- Test no. 412 | 1955 season
- Played at Kennington Oval, London
- 13,15,16,17 August 1955 (5-day match)
| England 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| JT Ikin | c †Waite b Heine | 17 | 101 | 1 | 0 | ||
| DB Close | c Mansell b Goddard | 32 | 119 | 2 | 0 | ||
| PBH May* | c Goddard b Fuller | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||
| DCS Compton | c †Waite b Goddard | 30 | 119 | 2 | 0 | ||
| W Watson | c Mansell b Tayfield | 25 | 95 | 3 | 0 | ||
| TW Graveney | c Fuller b Goddard | 13 | 52 | 1 | 0 | ||
| TE Bailey | c Heine b Tayfield | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| RT Spooner† | b Tayfield | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| JC Laker | c & b Goddard | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||
| GAR Lock | c McLean b Goddard | 18 | 19 | 3 | 0 | ||
| JB Statham | not out | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 5) | 7 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 89.4 overs) | 151 | (1.68 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-51 (Ikin), 2-59 (Close), 3-69 (May), 4-105 (Watson), 5-117 (Compton), 6-117 (Bailey), 7-118 (Spooner), 8-123 (Graveney), 9-130 (Laker), 10-151 (Lock) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| PS Heine | 21 | 3 | 43 | 1 | 2.04 | |||
| TL Goddard | 22.4 | 9 | 31 | 5 | 1.36 | |||
| ERH Fuller | 27 | 11 | 31 | 1 | 1.14 | |||
| HJ Tayfield | 19 | 7 | 39 | 3 | 2.05 |
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| DJ McGlew | c †Spooner b Statham | 30 | 154 | 1 | 0 | ||
| TL Goddard | lbw b Bailey | 8 | 39 | 0 | 0 | ||
| HJ Keith | b Lock | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WR Endean | c Ikin b Lock | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||
| RA McLean | b Lock | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| JHB Waite† | c Lock b Laker | 28 | 69 | 4 | 0 | ||
| JE Cheetham* | not out | 12 | 55 | 1 | 0 | ||
| PNF Mansell | lbw b Laker | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| HJ Tayfield | b Statham | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| ERH Fuller | c †Spooner b Lock | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | ||
| PS Heine | run out | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (lb 7, nb 1) | 8 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 65 overs) | 112 | (1.72 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-22 (Goddard), 2-29 (Keith), 3-31 (Endean), 4-33 (McLean), 5-77 (Waite), 6-77 (McGlew), 7-86 (Mansell), 8-91 (Tayfield), 9-98 (Fuller), 10-112 (Heine) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JB Statham | 15 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 2.06 | |||
| TE Bailey | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1.20 | |||
| GAR Lock | 22 | 11 | 39 | 4 | 1.77 | |||
| JC Laker | 23 | 13 | 28 | 2 | 1.21 |
| England 2nd innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| JT Ikin | c Goddard b Heine | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||
| DB Close | b Goddard | 15 | 71 | 1 | 0 | ||
| TW Graveney | b Tayfield | 42 | 144 | 3 | 0 | ||
| PBH May* | not out | 89 | 299 | 10 | 0 | ||
| DCS Compton | c †Waite b Fuller | 30 | 141 | 4 | 0 | ||
| W Watson | b Fuller | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TE Bailey | lbw b Tayfield | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| RT Spooner† | b Tayfield | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| JC Laker | b Tayfield | 12 | 20 | 1 | 0 | ||
| GAR Lock | lbw b Heine | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| JB Statham | lbw b Tayfield | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 6, nb 1) | 11 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 123.4 overs) | 204 | (1.64 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-5 (Ikin), 2-30 (Close), 3-95 (Graveney), 4-157 (Compton), 5-165 (Watson), 6-166 (Bailey), 7-170 (Spooner), 8-188 (Laker), 9-197 (Lock), 10-204 (Statham) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| PS Heine | 25 | 6 | 44 | 2 | 1.76 | |||
| TL Goddard | 19 | 10 | 29 | 1 | 1.52 | |||
| ERH Fuller | 20 | 3 | 36 | 2 | 1.80 | |||
| HJ Tayfield | 53.4 | 29 | 60 | 5 | 1.11 | |||
| PNF Mansell | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 4.00 |
| South Africa 2nd innings (target: 244 runs) | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| DJ McGlew | lbw b Lock | 19 | 108 | 1 | 0 | ||
| TL Goddard | c Graveney b Lock | 20 | 56 | 2 | 0 | ||
| HJ Keith | c May b Lock | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WR Endean | lbw b Laker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| RA McLean | lbw b Laker | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| JHB Waite† | b Laker | 60 | 146 | 9 | 0 | ||
| JE Cheetham* | lbw b Laker | 9 | 23 | 1 | 0 | ||
| PNF Mansell | c Watson b Lock | 9 | 77 | 0 | 0 | ||
| HJ Tayfield | not out | 10 | 50 | 0 | 0 | ||
| ERH Fuller | run out | 16 | 38 | 3 | 0 | ||
| PS Heine | c Graveney b Laker | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (lb 1) | 1 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 87.4 overs) | 151 | (1.72 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-28 (Goddard), 2-28 (Keith), 3-29 (Endean), 4-33 (McLean), 5-59 (McGlew), 6-88 (Cheetham), 7-118 (Mansell), 8-118 (Waite), 9-144 (Fuller), 10-151 (Heine) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JB Statham | 11 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 1.54 | |||
| TE Bailey | 6 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2.50 | |||
| GAR Lock | 33 | 14 | 62 | 4 | 1.87 | |||
| JC Laker | 37.4 | 18 | 56 | 5 | 1.48 |
| Match details |
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Toss England, who chose to bat Series England won the 5-match series 3-2 |
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Umpires
TJ Bartley and D Davies |
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Close of play 13 Aug day 1 - England 1st innings 70/3 (DCS Compton 12*, W Watson 1*) 14 Aug rest day 15 Aug day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 112 16 Aug day 3 - England 2nd innings 195/8 (PBH May 81*, GAR Lock 0*) 17 Aug day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 151 (87.4 ov) - end of match |
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