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ENG flag ENGWon toss. Elected to bat
284 & 381
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521-8d & 145-7
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Overs: 173.5 RR: 2.19 vs spin: 1.97
vs seam: 2.11
Overs: 30.3 RR: 4.75 vs spin: 3.29
vs seam: 4.94
Thu 07/07/55 England v South Africa, 3rd Test, Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester
SOUTH AFRICA WIN South Africa won by 3 wickets
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England - 1st Inns 284 (126.0; RR: 2.25)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
D Kenyon c Waite b Heine 5 0 0 0
TW Graveney c Tayfield b Adcock 0 0 0 0
PBH May c Mansell b Goddard 34 0 5 0
DCS Compton c Waite b Adcock 158 0 22 0
MC Cowdrey c Mansell b Tayfield 1 0 0 0
TE Bailey c Waite b Adcock 44 0 6 0
FJ Titmus lbw b Heine 0 0 0 0
TG Evans c Keith b Heine 0 3 0 0 0.00
GAR Lock not out 19 0 1 0
FH Tyson b Goddard 2 0 0 0
AV Bedser lbw b Goddard 1 0 0 0
Extras (13b, 6lb, 1w, 0nb) 20  
TOTAL 284 all out (126.0 overs; RR: 2.25)

Fall of wickets

2-1 (TW Graveney 0.0 ov), 22-2 (D Kenyon 0.0 ov), 70-3 (PBH May 0.0 ov), 75-4 (MC Cowdrey 0.0 ov), 219-5 (TE Bailey 0.0 ov), 234-6 (FJ Titmus 0.0 ov), 242-7 (TG Evans 0.0 ov), 271-8 (DCS Compton 0.0 ov), 280-9 (FH Tyson 0.0 ov), 284-10 (AV Bedser 126.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
PS Heine 24.0 4 71 3 2.96 0 0
NAT Adcock 28.0 5 52 3 1.86 0 0
HJ Tayfield 35.0 15 57 1 1.63 0 0
TL Goddard 27.0 10 52 3 1.93 0 0
PNF Mansell 6.0 2 13 0 2.17 0 0
HJ Keith 6.0 2 19 0 3.17 0 0

South Africa - 1st Inns 521-8 (195.0; RR: 2.67)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
DJ McGlew not out 104 0 10 0
TL Goddard c Graveney b Tyson 62 0 7 0
HJ Keith c Graveney b Bailey 38 0 3 0
PNF Mansell lbw b Lock 7 0 1 0
WR Endean c Evans b Lock 5 0 0 0
RA McLean b Tyson 3 0 0 0
JHB Waite c Kenyon b Bedser 113 0 12 0
PL Winslow lbw b Bedser 108 0 13 3
HJ Tayfield b Tyson 28 0 3 0
PS Heine not out 22 0 4 0
NAT Adcock  
Extras (15b, 12lb, 1w, 3nb) 31  
TOTAL 521-8 (195.0 overs; RR: 2.67)

Fall of wickets

147-1 (TL Goddard 0.0 ov), 171-2 (PNF Mansell 0.0 ov), 179-3 (WR Endean 0.0 ov), 182-4 (RA McLean 0.0 ov), 245-5 (HJ Keith 0.0 ov), 416-6 (PL Winslow 0.0 ov), 457-7 (JHB Waite 0.0 ov), 494-8 (HJ Tayfield 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AV Bedser 31.0 2 92 2 2.97 0 0
FH Tyson 44.0 5 124 3 2.82 0 0
TE Bailey 37.0 8 102 1 2.76 0 0
GAR Lock 64.0 24 121 2 1.89 0 0
FJ Titmus 19.0 7 51 0 2.68 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 381 (173.5; RR: 2.19)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
D Kenyon c Waite b Heine 1 0 0 0
TW Graveney b Adcock 1 0 0 0
PBH May b Mansell 117 0 16 0
DCS Compton c Mansell b Heine 71 0 12 0
MC Cowdrey c Goddard b Heine 50 0 6 0
GAR Lock c McGlew b Adcock 17 0 2 0
TE Bailey not out 38 0 5 0
FJ Titmus c Mansell b Adcock 19 0 4 0
FH Tyson b Heine 8 0 1 0
AV Bedser c Waite b Heine 3 0 0 0
TG Evans c McLean b Tayfield 36 0 7 0
Extras (13b, 5lb, 2w, 0nb) 20  
TOTAL 381 all out (173.5 overs; RR: 2.19)

Fall of wickets

2-1 (TW Graveney 0.0 ov), 2-2 (D Kenyon 0.0 ov), 126-3 (DCS Compton 0.0 ov), 234-4 (PBH May 0.0 ov), 270-5 (GAR Lock 0.0 ov), 274-6 (MC Cowdrey 0.0 ov), 304-7 (FJ Titmus 0.0 ov), 325-8 (FH Tyson 0.0 ov), 333-9 (AV Bedser 0.0 ov), 381-10 (TG Evans 173.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
PS Heine 32.0 8 86 5 2.69 0 0
NAT Adcock 28.0 12 48 3 1.71 0 0
TL Goddard 47.0 21 92 0 1.96 0 0
HJ Tayfield 51.5 21 102 1 2.00 0 0
PNF Mansell 15.0 3 33 1 2.20 0 0

South Africa - 2nd Inns 145-7 (30.3; RR: 4.75)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
DJ McGlew b Tyson 48 0 5 0
TL Goddard c May b Bedser 8 0 1 0
HJ Keith b Bedser 0 0 0 0
RA McLean run out 50 0 7 1
PL Winslow b Tyson 16 8 1 2 200.00
PNF Mansell lbw b Tyson 4 0 0 0
JHB Waite not out 10 0 2 0
WR Endean c Titmus b Lock 2 0 0 0
HJ Tayfield not out 1 0 0 0
PS Heine  
NAT Adcock  
Extras (2b, 2lb, 1w, 1nb) 6  
TOTAL 145-7 (30.3 overs; RR: 4.75)

Fall of wickets

18-1 (TL Goddard 0.0 ov), 23-2 (HJ Keith 0.0 ov), 95-3 (RA McLean 0.0 ov), 112-4 (PL Winslow 0.0 ov), 129-5 (PNF Mansell 0.0 ov), 132-6 (DJ McGlew 0.0 ov), 135-7 (WR Endean 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
FH Tyson 13.3 2 55 3 4.23 0 0
AV Bedser 10.0 1 61 2 6.10 0 0
GAR Lock 7.0 2 23 1 3.29 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v South Africa at Manchester, 3rd Test

Date

Thursday July 7, 1955

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester

Umpires

FS Lee, D Davies

England Team

Playing XI

DCS Compton, AV Bedser, TG Evans, TE Bailey, TW Graveney, PBH May, D Kenyon, GAR Lock, FH Tyson, MC Cowdrey, FJ Titmus

South Africa Team

Playing XI

HJ Tayfield, PL Winslow, DJ McGlew, JHB Waite, RA McLean, PNF Mansell, WR Endean, HJ Keith, NAT Adcock, TL Goddard, PS Heine