England v South Africa
England won by an innings and 5 runs
9 to 13 June 1955Nottingham
Englandwon by an innings and 5 runs
334168.4 ov
South Africa
181 & 14896.3 ov
Scorecard: every batter's and bowler's line, as the scorer kept it
Scorecard. For this match we hold every batter's and every bowler's line as the scorer's card kept it. The card does not name the fielder or the bowler for each dismissal, and older cards often leave balls faced blank (shown as -). There is no ball-by-ball record before December 2001. See the matches held ball by ball.
England innings
334168.4 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Kenyon | lbw | 87 | - | 234 | 10 | 0 | - |
| Tom Graveney | caught | 42 | - | 135 | 4 | 0 | - |
| Peter May | caught | 83 | - | 242 | 8 | 0 | - |
| Denis Compton | lbw | 27 | - | 101 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Ken Barrington | caught | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Trevor Bailey | lbw | 49 | - | 194 | 4 | 0 | - |
| Godfrey Evans | caught | 12 | - | 73 | 2 | 0 | - |
| Johnny Wardle | lbw | 2 | - | 14 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Frank Tyson | caught | 0 | - | 14 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Brian Statham | caught | 20 | - | 56 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Bob Appleyard | not out | 0* | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | b 6, lb 6 | 12 | |||||
| Total | all out, 168.4 overs | 334 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340
1-91 Tom Graveney2-166 Don Kenyon3-228 Denis Compton4-233 Ken Barrington5-252 Peter May6-285 Godfrey Evans7-294 Johnny Wardle8-298 Frank Tyson9-334 Brian Statham10-334 Trevor Bailey
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Adcock | 36 | 9 | 74 | 2 | 2.06 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Goddard | 36.4 | 18 | 61 | 2 | 1.66 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Fuller | 29 | 5 | 59 | 3 | 2.03 | 0 | 0 |
| Hugh Tayfield | 37 | 11 | 66 | 2 | 1.78 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Smith | 30 | 9 | 62 | 1 | 2.07 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa innings
181114 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie McGlew | caught | 68 | - | 308 | 5 | 0 | - |
| Trevor Goddard | lbw | 12 | - | 33 | 0 | 0 | - |
| John Waite | run out | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Russell Endean | lbw | 0 | - | 8 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Roy McLean | bowled | 13 | - | 35 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Paul Winslow | caught | 2 | - | 30 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Jack Cheetham | caught | 54 | - | 208 | 7 | 0 | - |
| Hugh Tayfield | caught | 11 | - | 50 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Eddie Fuller | bowled | 15 | - | 31 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Ian Smith | caught | 0 | - | 25 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Neil Adcock | not out | 1* | - | 17 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 1, lb 2, nb 2 | 5 | |||||
| Total | all out, 114 overs | 181 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340
1-15 Trevor Goddard2-17 John Waite3-19 Russell Endean4-35 Roy McLean5-55 Paul Winslow6-149 Jackie McGlew7-156 Jack Cheetham8-174 Hugh Tayfield9-180 Eddie Fuller10-181 Ian Smith
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Statham | 25 | 5 | 47 | 1 | 1.88 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Tyson | 24 | 5 | 51 | 2 | 2.13 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Bailey | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1.60 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Appleyard | 28 | 9 | 46 | 2 | 1.64 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Wardle | 32 | 23 | 24 | 4 | 0.75 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa innings
14896.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie McGlew | caught | 51 | - | 250 | 4 | 0 | - |
| Trevor Goddard | run out | 32 | - | 185 | 3 | 0 | - |
| John Waite | caught | 3 | - | 18 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Russell Endean | caught | 6 | - | 33 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Roy McLean | caught | 16 | - | 36 | 3 | 0 | - |
| Jack Cheetham | bowled | 5 | - | 30 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Paul Winslow | bowled | 3 | - | 18 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Hugh Tayfield | bowled | 0 | - | 8 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Eddie Fuller | caught | 6 | - | 18 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Ian Smith | not out | 2* | - | 27 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Neil Adcock | bowled | 6 | - | 15 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 8, lb 4, w 4, nb 2 | 18 | |||||
| Total | all out, 96.3 overs | 148 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340
1-73 Trevor Goddard2-83 John Waite3-101 Russell Endean4-108 Jackie McGlew5-131 Roy McLean6-132 Jack Cheetham7-132 Hugh Tayfield8-135 Paul Winslow9-141 Eddie Fuller10-148 Neil Adcock
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Statham | 10 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1.60 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Tyson | 21.3 | 7 | 28 | 6 | 1.30 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Bailey | 17 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 1.24 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Appleyard | 19 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 1.68 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Wardle | 29 | 17 | 33 | 1 | 1.14 | 0 | 0 |