| f22967 | |
| Venue | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria on 23rd, 24th, 26th October 1959 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Combined Transvaal XI won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Commonwealth XI won by 3 wickets |
| Umpires | GI Fitzpatrick, GS Hawkins |
| Close of play day 1 | Commonwealth XI (1) 21/1 (Craig 11*, Philpott 1*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Combined Transvaal XI (2) 53/2 (Lindsay 6*, Funston 4*) |
| Combined Transvaal XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *JHB Waite | b Close | 40 | |||||
| WR Endean | c Marshall b Close | 30 | |||||
| +DT Lindsay | st Evans b Philpott | 13 | |||||
| KJ Funston | b Close | 85 | |||||
| PR Carlstein | lbw b Rhodes | 84 | |||||
| HR Lance | lbw b Philpott | 48 | |||||
| PL Corbett | b Philpott | 4 | |||||
| HJ Tayfield | c Simpson b Philpott | 8 | |||||
| JT Botten | c Evans b Close | 3 | |||||
| GE Steyn | not out | 0 | |||||
| BD Thorp | c Graveney b Philpott | 2 | |||||
| Extras | 15 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 102 overs) | 332 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-74, 2-79, 3-89, 4-262, 5-264, 6-272, 7-296, 8-319, 9-330, 10-332 (102 ov) | |||||||
| Commonwealth XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Rhodes | 22 | 7 | 43 | 1 | - | - | |
| Close | 35 | 11 | 100 | 4 | - | - | |
| Marshall | 10 | 6 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Philpott | 28 | 4 | 117 | 5 | - | - | |
| Sutcliffe | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Simpson | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Commonwealth XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RE Marshall | b Botten | 9 | |||||
| ID Craig | c Corbett b Tayfield | 126 | |||||
| PI Philpott | b Thorp | 5 | |||||
| B Sutcliffe | b Steyn | 40 | |||||
| TW Graveney | c Tayfield b Thorp | 86 | |||||
| RB Simpson | c Lindsay b Thorp | 43 | |||||
| *DCS Compton | b Botten | 3 | |||||
| ACD Ingleby-Mackenzie | b Thorp | 1 | |||||
| DB Close | c Corbett b Botten | 9 | |||||
| +TG Evans | c Lance b Thorp | 9 | |||||
| HJ Rhodes | not out | 4 | |||||
| Extras | 10 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 93.3 overs) | 345 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19, 2-31, 3-138, 4-236, 5-313, 6-320, 7-321, 8-328, 9-338, 10-345 (93.3 ov) | |||||||
| Combined Transvaal XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Botten | 21.3 | 3 | 70 | 3 | - | - | |
| Thorp | 18 | 2 | 64 | 5 | - | - | |
| Tayfield | 27 | 3 | 85 | 1 | - | - | |
| Steyn | 19 | 1 | 79 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lance | 8 | 0 | 37 | 0 | - | - | |
| Combined Transvaal XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WR Endean | b Compton | 19 | |||||
| *JHB Waite | lbw b Philpott | 22 | |||||
| +DT Lindsay | b Philpott | 22 | |||||
| KJ Funston | c Craig b Philpott | 24 | |||||
| PR Carlstein | c Evans b Rhodes | 62 | |||||
| HR Lance | c Evans b Rhodes | 78 | |||||
| PL Corbett | not out | 6 | |||||
| HJ Tayfield | not out | 11 | |||||
| JT Botten | did not bat | ||||||
| GE Steyn | did not bat | ||||||
| BD Thorp | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 10 | ||||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 76 overs) | 254 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-38, 2-48, 3-80, 4-90, 5-230, 6-232 | |||||||
| Commonwealth XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Rhodes | 15 | 4 | 24 | 2 | - | - | |
| Close | 20 | 3 | 92 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marshall | 8 | 1 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| Philpott | 19 | 8 | 47 | 3 | - | - | |
| Simpson | 5 | 1 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Compton | 9 | 1 | 38 | 1 | - | - | |
| Commonwealth XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| ID Craig | b Thorp | 37 | |||||
| RE Marshall | c Lindsay b Steyn | 21 | |||||
| B Sutcliffe | b Tayfield | 1 | |||||
| TW Graveney | not out | 100 | 135 | ||||
| RB Simpson | lbw b Tayfield | 38 | |||||
| +TG Evans | st Lindsay b Steyn | 18 | |||||
| ACD Ingleby-Mackenzie | b Steyn | 1 | |||||
| *DCS Compton | c Corbett b Tayfield | 15 | |||||
| DB Close | not out | 8 | |||||
| PI Philpott | did not bat | ||||||
| HJ Rhodes | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 3 | ||||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 66.1 overs) | 242 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-48, 2-49, 3-81, 4-159, 5-184, 6-188, 7-224 | |||||||
| Combined Transvaal XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Botten | 8 | 2 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Thorp | 7 | 0 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Tayfield | 29.1 | 2 | 75 | 3 | - | - | |
| Steyn | 17 | 2 | 75 | 3 | - | - | |
| Lance | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Carlstein | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> PR Carlstein (1) passed his previous highest score of 60 in First-Class matches
--> HR Lance (1) passed his previous highest score of 44 in First-Class matches
--> ID Craig (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 93
--> JHB Waite (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 20
--> HR Lance (2) passed his previous highest score of 48 in First-Class matches
--> TW Graveney (2) 100 in 135 minutes
--> PI Philpott made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> PI Philpott reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Combined Transvaal XI first innings
--> BD Thorp achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Commonwealth XI first innings (previous best was 4-17)
--> BD Thorp achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Commonwealth XI first innings
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