings (target 204) Inning

72/10 (33.4 ov)
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Monday, December 24, 1956 - 07:30 PM

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Toss England won the toss and elected to bat

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The Wanderers Stadium , Johannesburg

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