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England v South Africa @ Lord's, London
23, 24, 25, 27 June 1955 (five-day match)
Toss: England (bat)
Umpires: F Chester, LH Gray
Match Result: England won by 71 runs
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Don Kenyon | b Neil Adcock | 1 | - | 25 | - | - |
| 2. Tom Graveney | c John Waite b Peter Heine | 15 | - | 60 | - | - |
| *3. Peter May | c Hugh Tayfield b Peter Heine | 0 | - | 6 | - | - |
| 4. Denis Compton | c Headley Keith b Peter Heine | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Ken Barrington | b Peter Heine | 34 | - | 97 | 5 | - |
| 6. Trevor Bailey | lbw b Trevor Goddard | 13 | - | 60 | - | - |
| +7. Godfrey Evans | c John Waite b Peter Heine | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| 8. Fred Titmus | lbw b Trevor Goddard | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Johnny Wardle | c Hugh Tayfield b Trevor Goddard | 20 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| 10. Brian Statham | c Roy McLean b Trevor Goddard | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Fred Trueman | not out | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-7 (Don Kenyon), 2-8 (Peter May), 3-30 (Tom Graveney), 4-45 (Denis Compton), 5-82 (Trevor Bailey), 6-98 (Ken Barrington), 7-111 (Godfrey Evans), 8-111 (Fred Titmus), 9-111 (Brian Statham), 133 (Johnny Wardle). |
| Extras | 2b, 2lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 4 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 54.2 ovs) 133 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Peter Heine | 25 | 7 | 60 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Neil Adcock | 8 | 3 | 10 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Trevor Goddard | 21.2 | 8 | 59 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Jackie McGlew | c Godfrey Evans b Brian Statham | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| 2. Trevor Goddard | c Godfrey Evans b Fred Trueman | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
| *3. Jack Cheetham | lbw b Trevor Bailey | 13 | - | 75 | - | - |
| 4. Russell Endean | lbw b Johnny Wardle | 48 | - | 110 | - | - |
| 5. Roy McLean | b Brian Statham | 142 | - | 213 | 21 | 1 |
| +6. John Waite | c Godfrey Evans b Fred Trueman | 8 | - | - | - | - |
| 7. Headley Keith | c Fred Titmus b Johnny Wardle | 57 | - | 200 | 8 | - |
| 8. Percy Mansell | c Tom Graveney b Johnny Wardle | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Hugh Tayfield | b Fred Titmus | 21 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Peter Heine | st Godfrey Evans b Johnny Wardle | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Neil Adcock | not out | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-0 (Jackie McGlew), 2-7 (Trevor Goddard), 3-51 (Jack Cheetham), 4-101 (Russell Endean), 5-138 (John Waite), 6-247 (Roy McLean), 7-259 (Percy Mansell), 8-302 (Hugh Tayfield), 9-304 (Headley Keith), 304 (Peter Heine). |
| Extras | 6b, 1lb, 0w, 4nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 102 ovs) 304 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Brian Statham | 27 | 9 | 49 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Fred Trueman | 16 | 2 | 73 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Trevor Bailey | 16 | 2 | 56 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Johnny Wardle | 29 | 10 | 65 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Fred Titmus | 14 | 3 | 50 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Don Kenyon | lbw b Trevor Goddard | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Tom Graveney | c Peter Heine b Trevor Goddard | 60 | - | 200 | 5 | - |
| *3. Peter May | hit wicket b Peter Heine | 112 | - | 270 | 18 | - |
| 4. Denis Compton | c Percy Mansell b Trevor Goddard | 69 | - | 148 | 11 | - |
| 5. Ken Barrington | c Roy McLean b Hugh Tayfield | 18 | - | - | - | - |
| 6. Trevor Bailey | c Neil Adcock b Hugh Tayfield | 22 | - | - | - | - |
| +7. Godfrey Evans | c & b Hugh Tayfield | 14 | - | 20 | - | - |
| 8. Johnny Wardle | c Peter Heine b Hugh Tayfield | 4 | - | - | 1 | - |
| 9. Fred Titmus | c John Waite b Neil Adcock | 16 | - | - | 1 | - |
| 10. Brian Statham | b Hugh Tayfield | 11 | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Fred Trueman | not out | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-9 (Don Kenyon), 2-141 (Tom Graveney), 3-237 (Peter May), 4-277 (Ken Barrington), 5-285 (Denis Compton), 6-302 (Godfrey Evans), 7-306 (Johnny Wardle), 8-336 (Fred Titmus), 9-336 (Trevor Bailey), 353 (Brian Statham). |
| Extras | 15b, 2lb, 0w, 2nb, 0pen) 19 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 149.5 ovs) 353 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Peter Heine | 29 | 5 | 87 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Neil Adcock | 25 | 5 | 64 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Trevor Goddard | 55 | 23 | 96 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Hugh Tayfield | 38.5 | 12 | 80 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Percy Mansell | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Jackie McGlew | lbw b Brian Statham | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| 2. Trevor Goddard | c Godfrey Evans b Brian Statham | 10 | - | 30 | - | - |
| *3. Jack Cheetham | retired hurt | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| 4. Hugh Tayfield | c Godfrey Evans b Brian Statham | 3 | - | 55 | - | - |
| 5. Russell Endean | c Godfrey Evans b Brian Statham | 28 | - | 90 | - | - |
| 6. Roy McLean | b Brian Statham | 8 | - | - | - | - |
| 7. Headley Keith | c Tom Graveney b Brian Statham | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| +8. John Waite | lbw b Brian Statham | 9 | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Percy Mansell | c Don Kenyon b Johnny Wardle | 16 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Peter Heine | c Don Kenyon b Johnny Wardle | 14 | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Neil Adcock | not out | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-0 (Jackie McGlew), 2-17 (Trevor Goddard), 3-40 (Hugh Tayfield), 4-54 (Roy McLean), 5-63 (Russell Endean), 6-75 (John Waite), 7-78 (Headley Keith), 8-111 (Peter Heine), 9-111 (Percy Mansell). |
| Extras | 11b, 3lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 15 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 57.4 ovs) 111 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Brian Statham | 29 | 12 | 39 | 7 | (0w,0nb) |
| Fred Trueman | 19 | 2 | 39 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Johnny Wardle | 9.4 | 4 | 18 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Don Kenyon, Tom Graveney, Peter May, Denis Compton, Ken Barrington, Trevor Bailey, Godfrey Evans, Johnny Wardle, Fred Titmus, Brian Statham, Fred Trueman