| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| A Melville* | hit wicket b Wright | 78 | 200 | 5 | 0 | ||
| PGV van der Bijl | b Perks | 125 | 428 | 11 | 1 | ||
| EAB Rowan | lbw b Perks | 33 | 90 | 0 | |||
| B Mitchell | b Wright | 11 | 0 | ||||
| AD Nourse | b Perks | 103 | 364 | 6 | 0 | ||
| KG Viljoen | c †Ames b Perks | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| EL Dalton | c †Ames b Farnes | 57 | 1 | ||||
| RE Grieveson† | b Perks | 75 | 205 | 3 | 0 | ||
| ACB Langton | c Paynter b Verity | 27 | 1 | ||||
| ES Newson | c & b Verity | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| N Gordon | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 12, nb 6) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (all out; 202.6 overs) | 530 | (1.96 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-131 (Melville), 2-219 (Rowan), 3-236 (Mitchell), 4-274 (van der Bijl), 5-278 (Viljoen), 6-368 (Dalton), 7-475 (Nourse), 8-522 (Grieveson), 9-523 (Newson), 10-530 (Langton) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| K Farnes | 46 | 9 | 108 | 1 | 1.76 | |||
| RTD Perks | 41 | 5 | 100 | 5 | 1.82 | |||
| DVP Wright | 37 | 6 | 142 | 2 | 2.87 | |||
| H Verity | 55.6 | 14 | 97 | 2 | 1.30 | |||
| WR Hammond | 14 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 1.82 | |||
| WJ Edrich | 9 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 2.41 |
| England 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| L Hutton | run out | 38 | 144 | 0 | |||
| PA Gibb | c †Grieveson b Newson | 4 | 30 | 0 | |||
| E Paynter | lbw b Langton | 62 | 260 | 3 | 0 | ||
| WR Hammond* | st †Grieveson b Dalton | 24 | 90 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LEG Ames† | c Dalton b Langton | 84 | 172 | 7 | 0 | ||
| WJ Edrich | c Rowan b Langton | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| BH Valentine | st †Grieveson b Dalton | 26 | 0 | ||||
| H Verity | b Dalton | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DVP Wright | c Langton b Dalton | 26 | 0 | ||||
| K Farnes | b Newson | 20 | 0 | ||||
| RTD Perks | not out | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (b 7, lb 17, w 1, nb 1) | 26 | |||||
| Total | (all out; 117.6 overs) | 316 | (2.01 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-9 (Gibb), 2-64 (Hutton), 3-125 (Hammond), 4-169 (Paynter), 5-171 (Edrich), 6-229 (Valentine), 7-245 (Verity), 8-276 (Ames), 9-305 (Wright), 10-316 (Farnes) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| ES Newson | 25.6 | 5 | 58 | 2 | 1.68 | |||
| ACB Langton | 35 | 12 | 71 | 3 | 1.52 | |||
| N Gordon | 37 | 7 | 82 | 0 | 1.66 | |||
| B Mitchell | 7 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2.14 | |||
| EL Dalton | 13 | 1 | 59 | 4 | 3.40 |
| South Africa 2nd innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| B Mitchell | hit wicket b Verity | 89 | 222 | 6 | 0 | ||
| PGV van der Bijl | c Paynter b Wright | 97 | 230 | 7 | 0 | ||
| EAB Rowan | c Edrich b Verity | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| AD Nourse | c Hutton b Farnes | 25 | 3 | 0 | |||
| KG Viljoen | b Perks | 74 | 183 | 7 | 0 | ||
| A Melville* | b Farnes | 103 | 199 | 10 | 0 | ||
| EL Dalton | c & b Wright | 21 | 3 | 1 | |||
| RE Grieveson† | b Farnes | 39 | 0 | ||||
| ACB Langton | c Hammond b Farnes | 6 | 0 | ||||
| ES Newson | b Wright | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| N Gordon | not out | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Extras | (b 5, lb 8, nb 4) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out; 142.1 overs) | 481 | (2.53 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-191 (Mitchell), 2-191 (Rowan), 3-191 (van der Bijl), 4-242 (Nourse), 5-346 (Viljoen), 6-382 (Dalton), 7-434 (Melville), 8-450 (Langton), 9-462 (Newson), 10-481 (Grieveson) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| K Farnes | 22.1 | 2 | 74 | 4 | 2.50 | |||
| RTD Perks | 32 | 6 | 99 | 1 | 2.32 | |||
| DVP Wright | 32 | 7 | 146 | 3 | 3.42 | |||
| H Verity | 40 | 9 | 87 | 2 | 1.63 | |||
| WR Hammond | 9 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 2.50 | |||
| WJ Edrich | 6 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 2.25 | |||
| L Hutton | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7.50 |
| England 2nd innings (target: 696 runs) | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| L Hutton | b Mitchell | 55 | 0 | ||||
| PA Gibb | b Dalton | 120 | 451 | 2 | 0 | ||
| WJ Edrich | c Gordon b Langton | 219 | 460 | 25 | 0 | ||
| WR Hammond* | st †Grieveson b Dalton | 140 | 349 | 7 | 0 | ||
| E Paynter | c †Grieveson b Gordon | 75 | 213 | 5 | 0 | ||
| LEG Ames† | not out | 17 | 0 | ||||
| BH Valentine | not out | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Extras | (b 8, lb 12, w 1, nb 3) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets; 218.2 overs) | 654 | (2.24 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Did not bat H Verity, DVP Wright, K Farnes, RTD Perks |
| Fall of wickets1-78 (Hutton), 2-358 (Gibb), 3-447 (Edrich), 4-611 (Paynter), 5-650 (Hammond) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| ES Newson | 43 | 4 | 91 | 0 | 1.58 | |||
| ACB Langton | 56 | 12 | 132 | 1 | 1.76 | |||
| N Gordon | 55.2 | 10 | 174 | 1 | 2.36 | |||
| B Mitchell | 37 | 4 | 133 | 1 | 2.69 | |||
| EL Dalton | 27 | 3 | 100 | 2 | 2.77 |
| Match details |
| Balls per over 8 |
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Toss South Africa, who chose to bat Series England won the 5-match series 1-0 |
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Test debut
RTD Perks
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Umpires
RGA Ashman and GL Sickler |
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Close of play 3 Mar day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 229/2 (PGV van der Bijl 105*, B Mitchell 4*) 4 Mar day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 423/6 (AD Nourse 77*, RE Grieveson 26*) 5 Mar rest day 6 Mar day 3 - England 1st innings 35/1 (L Hutton 24*, E Paynter 6*) 7 Mar day 4 - England 1st innings 268/7 (LEG Ames 82*, DVP Wright 5*) 8 Mar day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 193/3 (AD Nourse 1*, KG Viljoen 1*) 9 Mar day 6 - England 2nd innings 0/0 (L Hutton 0*, PA Gibb 0*) 10 Mar day 7 - England 2nd innings 253/1 (PA Gibb 78*, WJ Edrich 107*) 11 Mar day 8 - no play 12 Mar rest day 13 Mar day 9 - England 2nd innings 496/3 (WR Hammond 58*, E Paynter 24*) 14 Mar day 10 - England 2nd innings 654/5 (218.2 ov) - end of match |