Scorecard - South Africa vs England 1st Test Match 1956, Johannesburg Cricketwa.com

South Africa vs England 1st Test Match 1956 Scorecard

Series: South Africa vs England Test Series 1956-1957
Schedule: South Africa vs England 1st Test Match 1956
Result: England won by 131 runs	Venue: The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Player of the match: -
Toss : England, Decided to Bat
Start Date: 1956-12-24	End Date: 1956-12-29

England First Innings		R	4s	SR
Peter Richardson	lbw b Trevor Goddard	117	6	---
Trevor Bailey	c John Waite b Peter Heine	16	1	---
Denis Compton	c Headley Keith b Trevor Goddard	5	0	---
Peter May	c Trevor Goddard b Neil Adcock	6	0	---
Colin Cowdrey	c Trevor Goddard b Peter Heine	59	4	---
Doug Insole	c John Waite b Clive van Ryneveld	1	0	---
Godfrey Evans	c Headley Keith b Neil Adcock	20	2	---
Frank Tyson	b Neil Adcock	22	2	---
Johnny Wardle	not out	6	1	---
Jim Laker	c Trevor Goddard b Neil Adcock	0	0	---
Brian Statham	c John Waite b Trevor Goddard	0	0	---
	Total (118.5 overs)	252 + 16 (extra) = 268/10	16

Extra : (b 4, lb 9, w 0, nb 3, penalty 0)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Peter Heine	31.0	5	89	2	2.871
Neil Adcock	20.0	6	36	4	1.800
Trevor Goddard	28.5	9	51	3	1.769
John Watkins	11.0	3	23	0	2.091
Hugh Tayfield	20.0	4	30	0	1.500
Clive van Ryneveld	8.0	2	23	1	2.875

Fall of Wickets

1 /28( Trevor Bailey, 0.0)

2 /37( Denis Compton, 0.0)

3 /48( Peter May, 0.0)

4 /169( Colin Cowdrey, 0.0)

5 /170( Doug Insole, 0.0)

6 /205( Godfrey Evans, 0.0)

7 /259( Peter Richardson, 0.0)

8 /263( Frank Tyson, 0.0)

9 /263( Jim Laker, 0.0)

10 /268( Brian Statham, 0.0)

South Africa Second Innings		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Scotch Taylor	st Godfrey Evans b Johnny Wardle	12	0	0	0	---
Trevor Goddard	c Colin Cowdrey b Brian Statham	49	0	5	0	---
Headley Keith	c Colin Cowdrey b Trevor Bailey	42	0	5	0	---
Russell Endean	c Colin Cowdrey b Jim Laker	18	0	1	0	---
Roy McLean	lbw b Trevor Bailey	0	2	0	0	0.000
John Watkins	c Doug Insole b Johnny Wardle	9	0	0	0	---
Clive van Ryneveld	c Trevor Bailey b Brian Statham	10	0	1	0	---
John Waite	c Godfrey Evans b Trevor Bailey	17	0	2	0	---
Hugh Tayfield	b Johnny Wardle	24	0	3	0	---
Peter Heine	not out	13	0	1	0	---
Neil Adcock	b Brian Statham	17	0	2	1	---
	Total (89.1 overs)	211 + 4 (extra) = 215/10	2	20	1

Extra : (b 1, lb 3, w 0, nb 0, penalty 0)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Brian Statham	24.1	4	71	3	2.938
Frank Tyson	9.0	1	22	0	2.444
Johnny Wardle	20.0	4	52	3	2.600
Jim Laker	21.0	10	33	1	1.571
Trevor Bailey	15.0	5	33	3	2.200

Fall of Wickets

1 /54( Scotch Taylor, 0.0)

2 /92( Trevor Goddard, 0.0)

3 /112( Headley Keith, 0.0)

4 /112( Roy McLean, 0.0)

5 /126( John Watkins, 0.0)

6 /141( Russell Endean, 0.0)

7 /141( Clive van Ryneveld, 0.0)

8 /176( John Waite, 0.0)

9 /194( Hugh Tayfield, 0.0)

10 /215( Neil Adcock, 0.0)

England Third Innings		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Peter Richardson	lbw b Neil Adcock	10	0	1	0	---
Trevor Bailey	c Russell Endean b Peter Heine	10	0	1	0	---
Denis Compton	c & b Hugh Tayfield	32	0	4	0	---
Johnny Wardle	lbw b Peter Heine	0	3	0	0	0.000
Doug Insole	c John Waite b Trevor Goddard	29	0	2	0	---
Peter May	c Russell Endean b Peter Heine	14	0	1	0	---
Colin Cowdrey	c Trevor Goddard b Neil Adcock	6	0	0	0	---
Godfrey Evans	c Peter Heine b Hugh Tayfield	30	0	2	1	---
Frank Tyson	c John Watkins b Neil Adcock	2	0	0	0	---
Jim Laker	not out	3	0	0	0	---
Brian Statham	lbw b Hugh Tayfield	2	0	0	0	---
	Total (68 overs)	138 + 12 (extra) = 150/10	3	11	1

Extra : (b 8, lb 1, w 0, nb 3, penalty 0)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Peter Heine	19.0	7	41	3	2.158
Neil Adcock	13.0	1	33	3	2.538
Trevor Goddard	14.0	7	14	1	1.000
John Watkins	3.0	0	10	0	3.333
Hugh Tayfield	17.6	5	40	3	2.222

Fall of Wickets

1 /11(Peter Richardson, 0.0)

2 /37(Trevor Bailey, 0.0)

3 /37(Johnny Wardle, 0.0)

4 /84(Denis Compton, 0.0)

5 /100(Doug Insole, 0.0)

6 /107(Peter May, 0.0)

7 /126(Colin Cowdrey, 0.0)

8 /145(Frank Tyson, 0.0)

9 /147(Godfrey Evans, 0.0)

10 /150(Brian Statham, 0.0)

South Africa Fourth Innings		R	4s	SR
Scotch Taylor	c Doug Insole b Trevor Bailey	6	0	---
Trevor Goddard	c Doug Insole b Trevor Bailey	5	1	---
Headley Keith	c Godfrey Evans b Trevor Bailey	2	0	---
John Waite	b Brian Statham	0	0	---
Russell Endean	b Brian Statham	3	0	---
Roy McLean	c Doug Insole b Trevor Bailey	6	0	---
John Watkins	b Jim Laker	8	1	---
Clive van Ryneveld	run out	16	1	---
Hugh Tayfield	c Godfrey Evans b Trevor Bailey	2	0	---
Peter Heine	run out	17	2	---
Neil Adcock	not out	0	0	---
	Total (33.4 overs)	65 + 7 (extra) = 72/10	5

Extra : (b 2, lb 3, w 0, nb 2, penalty 0)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Brian Statham	13.0	4	22	2	1.692
Johnny Wardle	3.0	0	18	0	6.000
Jim Laker	2.0	1	5	1	2.500
Trevor Bailey	15.4	6	20	5	1.277

Fall of Wickets

1 /6(Trevor Goddard, 0.0)

2 /10(Headley Keith, 0.0)

3 /11(John Waite, 0.0)

4 /20(Scotch Taylor, 0.0)

5 /25(Russell Endean, 0.0)

6 /36(Roy McLean, 0.0)

7 /40(John Watkins, 0.0)

8 /44(Hugh Tayfield, 0.0)

9 /71(Peter Heine, 0.0)

10 /72(Clive van Ryneveld, 0.0)

Match Details

Series Status
(Or Points)

South Africa-0, England-1

Debut Player(s)

Scotch Taylor(South Africa)

Umpire

James McMenamin , Wilhelm Marais

TV Umpire

Match Referee

Reserve Umpire

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