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| Venue | Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 23rd, 24th, 25th, 27th June 1955 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | England won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | England won by 71 runs |
| Umpires | F Chester, LH Gray |
| Close of play day 1 | South Africa (1) 142/5 (McLean 62*, Keith 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | England (2) 108/1 (Graveney 53*, May 50*) |
| Close of play day 3 | South Africa (2) 17/2 (Cheetham 3*, Tayfield 0*) |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| D Kenyon | b Adcock | 1 | 23 | - | - | ||
| TW Graveney | c Waite b Heine | 15 | 60 | 1 | - | ||
| *PBH May | c Tayfield b Heine | 0 | 4 | - | - | ||
| DCS Compton | c Keith b Heine | 20 | 49 | 1 | - | ||
| KF Barrington | b Heine | 34 | 94 | 4 | - | ||
| TE Bailey | lbw b Goddard | 13 | 48 | 1 | - | ||
| +TG Evans | c Waite b Heine | 20 | 28 | 2 | - | ||
| FJ Titmus | lbw b Goddard | 4 | 17 | - | - | ||
| JH Wardle | c Tayfield b Goddard | 20 | 18 | 1 | 2 | ||
| JB Statham | c McLean b Goddard | 0 | 1 | - | - | ||
| FS Trueman | not out | 2 | 11 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (2 b, 2 lb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 54.2 overs) | 133 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7 (Kenyon), 2-8 (May), 3-30 (Graveney), 4-45 (Compton), 5-82 (Bailey), 6-98 (Barrington), 7-111 (Evans), 8-111 (Titmus), 9-111 (Statham), 10-133 (Wardle, 54.2 ov) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Heine | 25 | 7 | 60 | 5 | - | - | |
| Adcock | 8 | 3 | 10 | 1 | - | - | |
| Goddard | 21.2 | 8 | 59 | 4 | - | - | |
| South Africa first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DJ McGlew | c Evans b Statham | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| TL Goddard | c Evans b Trueman | 0 | 4 | 12 | - | - | |
| *JE Cheetham | lbw b Bailey | 13 | 71 | - | - | ||
| WR Endean | lbw b Wardle | 48 | 106 | 5 | - | ||
| RA McLean | b Statham | 142 | 201 | 21 | 1 | ||
| +JHB Waite | c Evans b Trueman | 8 | 31 | 1 | - | ||
| HJ Keith | c Titmus b Wardle | 57 | 199 | 8 | - | ||
| PNF Mansell | c Graveney b Wardle | 2 | 15 | - | - | ||
| HJ Tayfield | b Titmus | 21 | 50 | 2 | - | ||
| PS Heine | st Evans b Wardle | 2 | 7 | - | - | ||
| NAT Adcock | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| Extras | (6 b, 1 lb, 4 nb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 102 overs) | 304 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (McGlew), 2-7 (Goddard), 3-51 (Cheetham), 4-101 (Endean), 5-138 (Waite), 6-247 (McLean), 7-259 (Mansell), 8-302 (Tayfield), 9-304 (Keith), 10-304 (Heine, 102 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Statham | 27 | 9 | 49 | 2 | - | - | |
| Trueman | 16 | 2 | 73 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bailey | 16 | 2 | 56 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wardle | 29 | 10 | 65 | 4 | - | - | |
| Titmus | 14 | 3 | 50 | 1 | - | - | |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| D Kenyon | lbw b Goddard | 2 | 14 | - | - | ||
| TW Graveney | c Heine b Goddard | 60 | 200 | 4 | - | ||
| *PBH May | hit wkt b Heine | 112 | 270 | 16 | 1 | ||
| DCS Compton | c Mansell b Goddard | 69 | 147 | 11 | - | ||
| KF Barrington | c McLean b Tayfield | 18 | 55 | 2 | - | ||
| TE Bailey | c Adcock b Tayfield | 22 | 117 | - | - | ||
| +TG Evans | c and b Tayfield | 14 | 21 | 1 | - | ||
| JH Wardle | c Heine b Tayfield | 4 | 7 | 1 | - | ||
| FJ Titmus | c Waite b Adcock | 16 | 64 | 1 | - | ||
| JB Statham | b Tayfield | 11 | 19 | 1 | - | ||
| FS Trueman | not out | 6 | 16 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (15 b, 2 lb, 2 nb) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 149.5 overs) | 353 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9 (Kenyon), 2-141 (Graveney), 3-237 (May), 4-277 (Barrington), 5-285 (Compton), 6-302 (Evans), 7-306 (Wardle), 8-336 (Titmus), 9-336 (Bailey), 10-353 (Statham, 149.5 ov) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Heine | 29 | 5 | 87 | 1 | - | - | |
| Adcock | 25 | 5 | 64 | 1 | - | - | |
| Goddard | 55 | 23 | 96 | 3 | - | - | |
| Tayfield | 38.5 | 12 | 80 | 5 | - | - | |
| Mansell | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| South Africa second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DJ McGlew | lbw b Statham | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| TL Goddard | c Evans b Statham | 10 | 30 | - | |||
| *JE Cheetham | retired hurt | 3 | - | - | |||
| HJ Tayfield | c Evans b Statham | 3 | 55 | - | - | ||
| WR Endean | c Evans b Statham | 28 | 90 | - | |||
| RA McLean | b Statham | 8 | - | ||||
| HJ Keith | c Graveney b Statham | 5 | - | ||||
| +JHB Waite | lbw b Statham | 9 | - | ||||
| PNF Mansell | c Kenyon b Wardle | 16 | - | ||||
| PS Heine | c Kenyon b Wardle | 14 | - | ||||
| NAT Adcock | not out | 0 | 0 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (11 b, 3 lb, 1 nb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 57.4 overs) | 111 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (McGlew), 2-17 (Goddard), 3-40 (Tayfield), 4-54 (McLean), 5-63 (Endean), 6-75 (Waite), 7-78 (Keith), 8-111 (Heine), 9-111 (Mansell, 57.4 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Statham | 29 | 12 | 39 | 7 | - | - | |
| Trueman | 19 | 2 | 39 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wardle | 9.4 | 4 | 18 | 2 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> FJ Titmus made his debut in Test matches
--> PS Heine made his debut in Test matches
--> WR Endean (1) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 21
--> RA McLean (1) 50 in 54 balls, 60 minutes with 7 fours and 1 six
--> RA McLean (1) 100 in 147 balls, 158 minutes with 14 fours
--> RA McLean (1) passed his previous highest score of 101 in Test matches
--> RA McLean (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 44
--> HJ Keith (1) passed his previous highest score of 40 in Test matches
--> HJ Keith (1) 50 in 150 balls with 6 fours
--> TW Graveney (2) 50 in 131 balls with 4 fours
--> PBH May (2) 50 in 154 balls with 8 fours
--> PBH May (2) 100 in 266 balls, 250 minutes with 15 fours
--> DCS Compton (2) 50 in 82 balls with 9 fours
--> DCS Compton (2) passed 5000 runs in Test matches when he reached 9
--> DCS Compton (2) passed 34500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 54
--> PS Heine made his debut for South Africa in First-Class matches
--> FJ Titmus made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> HJ Keith made his debut in England in Test matches
--> PS Heine achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the England first innings
--> TL Goddard achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed JB Statham in the England first innings (previous best was 2-61)
--> HJ Tayfield reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed JB Statham, his 5th wicket in the England second innings
--> JB Statham achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the South Africa second innings (previous best was 7-43)
--> JB Statham achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed JHB Waite in the South Africa second innings (previous best was 5-60)
--> JE Cheetham retired hurt in the South Africa second innings having scored 3 (team score 17/2)
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