Test Match #377 Standard Scorecard     
1953-1954 South Africa v New Zealand - 1st Test
Kingsmead, Durban
11th December, 1953
 
South Africa 437/9 dec
New Zealand 230 & 149
South Africa won by an innings and 58 runs

 
South Africa   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Derrick McGlew b MacGibbon 84    9  0   19.22%
John Waite b Overton 43    0  0   9.84%
Russell Endean b MacGibbon 6    0  0   1.37%
Kenneth Funston lbw b Reid 39    0  0   8.92%
Roy McLean c Chapple b Blair 101    11  0   23.11%
John Watkins c †Mooney b MacGibbon 29    0  0   6.64%
John Cheetham* b Rabone 17    0  0   3.89%
Clive van Ryneveld not out 68    5  0   15.56%
Hugh Tayfield b Overton 28    0  0   6.41%
Anton Murray b Blair 0    0  0  
Extras (b 10, lb 8, w 1, nb 3) 22  
Total 9 wickets declared   (115.0 overs @ 3.80 rpo) 437
 
Did not Bat
 
Neil Adcock
Fall of Wickets
 
1-113 Waite, 2-140 Endean, 3-143 McGlew, 4-278 Funston, 5-294 McLean,
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6-335 Cheetham, 7-337 Watkins, 8-422 Tayfield, 9-437 Murray
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Bob Blair 22.0 2 104 2 4.73 20.00
John Reid 16.0 2 49 1 3.06 10.00
Guy Overton 27.0 8 92 2 3.41 20.00
Anthony MacGibbon 27.0 4 73 3 2.70 30.00
Matt Poore 5.0 0 30 0 6.00
Eric Dempster 10.0 1 36 0 3.60
Geoffrey Rabone 8.0 0 31 1 3.88 10.00
 
 
New Zealand   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Bert Sutcliffe c †Waite b Tayfield 20    0  0   8.70%
Geoffrey Rabone* lbw b Tayfield 107    9  0   46.52%
Murray Chapple b Tayfield 1    0  0   0.43%
John Reid b Tayfield 6    0  0   2.61%
Lawrence Miller lbw b van Ryneveld 13    0  0   5.65%
Matt Poore c Cheetham b Tayfield 32    0  0   13.91%
Francis Mooney b Watkins 9    0  0   3.91%
Anthony MacGibbon st †Waite b van Ryneveld 21    0  0   9.13%
Eric Dempster not out 7    0  0   3.04%
Bob Blair b Tayfield 2    0  0   0.87%
Guy Overton b van Ryneveld 2    0  0   0.87%
Extras (b 9, lb 1) 10  
Total All Out   (105.6 overs @ 2.17 rpo) 230
Fall of Wickets
 
1-39 Sutcliffe, 2-53 Chapple, 3-75 Reid, 4-100 Miller, 5-162 Poore, 6-181 Mooney,
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7-215 MacGibbon, 8-215 Rabone, 9-219 Blair, 10-230 Overton
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Neil Adcock 19.0 3 52 0 2.74
John Watkins 15.0 5 28 1 1.87 10.00
Anton Murray 7.0 5 9 0 1.29
Hugh Tayfield 36.0 17 62 6 1.72 60.00
Clive van Ryneveld 28.6 6 69 3 2.38 30.00
 
 
New Zealand   2nd Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Bert Sutcliffe c Endean b Tayfield 16    0  0   10.74%
Murray Chapple c Funston b Watkins 1    0  0   0.67%
John Reid c Funston b Watkins 0    0  0  
Francis Mooney c †Waite b Adcock 7    0  0   4.70%
Geoffrey Rabone* b Adcock 68    7  0   45.64%
Lawrence Miller lbw b Murray 18    0  0   12.08%
Matt Poore st †Waite b van Ryneveld 1    0  0   0.67%
Anthony MacGibbon c Watkins b Tayfield 19    0  0   12.75%
Eric Dempster c McGlew b Adcock 0    0  0  
Bob Blair st †Waite b Tayfield 6    0  0   4.03%
Guy Overton not out 3    0  0   2.01%
Extras (b 6, lb 3, nb 1) 10  
Total All Out   (82.1 overs @ 1.81 rpo) 149
Fall of Wickets
 
1-6 Chapple, 2-15 Reid, 3-24 Sutcliffe, 4-36 Mooney, 5-85 Miller, 6-103 Poore,
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7-125 Rabone, 8-125 Dempster, 9-146 MacGibbon, 10-149 Blair
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Neil Adcock 14.0 4 38 3 2.71 30.00
John Watkins 14.0 7 16 2 1.14 20.00
Anton Murray 7.0 4 8 1 1.14 10.00
Hugh Tayfield 26.1 12 35 3 1.34 30.00
Clive van Ryneveld 21.0 9 42 1 2.00 10.00
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue Kingsmead, Durban
Toss South Africa won the toss and elected to bat
Series 1953-1954 South Africa v New Zealand - 1st Test
Match No. Test #377
Match Conditions Day Match
Player of Match No Award
Partnerships View
 
END OF DAY STATUS (Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 278/3 (KJ Funston 39*, RA McLean 93*)
Day 2 - New Zealand 1st innings 70/2 (GO Rabone 40*, JR Reid 5*)
Day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 22/2 (B Sutcliffe 15*, FLH Mooney 5*)
Day 4 - New Zealand 2nd Innings 149, 82.1 overs - end of match