South Africa vs Australia, 1st Test at Johannesburg, Dec 23 1957 - Full Scorecard
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1st Test, Johannesburg, December 23 - 28, 1957, Australia tour of South Africa
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| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Simpson b Meckiff | 108 | - | - | 12 | 1 | - | |||
| b Meckiff | 90 | - | - | 10 | 1 | - | |||
| b Meckiff | 4 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| c Burge b Benaud | 115 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| lbw b Meckiff | 50 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| b Meckiff | 50 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| lbw b Mackay | 12 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| b Davidson | 18 | - | - | - | 1 | - | |||
| b Mackay | 7 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| not out | 2 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| Extras | (b 8, lb 4, nb 1, w 1) | 14 | |||||||
| Total | 130.6 Ov (RR: 3.59) | 470/9d | |||||||
Did not bat: | |||||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-176 (Trevor Goddard), 2-182 (Jack Nel), 3-237 (Jackie McGlew), 4-341 (Russell Endean), 5-412 (John Waite), 6-436 (Roy McLean), 7-461 (Ken Funston), 8-465 (Hugh Tayfield), 9-470 (Peter Heine) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 4 | 115 | 1 | 2.69 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | 3 | 125 | 5 | 3.02 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 20.6 | 3 | 54 | 2 | 1.95 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | 7 | 115 | 1 | 3.19 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | 6 | 47 | 0 | 1.76 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Australia 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Tayfield b Smith | 75 | - | 210 | - | 1 | - | |||
| c †Waite b Heine | 16 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| c †Waite b Heine | 3 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| b Heine | 14 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| c †Waite b Heine | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| lbw b Tayfield | 60 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| c Heine b Adcock | 122 | - | - | 20 | 0 | - | |||
| c sub b Heine | 24 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| c Endean b Tayfield | 21 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| c Smith b Heine | 11 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| not out | 6 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 11, nb 1) | 16 | |||||||
| Total | 91.2 Ov (RR: 4.03) | 368 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Jim Burke), 2-40 (Ken Mackay), 3-56 (Ian Craig), 4-62 (Peter Burge), 5-151 (Colin McDonald), 6-177 (Bob Simpson), 7-244 (Alan Davidson), 8-313 (Wally Grout), 9-355 (Richie Benaud), 10-368 (Ian Meckiff) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14.2 | 3 | 58 | 6 | 3.05 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | 3 | 106 | 1 | 3.45 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | 5 | 57 | 0 | 2.67 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | 9 | 101 | 2 | 2.61 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 2.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
South Africa 2nd Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Simpson b Meckiff | 6 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| c †Grout b Davidson | 5 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| c †Grout b Davidson | 7 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| c †Grout b Burke | 59 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| c †Grout b Davidson | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c Meckiff b Davidson | 77 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| b Meckiff | 27 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| c †Grout b Meckiff | 3 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c †Grout b Davidson | 2 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| not out | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c Simpson b Davidson | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| Extras | (b 5, lb 7, nb 1, w 1) | 14 | |||||||
| Total | 78.4 Ov (RR: 2.56) | 201 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Trevor Goddard), 2-19 (Jackie McGlew), 3-19 (Jack Nel), 4-19 (Roy McLean), 5-148 (John Waite), 6-193 (Russell Endean), 7-196 (Hugh Tayfield), 8-199 (Ken Funston), 9-199 (Peter Heine), 10-201 (Neil Adcock) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17.4 | 4 | 34 | 6 | 1.45 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | 3 | 52 | 3 | 1.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 1.97 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 5.62 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 1.68 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | 3 | 39 | 1 | 2.08 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Australia 2nd Innings (T: 304 runs)
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st †Waite b Smith | 25 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| retired hurt | 10 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| not out | 65 | - | 225 | - | 0 | - | |||
| b Tayfield | 17 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| b Tayfield | 14 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| not out | 23 | - | 55 | - | 0 | - | |||
| Extras | (b 6, lb 2) | 8 | |||||||
| Total | 73 Ov (RR: 2.21) | 162/3 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 0-17* (Jim Burke, retired not out), 1-44 (Colin McDonald), 2-85 (Ian Craig), 3-118 (Peter Burge) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 1.59 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2.75 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 1.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | 12 | 70 | 2 | 1.59 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 1.17 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5.25 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
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Close of Play
Mon, 23 Dec - day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 222/2 (Jackie McGlew 100*, John Waite 19*)
Tue, 24 Dec - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 15/0 (Colin McDonald 10*, Jim Burke 5*)
Wed, 25 Dec - rest day
Thu, 26 Dec - day 3 - Australia 1st innings 307/7 (Richie Benaud 80*, Wally Grout 21*)
Fri, 27 Dec - day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 176/5 (Russell Endean 68*, Ken Funston 18*)
Sat, 28 Dec - day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 162/3 (73 ov) - end of match
Match Flow
General
- JW Burke retired hurt at 17/0
Match Details
| New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | |
| Toss | South Africa, elected to bat first |
| Series | |
| Season | 1957/58 |
| Series result | 5-match series level 0-0 |
| Match number | Test no. 444 |
| Match days | day (5-day match) |
| Test debut | |
| Umpires | |
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