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South Africa v New Zealand @ Kingsmead, Durban
11, 12, 14, 15 December 1953 (four-day match)
Toss: South Africa (bat)
Umpires: AN McCabe, BV Malan
Match Result: South Africa won by an innings and 58 runs
1st Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Jackie McGlew | b Tony MacGibbon | 84 | - | 205 | 9 | - |
| +2. John Waite | b Guy Overton | 43 | - | 163 | - | - |
| 3. Russell Endean | b Tony MacGibbon | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| 4. Ken Funston | lbw b John Reid | 39 | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Roy McLean | c Murray Chapple b Bob Blair | 101 | - | 138 | 11 | - |
| 6. John Watkins | c Frank Mooney b Tony MacGibbon | 29 | - | - | - | - |
| *7. Jack Cheetham | b Geoff Rabone | 17 | - | - | - | - |
| 8. Clive van Ryneveld | not out | 68 | - | 101 | 5 | - |
| 9. Hugh Tayfield | b Guy Overton | 28 | - | - | - | 1 |
| 10. Anton Murray | b Bob Blair | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Neil Adcock |
| FOW | 1-113 (John Waite), 2-140 (Russell Endean), 3-143 (Jackie McGlew), 4-278 (Ken Funston), 5-294 (Roy McLean), 6-335 (Jack Cheetham), 7-337 (John Watkins), 8-422 (Hugh Tayfield), 9-437 (Anton Murray). |
| Extras | 10b, 8lb, 1w, 3nb, 0pen) 22 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 115 ovs) 437 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Bob Blair | 22 | 2 | 104 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Reid | 16 | 2 | 49 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Guy Overton | 27 | 8 | 92 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tony MacGibbon | 27 | 4 | 73 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Matt Poore | 5 | 0 | 30 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Eric Dempster | 10 | 1 | 36 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Geoff Rabone | 8 | 0 | 31 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Bert Sutcliffe | c John Waite b Hugh Tayfield | 20 | 0 | - | - | - |
| *2. Geoff Rabone | lbw b Hugh Tayfield | 107 | - | 361 | 9 | - |
| 3. Murray Chapple | b Hugh Tayfield | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 4. John Reid | b Hugh Tayfield | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Lawrie Miller | lbw b Clive van Ryneveld | 13 | - | - | - | - |
| 6. Matt Poore | c Jack Cheetham b Hugh Tayfield | 32 | - | - | - | - |
| +7. Frank Mooney | b John Watkins | 9 | - | - | - | - |
| 8. Tony MacGibbon | st John Waite b Clive van Ryneveld | 21 | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Eric Dempster | not out | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Bob Blair | b Hugh Tayfield | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Guy Overton | b Clive van Ryneveld | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-39 (Bert Sutcliffe), 2-53 (Murray Chapple), 3-75 (John Reid), 4-100 (Lawrie Miller), 5-162 (Matt Poore), 6-181 (Frank Mooney), 7-215 (Tony MacGibbon), 8-215 (Geoff Rabone), 9-219 (Bob Blair), 230 (Guy Overton). |
| Extras | 9b, 1lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 105.6 ovs) 230 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Neil Adcock | 19 | 3 | 52 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Watkins | 15 | 5 | 28 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Anton Murray | 7 | 5 | 9 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Hugh Tayfield | 36 | 17 | 62 | 6 | (0w,0nb) |
| Clive van Ryneveld | 28.6 | 6 | 69 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Bert Sutcliffe | c Russell Endean b Hugh Tayfield | 16 | 0 | - | - | - |
| 2. Murray Chapple | c Ken Funston b John Watkins | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 3. John Reid | c Ken Funston b John Watkins | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| +4. Frank Mooney | c John Waite b Neil Adcock | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| *5. Geoff Rabone | b Neil Adcock | 68 | - | 184 | 7 | - |
| 6. Lawrie Miller | lbw b Anton Murray | 18 | - | - | - | - |
| 7. Matt Poore | st John Waite b Clive van Ryneveld | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 8. Tony MacGibbon | c John Watkins b Hugh Tayfield | 19 | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Eric Dempster | c Jackie McGlew b Neil Adcock | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Bob Blair | st John Waite b Hugh Tayfield | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Guy Overton | not out | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-6 (Murray Chapple), 2-15 (John Reid), 3-24 (Bert Sutcliffe), 4-36 (Frank Mooney), 5-85 (Lawrie Miller), 6-103 (Matt Poore), 7-125 (Geoff Rabone), 8-125 (Eric Dempster), 9-146 (Tony MacGibbon), 149 (Bob Blair). |
| Extras | 6b, 3lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 82.1 ovs) 149 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Neil Adcock | 14 | 4 | 38 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Watkins | 14 | 7 | 16 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Anton Murray | 7 | 4 | 8 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Hugh Tayfield | 26.1 | 12 | 35 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Clive van Ryneveld | 21 | 9 | 42 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
South Africa:
Jackie McGlew, John Waite, Russell Endean, Ken Funston, Roy McLean, John Watkins, Jack Cheetham, Clive van Ryneveld, Hugh Tayfield, Anton Murray, Neil Adcock