f21058 t412	England v South Africa
	South Africa in England 1955 (5th Test)
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 13th, 15th, 16th, 17th August 1955 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by 92 runs
Umpires	TJ Bartley, D Davies
Close of play day 1	England (1) 70/3 (Compton 12*, Watson 1*)
Close of play day 2	South Africa (1) 112 all out
Close of play day 3	England (2) 195/8 (May 81*, Lock 0*)

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JT Ikin	c Waite b Heine	17		101	1	-
DB Close	c Mansell b Goddard	32		119	2	-
*PBH May	c Goddard b Fuller	3		25	-	-
DCS Compton	c Waite b Goddard	30		119	2	-
W Watson	c Mansell b Tayfield	25		95	3	-
TW Graveney	c Fuller b Goddard	13		52	1	-
TE Bailey	c Heine b Tayfield	0		5	-	-
+RT Spooner	b Tayfield	0		10	-	-
JC Laker	c and b Goddard	2		14	-	-
GAR Lock	c McLean b Goddard	18		19	3	-
JB Statham	not out	4		13	-	-
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 89.4 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-51 (Close), 2-59 (May), 3-69 (Ikin), 4-105 (Watson), 5-117 (Compton), 6-117 (Bailey), 7-118 (Spooner), 8-123 (Graveney), 9-130 (Laker), 10-151 (Lock, 89.4 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Heine	21	3	43	1	-	-
Goddard	22.4	9	31	5	-	-
Fuller	27	11	31	1	-	-
Tayfield	19	7	39	3	-	-

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South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ McGlew	c Spooner b Statham	30		154	1	-
TL Goddard	lbw b Bailey	8		39	-	-
HJ Keith	b Lock	5		16	-	-
WR Endean	c Ikin b Lock	0		11	-	-
RA McLean	b Lock	1		5	-	-
+JHB Waite	c Lock b Laker	28		69	4	-
*JE Cheetham	not out	12		55	1	-
PNF Mansell	lbw b Laker	6		16	-	-
HJ Tayfield	b Statham	4		7	-	-
ERH Fuller	c Spooner b Lock	5		9	1	-
PS Heine	run out (Lock)	5		11	-	-
Extras	(7 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 65 overs)	112
Fall of wickets:
1-22 (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, 65 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	15	3	31	2	-	-
Bailey	5	1	6	1	-	-
Lock	22	11	39	4	-	-
Laker	23	13	28	2	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JT Ikin	c Goddard b Heine	0		14	-	-
DB Close	b Goddard	15		71	1	-
TW Graveney	b Tayfield	42		144	3	-
*PBH May	not out	89		299	10	-
DCS Compton	c Waite b Fuller	30		141	4	-
W Watson	b Fuller	3		17	-	-
TE Bailey	lbw b Tayfield	1		3	-	-
+RT Spooner	b Tayfield	0		1	-	-
JC Laker	b Tayfield	12		20	1	-
GAR Lock	lbw b Heine	1		8	-	-
JB Statham	lbw b Tayfield	0		8	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 123.4 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (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, 123.4 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Heine	25	6	44	2	-	-
Fuller	20	3	36	2	-	-
Goddard	19	10	29	1	-	-
Tayfield	53.4	29	60	5	-	-
Mansell	6	0	24	0	-	-

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South Africa second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ McGlew	lbw b Lock	19		108	1	-
TL Goddard	c Graveney b Lock	20		56	2	-
HJ Keith	c May b Lock	0		2	-	-
WR Endean	lbw b Laker	0		1	-	-
RA McLean	lbw b Laker	0		3	-	-
+JHB Waite	b Laker	60		146	9	-
*JE Cheetham	lbw b Laker	9		23	1	-
PNF Mansell	c Watson b Lock	9		77	-	-
HJ Tayfield	not out	10		50	-	-
ERH Fuller	run out	16		38	3	-
PS Heine	c Graveney b Laker	7		5	1	-
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 87.4 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-28 (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, 87.4 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	11	4	17	0	-	-
Bailey	6	1	15	0	-	-
Laker	37.4	18	56	5	-	-
Lock	33	14	62	4	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> JT Ikin made his last appearance in Test matches
--> RT Spooner made his last appearance in Test matches
--> JE Cheetham made his last appearance in Test matches
--> PNF Mansell made his last appearance in Test matches
--> W Watson (1) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> TW Graveney (1) passed 17000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> GAR Lock (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> PBH May (2) 50 in 203 balls, 175 minutes with 7 fours
--> PBH May (2) passed 2000 runs in Test matches when he reached 89
--> JHB Waite (2) 50 in 120 balls, 106 minutes with 8 fours
--> RT Spooner made his debut in England in Test matches
--> TL Goddard achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the England first innings (previous best was 5-69)
--> TL Goddard achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the England first innings (previous best was 5-69)
--> TL Goddard reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed TW Graveney, his 3rd wicket in the England first innings
--> HJ Tayfield reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed RT Spooner, his 3rd wicket in the England first innings
--> JB Statham reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed DJ McGlew, his 1st wicket in the South Africa first innings
--> HJ Tayfield reached 100 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed TW Graveney, his 1st wicket in the England second innings
--> JT Ikin retired hurt in the England first innings having scored 15 (team score 43/0) - he returned when the score was 59/2

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