England v South Africa
South Africa won by 3 wickets
7 to 12 July 1955Manchester
England
284 & 381173.5 ov
South Africawon by 3 wickets
521/8d & 145/730.3 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
284126 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Kenyon | caught | 5 | - | 35 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Tom Graveney | caught | 0 | - | 12 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Peter May | caught | 34 | - | 82 | 5 | 0 | - |
| Denis Compton | caught | 158 | - | 336 | 22 | 0 | - |
| Colin Cowdrey | caught | 1 | - | 7 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Trevor Bailey | caught | 44 | - | 175 | 6 | 0 | - |
| Fred Titmus | lbw | 0 | - | 18 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Godfrey Evans | caught | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Tony Lock | not out | 19* | - | 90 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Frank Tyson | bowled | 2 | - | 18 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Alec Bedser | lbw | 1 | - | 7 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 13, lb 6, w 1 | 20 | |||||
| Total | all out, 126 overs | 284 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 530
1-2 Tom Graveney2-22 Don Kenyon3-70 Peter May4-75 Colin Cowdrey5-219 Trevor Bailey6-234 Fred Titmus7-242 Godfrey Evans8-271 Denis Compton9-280 Frank Tyson10-284 Alec Bedser
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Heine | 24 | 4 | 71 | 3 | 2.96 | 0 | 0 |
| Neil Adcock | 28 | 5 | 52 | 3 | 1.86 | 0 | 0 |
| Hugh Tayfield | 35 | 15 | 57 | 1 | 1.63 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Goddard | 27 | 10 | 52 | 3 | 1.93 | 0 | 0 |
| Percy Mansell | 6 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 2.17 | 0 | 0 |
| Headley Keith | 6 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 3.17 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa innings
521/8d195 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie McGlew | not out | 104* | - | 287 | 10 | 0 | - |
| Trevor Goddard | caught | 62 | - | 199 | 7 | 0 | - |
| Headley Keith | caught | 38 | - | 180 | 3 | 0 | - |
| Percy Mansell | lbw | 7 | - | 43 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Russell Endean | caught | 5 | - | 17 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Roy McLean | bowled | 3 | - | 12 | 0 | 0 | - |
| John Waite | caught | 113 | - | 339 | 12 | 0 | - |
| Paul Winslow | lbw | 108 | - | 188 | 13 | 3 | - |
| Hugh Tayfield | bowled | 28 | - | 110 | 3 | 0 | - |
| Peter Heine | not out | 22* | - | 21 | 4 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 15, lb 12, w 1, nb 3 | 31 | |||||
| Total | 8 wickets declared, 195 overs | 521 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 530
1-147 Trevor Goddard1-147 Jackie McGlew2-171 Percy Mansell3-179 Russell Endean4-182 Roy McLean5-245 Headley Keith6-416 Paul Winslow7-457 John Waite8-494 Hugh Tayfield
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Bedser | 31 | 2 | 92 | 2 | 2.97 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Tyson | 44 | 5 | 124 | 3 | 2.82 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Bailey | 37 | 8 | 102 | 1 | 2.76 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Lock | 64 | 24 | 121 | 2 | 1.89 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Titmus | 19 | 7 | 51 | 0 | 2.68 | 0 | 0 |
England innings
381173.5 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Kenyon | caught | 1 | - | 21 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Tom Graveney | bowled | 1 | - | 16 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Peter May | bowled | 117 | - | 269 | 16 | 0 | - |
| Denis Compton | caught | 71 | - | 103 | 12 | 0 | - |
| Colin Cowdrey | caught | 50 | - | 250 | 6 | 0 | - |
| Tony Lock | caught | 17 | - | 76 | 2 | 0 | - |
| Trevor Bailey | not out | 38* | - | 149 | 5 | 0 | - |
| Fred Titmus | caught | 19 | - | 66 | 4 | 0 | - |
| Frank Tyson | bowled | 8 | - | 15 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Alec Bedser | caught | 3 | - | 25 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Godfrey Evans | caught | 36 | - | 34 | 7 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 13, lb 5, w 2 | 20 | |||||
| Total | all out, 173.5 overs | 381 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 530
1-2 Tom Graveney2-2 Don Kenyon3-126 Denis Compton4-234 Peter May5-270 Tony Lock6-274 Colin Cowdrey7-304 Fred Titmus8-325 Frank Tyson9-333 Alec Bedser10-381 Godfrey Evans
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Heine | 32 | 8 | 86 | 5 | 2.69 | 0 | 0 |
| Neil Adcock | 28 | 12 | 48 | 3 | 1.71 | 0 | 0 |
| Hugh Tayfield | 51.5 | 21 | 102 | 1 | 1.97 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Goddard | 47 | 21 | 92 | 0 | 1.96 | 0 | 0 |
| Percy Mansell | 15 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 2.20 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa innings chasing 145
145/730.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie McGlew | bowled | 48 | - | 108 | 5 | 0 | - |
| Trevor Goddard | caught | 8 | - | 17 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Headley Keith | bowled | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Roy McLean | run out | 50 | - | 71 | 7 | 1 | - |
| Paul Winslow | bowled | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 200.0 |
| Percy Mansell | lbw | 4 | - | 13 | 0 | 0 | - |
| John Waite | not out | 10* | - | 27 | 2 | 0 | - |
| Russell Endean | caught | 2 | - | 8 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Hugh Tayfield | not out | 1* | - | 12 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 2, lb 2, w 1, nb 1 | 6 | |||||
| Total | 7 wickets, 30.3 overs | 145 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 530
1-18 Trevor Goddard2-23 Headley Keith3-95 Roy McLean4-112 Paul Winslow5-129 Percy Mansell6-132 Jackie McGlew7-135 Russell Endean
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Bedser | 10 | 1 | 61 | 2 | 6.10 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Tyson | 13.3 | 2 | 55 | 3 | 4.07 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Lock | 7 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 3.29 | 0 | 0 |