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Test no. 444

Australia in South Africa Test Series - 1st Test
South Africa v Australia

1957/58 season

Played at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, on 23,24,26,27,28 December 1957 (5-day match)

Result Match drawn


South Africa 1st innings			R	4s	6s
	DJ McGlew	c Simpson b Meckiff	108	12	1
	TL Goddard	b Meckiff	90	10	1
	JD Nel	b Meckiff	4		0
	JHB Waite	c Burge b Benaud	115		0
	WR Endean	lbw b Meckiff	50		0
	RA McLean	b Meckiff	50		0
	KJ Funston	lbw b Mackay	12		0
	HJ Tayfield	b Davidson	18		1
	PS Heine	b Mackay	7		0
	VI Smith	not out	2	0	0
	Extras	(b 8, lb 4, w 1, nb 1)	14

	Total	(9 wickets dec; 130.6 overs)	470	(2.69 runs per 6 balls)

Did not bat NAT Adcock

Fall of wickets1-176 (Goddard), 2-182 (Nel), 3-237 (McGlew), 4-341 (Endean), 5-412 (Waite), 6-436 (McLean), 7-461 (Funston), 8-465 (Tayfield), 9-470 (Heine)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
AK Davidson	32	4	115	1	2.69
I Meckiff	31	3	125	5	3.02
KD Mackay	20.6	3	54	2	1.95
R Benaud	27	7	115	1	3.19
LF Kline	20	6	47	0	1.76


Australia 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	CC McDonald	c Tayfield b Smith	75	210		1
	JW Burke	c Waite b Heine	16			0
	KD Mackay	c Waite b Heine	3		0	0
	ID Craig	b Heine	14			0
	PJP Burge	c Waite b Heine	0		0	0
	RB Simpson	lbw b Tayfield	60			0
	R Benaud	c Heine b Adcock	122		20	0
	AK Davidson	c sub b Heine	24			0
	ATW Grout	c Endean b Tayfield	21			0
	I Meckiff	c Smith b Heine	11			0
	LF Kline	not out	6			0
	Extras	(b 4, lb 11, nb 1)	16

	Total	(all out; 91.2 overs)	368	(3.02 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-34 (Burke), 2-40 (Mackay), 3-56 (Craig), 4-62 (Burge), 5-151 (McDonald), 6-177 (Simpson), 7-244 (Davidson), 8-313 (Grout), 9-355 (Benaud), 10-368 (Meckiff)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
PS Heine	14.2	3	58	6	3.05
NAT Adcock	23	3	106	1	3.45
TL Goddard	16	5	57	0	2.67
HJ Tayfield	29	9	101	2	2.61
VI Smith	9	2	30	1	2.50


South Africa 2nd innings			R	4s	6s
	DJ McGlew	c Simpson b Meckiff	6		0
	TL Goddard	c Grout b Davidson	5		0
	JD Nel	c Grout b Davidson	7		0
	JHB Waite	c Grout b Burke	59		0
	RA McLean	c Grout b Davidson	0	0	0
	WR Endean	c Meckiff b Davidson	77		0
	KJ Funston	b Meckiff	27		0
	HJ Tayfield	c Grout b Meckiff	3	0	0
	PS Heine	c Grout b Davidson	2	0	0
	VI Smith	not out	1	0	0
	NAT Adcock	c Simpson b Davidson	0	0	0
	Extras	(b 5, lb 7, w 1, nb 1)	14

	Total	(all out; 78.4 overs)	201	(1.92 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-6 (Goddard), 2-19 (McGlew), 3-19 (Nel), 4-19 (McLean), 5-148 (Waite), 6-193 (Endean), 7-196 (Tayfield), 8-199 (Funston), 9-199 (Heine), 10-201 (Adcock)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
AK Davidson	17.4	4	34	6	1.45
I Meckiff	26	3	52	3	1.50
KD Mackay	11	1	29	0	1.97
R Benaud	2	0	15	0	5.62
LF Kline	8	2	18	0	1.68
JW Burke	14	3	39	1	2.08


Australia 2nd innings (target: 304 runs)			R	M	6s
	CC McDonald	st Waite b Smith	25		0
	JW Burke	retired hurt	10		0
	KD Mackay	not out	65	225	0
	ID Craig	b Tayfield	17		0
	PJP Burge	b Tayfield	14		0
	RB Simpson	not out	23	55	0
	Extras	(b 6, lb 2)	8

	Total	(3 wickets; 73 overs)	162	(1.66 runs per 6 balls)

Did not bat R Benaud, AK Davidson,

ATW Grout, I Meckiff, LF Kline

Fall of wickets0-17* (Burke, retired not out), 1-44 (McDonald), 2-85 (Craig), 3-118 (Burge)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
PS Heine	8	2	17	0	1.59
NAT Adcock	3	0	11	0	2.75
TL Goddard	12	6	24	0	1.50
HJ Tayfield	33	12	70	2	1.59
VI Smith	16	8	25	1	1.17
DJ McGlew	1	0	7	0	5.25

Balls per over 8

Toss South Africa, who chose to bat first
Series 5-match series level 0-0

Test debuts ATW Grout, LF Kline, I Meckiff and RB Simpson (Australia)

Umpires A Birkett and JH McMenamin

Close of play
23 Dec day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 222/2 (DJ McGlew 100*, JHB Waite 19*)
24 Dec day 2 - Australia 1st innings 15/0 (CC McDonald 10*, JW Burke 5*)
25 Dec rest day
26 Dec day 3 - Australia 1st innings 307/7 (R Benaud 80*, ATW Grout 21*)
27 Dec day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 176/5 (WR Endean 68*, KJ Funston 18*)
28 Dec day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 162/3 (73 ov) - end of match

Match notes

JW Burke retired hurt at 17/0

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