| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| G Boycott | c †Lindsay b PM Pollock | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | |||
| RW Barber | b Seymour | 97 | 147 | 111 | 10 | 0 | 87.38 | |
| ER Dexter | c †Lindsay b RG Pollock | 172 | 339 | 28 | 0 | |||
| KF Barrington | c RG Pollock b PM Pollock | 121 | 329 | 16 | 1 | |||
| PH Parfitt | c Goddard b Partridge | 52 | 198 | 7 | 0 | |||
| MJK Smith* | c McLean b Goddard | 25 | 64 | 3 | 0 | |||
| JM Parks† | lbw b RG Pollock | 26 | 72 | 2 | 0 | |||
| FJ Titmus | b PM Pollock | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DA Allen | lbw b PM Pollock | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||
| NI Thomson | not out | 27 | 37 | 4 | 0 | |||
| JSE Price | b PM Pollock | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (lb 3) | 3 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 166.3 overs) | 531 | (3.18 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-10 (Boycott), 2-146 (Barber), 3-337 (Dexter), 4-419 (Barrington), 5-467 (Smith), 6-477 (Parfitt), 7-484 (Titmus), 8-490 (Allen), 9-526 (Parks), 10-531 (Price) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| PM Pollock | 38.3 | 10 | 129 | 5 | 3.35 | |||
| JT Partridge | 40 | 10 | 106 | 1 | 2.65 | |||
| TL Goddard | 31 | 8 | 90 | 1 | 2.90 | |||
| MA Seymour | 35 | 10 | 109 | 1 | 3.11 | |||
| EJ Barlow | 8 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 4.12 | |||
| RG Pollock | 11 | 1 | 50 | 2 | 4.54 | |||
| KC Bland | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3.66 |
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| TL Goddard* | b Titmus | 40 | 130 | 6 | 0 | ||
| EJ Barlow | c Price b Titmus | 71 | 179 | 11 | 0 | ||
| AJ Pithey | b Allen | 85 | 272 | 10 | 0 | ||
| RG Pollock | c Smith b Titmus | 12 | 20 | 3 | 0 | ||
| KC Bland | c Thomson b Price | 29 | 99 | 4 | 0 | ||
| RA McLean | lbw b Barber | 12 | 33 | 2 | 0 | ||
| GD Varnals | b Price | 21 | 71 | 3 | 0 | ||
| DT Lindsay† | b Thomson | 10 | 36 | 1 | 0 | ||
| MA Seymour | run out | 2 | 46 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PM Pollock | c Smith b Titmus | 20 | 78 | 1 | 0 | ||
| JT Partridge | not out | 13 | 65 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (lb 2) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out; 159.5 overs) | 317 | (1.98 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-78 (Goddard), 2-139 (Barlow), 3-153 (RG Pollock), 4-211 (Bland), 5-231 (McLean), 6-271 (Pithey), 7-271 (Varnals), 8-282 (Lindsay), 9-285 (Seymour), 10-317 (PM Pollock) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JSE Price | 32 | 11 | 66 | 2 | 2.06 | |||
| NI Thomson | 23 | 8 | 47 | 1 | 2.04 | |||
| FJ Titmus | 39.5 | 15 | 73 | 4 | 1.83 | |||
| ER Dexter | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4.00 | |||
| DA Allen | 39 | 19 | 45 | 1 | 1.15 | |||
| KF Barrington | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 7.25 | |||
| RW Barber | 14 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 2.35 | |||
| PH Parfitt | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1.50 |
| South Africa 2nd innings (following on) | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| TL Goddard* | c Smith b Allen | 50 | 156 | 5 | 0 | ||
| EJ Barlow | c Smith b Allen | 15 | 101 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AJ Pithey | c Dexter b Allen | 6 | 47 | 0 | 0 | ||
| RA McLean | b Titmus | 24 | 42 | 1 | 1 | ||
| RG Pollock | b Allen | 55 | 143 | 8 | 1 | ||
| KC Bland | not out | 144 | 248 | 17 | 2 | ||
| GD Varnals | c †Parks b Dexter | 23 | 120 | 2 | 0 | ||
| DT Lindsay† | not out | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 8, nb 3) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets; 140 overs) | 336 | (2.40 runs per over) | ||||
| Did not bat MA Seymour, PM Pollock, JT Partridge |
| Fall of wickets1-50 (Barlow), 2-74 (Pithey), 3-75 (Goddard), 4-109 (McLean), 5-196 (RG Pollock), 6-320 (Varnals) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JSE Price | 15 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 3.26 | |||
| NI Thomson | 16 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 2.25 | |||
| FJ Titmus | 45 | 18 | 101 | 1 | 2.24 | |||
| DA Allen | 49 | 17 | 87 | 4 | 1.77 | |||
| RW Barber | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6.00 | |||
| ER Dexter | 8 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 4.12 | |||
| G Boycott | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.60 |
| Match details |
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Toss England, who chose to bat Series England led the 5-match series 1-0 |
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Umpires
LM Baxter and HC Kidson |
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Close of play 23 Dec day 1 - England 1st innings 329/2 (ER Dexter 167*, KF Barrington 59*) 24 Dec day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 9/0 (TL Goddard 0*, EJ Barlow 9*) 25 Dec rest day 26 Dec day 3 - South Africa 1st innings 261/5 (AJ Pithey 80*, GD Varnals 16*) 27 Dec rest day 28 Dec day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 146/4 (RG Pollock 37*, KC Bland 10*) 29 Dec day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 336/6 (140 ov) - end of match |
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