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| Venue | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 24th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th December 1956 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | England won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | England won by 131 runs |
| Umpires | JH McMenamin, W Marais |
| Close of play day 1 | England (1) 157/3 (Richardson 69*, Cowdrey 51*; 80 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | South Africa (1) 91/1 (Goddard 49*, Keith 29*; 33 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | England (2) 42/3 (Compton 17*, Insole 0*; 19 overs) |
| Close of play day 4 | South Africa (2) 40/7 (van Ryneveld 4*; 17.3 overs) |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PE Richardson | lbw b Goddard | 117 | 472 | 525 | 6 | - | |
| TE Bailey | c Waite b Heine | 16 | 64 | 97 | 1 | - | |
| DCS Compton | c Keith b Goddard | 5 | 26 | 30 | - | - | |
| *PBH May | c Goddard b Adcock | 6 | 29 | 37 | - | - | |
| MC Cowdrey | c Goddard b Heine | 59 | 206 | 212 | 4 | - | |
| DJ Insole | c Waite b van Ryneveld | 1 | 11 | 8 | - | - | |
| +TG Evans | c Keith b Adcock | 20 | 44 | 55 | 2 | - | |
| FH Tyson | b Adcock | 22 | 76 | 103 | 2 | - | |
| JH Wardle | not out | 6 | 18 | 12 | 1 | - | |
| JC Laker | c Goddard b Adcock | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| JB Statham | c Waite b Goddard | 0 | 5 | 6 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 9 lb, 3 nb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 551 minutes, 118.5 overs) | 268 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-28 (Bailey, 18 ov), 2-37 (Compton, 24.7 ov), 3-48 (May, 32.3 ov), 4-169 (Cowdrey, 83.7 ov), 5-170 (Insole, 86.2 ov), 6-205 (Evans, 99.3 ov), 7-259 (Richardson, 114.6 ov), 8-263 (Tyson, 117.3 ov), 9-263 (Laker, 117.6 ov), 10-268 (Statham, 118.5 ov) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Heine | 31 | 5 | 89 | 2 | - | - | |
| Adcock | 20 | 6 | 36 | 4 | - | 5 | |
| Goddard | 28.5 | 9 | 51 | 3 | - | - | |
| Watkins | 11 | 3 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Tayfield | 20 | 4 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| van Ryneveld | 8 | 2 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| South Africa first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AI Taylor | st Evans b Wardle | 12 | 85 | 104 | - | - | |
| TL Goddard | c Cowdrey b Statham | 49 | 133 | 158 | 5 | - | |
| HJ Keith | c Cowdrey b Bailey | 42 | 103 | 104 | 5 | - | |
| WR Endean | c Cowdrey b Laker | 18 | 130 | 143 | 1 | - | |
| RA McLean | lbw b Bailey | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| JC Watkins | c Insole b Wardle | 9 | 44 | 47 | - | - | |
| *CB van Ryneveld | c Bailey b Statham | 10 | 38 | 41 | 1 | - | |
| +JHB Waite | c Evans b Bailey | 17 | 56 | 62 | 2 | - | |
| HJ Tayfield | b Wardle | 24 | 63 | 82 | 3 | - | |
| PS Heine | not out | 13 | 42 | 48 | 1 | - | |
| NAT Adcock | b Statham | 17 | 17 | 24 | 2 | 1 | |
| Extras | (1 b, 3 lb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 417 minutes, 89.1 overs) | 215 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-54 (Taylor, 22.7 ov), 2-92 (Goddard, 33.6 ov), 3-112 (Keith, 44.6 ov), 4-112 (McLean, 45 ov), 5-126 (Watkins, 57 ov), 6-141 (Endean, 66.5 ov), 7-141 (van Ryneveld, 67.2 ov), 8-176 (Waite, 79.3 ov), 9-194 (Tayfield, 84.6 ov), 10-215 (Adcock, 89.1 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Statham | 24.1 | 4 | 71 | 3 | - | - | |
| Tyson | 9 | 1 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wardle | 20 | 4 | 52 | 3 | - | - | |
| Laker | 21 | 10 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bailey | 15 | 5 | 33 | 3 | - | - | |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PE Richardson | lbw b Adcock | 10 | 29 | 30 | 1 | - | |
| TE Bailey | c Endean b Heine | 10 | 60 | 86 | 1 | - | |
| DCS Compton | c and b Tayfield | 32 | 165 | 170 | 4 | - | |
| JH Wardle | lbw b Heine | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| DJ Insole | c Waite b Goddard | 29 | 112 | 134 | 2 | - | |
| *PBH May | c Endean b Heine | 14 | 36 | 55 | 1 | - | |
| MC Cowdrey | c Goddard b Adcock | 6 | 63 | 64 | - | - | |
| +TG Evans | c Heine b Tayfield | 30 | 46 | 48 | 2 | 1 | |
| FH Tyson | c Watkins b Adcock | 2 | 9 | 22 | - | - | |
| JC Laker | not out | 3 | 5 | 12 | - | - | |
| JB Statham | lbw b Tayfield | 2 | 11 | 7 | - | - | |
| Extras | (8 b, 1 lb, 3 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 324 minutes, 66.6 overs) | 150 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11 (Richardson, 5.7 ov), 2-37 (Bailey, 17.2 ov), 3-37 (Wardle, 17.5 ov), 4-84 (Compton, 43 ov), 5-100 (Insole, 47.2 ov), 6-107 (May, 55.2 ov), 7-126 (Cowdrey, 61.6 ov), 8-145 (Evans, 64.4 ov), 9-147 (Tyson, 65.2 ov), 10-150 (Statham, 66.6 ov) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Heine | 19 | 7 | 41 | 3 | - | - | |
| Adcock | 13 | 1 | 33 | 3 | - | 5 | |
| Goddard | 14 | 7 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Tayfield | 17.6 | 5 | 40 | 3 | - | - | |
| Watkins | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| South Africa second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AI Taylor | c Insole b Bailey | 6 | 38 | 48 | - | - | |
| TL Goddard | c Insole b Bailey | 5 | 10 | 17 | 1 | - | |
| HJ Keith | c Evans b Bailey | 2 | 7 | 4 | - | - | |
| +JHB Waite | b Statham | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| WR Endean | b Statham | 3 | 19 | 37 | - | - | |
| RA McLean | c Insole b Bailey | 6 | 31 | 49 | - | - | |
| JC Watkins | b Laker | 8 | 31 | 38 | 1 | - | |
| *CB van Ryneveld | run out (May->Evans) | 16 | 58 | 85 | 1 | - | |
| HJ Tayfield | c Evans b Bailey | 2 | 19 | 17 | - | - | |
| PS Heine | run out (May->Statham) | 17 | 48 | 51 | 2 | - | |
| NAT Adcock | not out | 0 | 8 | 8 | - | - | |
| Extras | (2 b, 3 lb, 2 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 187 minutes, 33.4 overs) | 72 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6 (Goddard, 3.1 ov), 2-10 (Keith, 3.7 ov), 3-11 (Waite, 4.3 ov), 4-20 (Taylor, 7.7 ov), 5-25 (Endean, 10.5 ov), 6-36 (McLean, 16.4 ov), 7-40 (Watkins, 17.3 ov), 8-44 (Tayfield, 21.1 ov), 9-71 (Heine, 32.2 ov), 10-72 (van Ryneveld, 33.4 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Statham | 13 | 4 | 22 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bailey | 15.4 | 6 | 20 | 5 | - | 2 | |
| Laker | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wardle | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> AI Taylor made his debut in Test matches
--> AI Taylor made his last appearance in Test matches
--> PE Richardson (1) 50 in 257 balls, 280 minutes with 1 four
--> PE Richardson (1) 100 in 440 balls, 488 minutes with 4 fours
--> PE Richardson (1) passed his previous highest score of 104 in Test matches
--> MC Cowdrey (1) 50 in 172 balls, 176 minutes with 2 fours
--> MC Cowdrey (1) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 49
--> HJ Keith (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> WR Endean did not score for 63 minutes in the South Africa first innings (56 balls) when 2 in the South Africa first innings)
--> JHB Waite (1) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 13
--> NAT Adcock (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> PS Heine (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> TL Goddard made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> PS Heine made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> PE Richardson made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> JC Laker made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> JH Wardle made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> TE Bailey made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> DJ Insole made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> JB Statham made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> PBH May made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> HJ Keith made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> FH Tyson made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> MC Cowdrey made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> TE Bailey reached 1050 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed RA McLean, his 2nd wicket in the South Africa first innings
--> JB Statham reached 100 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed JHB Waite, his 1st wicket in the South Africa second innings
WR Endean remained on 8 for 63 minutes (56 balls) in South Africa's 1st innings.
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