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South Africa v Australia @ Newlands, Cape Town
31 December 1957, 1, 2, 3 January 1958 (five-day match)
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: D Collins, VJ Costello
Match Result: Australia won by an innings and 141 runs
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Colin McDonald | c John Waite b Eddie Fuller | 99 | - | 263 | - | - |
| 2. Jim Burke | b Hugh Tayfield | 189 | - | 578 | 15 | - |
| 3. Neil Harvey | c Trevor Goddard b Neil Adcock | 15 | - | - | - | - |
| *4. Ian Craig | b Trevor Goddard | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Ken Mackay | lbw b Hugh Tayfield | 63 | - | - | - | - |
| 6. Richie Benaud | c Jackie McGlew b Hugh Tayfield | 33 | - | - | - | - |
| 7. Alan Davidson | c & b Hugh Tayfield | 21 | - | - | - | - |
| 8. Bob Simpson | c Ken Funston b Hugh Tayfield | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| +9. Wally Grout | run out ( > > ) | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Ian Meckiff | not out | 11 | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Lindsay Kline | lbw b Eddie Fuller | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-190 (Colin McDonald), 2-215 (Neil Harvey), 3-220 (Ian Craig), 4-350 (Ken Mackay), 5-399 (Jim Burke), 6-408 (Richie Benaud), 7-412 (Bob Simpson), 8-412 (Wally Grout), 9-434 (Alan Davidson), 449 (Lindsay Kline). |
| Extras | 1b, 6lb, 0w, 3nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 152.2 ovs) 449 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Neil Adcock | 27 | 5 | 80 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Trevor Goddard | 29 | 9 | 57 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Eddie Fuller | 34.2 | 3 | 125 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Hugh Tayfield | 51 | 18 | 120 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dick Westcott | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Clive van Ryneveld | 7 | 0 | 35 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Jackie McGlew | c Ken Mackay b Alan Davidson | 30 | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Trevor Goddard | lbw b Richie Benaud | 29 | - | - | - | - |
| 3. Dick Westcott | c Bob Simpson b Alan Davidson | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| +4. John Waite | c Bob Simpson b Lindsay Kline | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Roy McLean | c Neil Harvey b Lindsay Kline | 38 | - | - | - | - |
| 6. Russell Endean | c Alan Davidson b Jim Burke | 21 | - | - | - | - |
| 7. Ken Funston | c & b Richie Benaud | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| *8. Clive van Ryneveld | b Richie Benaud | 43 | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Eddie Fuller | c Neil Harvey b Richie Benaud | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Hugh Tayfield | c Richie Benaud b Lindsay Kline | 21 | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Neil Adcock | not out | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-61 (Trevor Goddard), 2-61 (Jackie McGlew), 3-70 (Dick Westcott), 4-103 (John Waite), 5-118 (Roy McLean), 6-121 (Ken Funston), 7-146 (Russell Endean), 8-164 (Eddie Fuller), 9-209 (Clive van Ryneveld), 209 (Hugh Tayfield). |
| Extras | 6b, 5lb, 1w, 1nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 86.5 ovs) 209 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ian Meckiff | 5.4 | 1 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Alan Davidson | 18 | 5 | 31 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Richie Benaud | 35 | 6 | 95 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lindsay Kline | 19.1 | 5 | 29 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jim Burke | 9 | 2 | 23 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Jackie McGlew | c Colin McDonald b Alan Davidson | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Trevor Goddard | not out | 56 | - | - | - | - |
| 3. Dick Westcott | c Alan Davidson b Richie Benaud | 18 | - | - | - | - |
| +4. John Waite | c Richie Benaud b Alan Davidson | 8 | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Roy McLean | c Jim Burke b Richie Benaud | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 6. Russell Endean | b Richie Benaud | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| 7. Ken Funston | b Richie Benaud | 8 | - | - | - | - |
| *8. Clive van Ryneveld | c Jim Burke b Richie Benaud | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Eddie Fuller | c Richie Benaud b Lindsay Kline | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Hugh Tayfield | lbw b Lindsay Kline | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| 11. Neil Adcock | c Bob Simpson b Lindsay Kline | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-0 (Jackie McGlew), 2-56 (Dick Westcott), 3-69 (John Waite), 4-74 (Roy McLean), 5-80 (Russell Endean), 6-88 (Ken Funston), 7-98 (Clive van Ryneveld), 8-99 (Eddie Fuller), 9-99 (Hugh Tayfield), 99 (Neil Adcock). |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 1 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 57.4 ovs) 99 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Alan Davidson | 15 | 6 | 18 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Richie Benaud | 21 | 6 | 49 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lindsay Kline | 10.4 | 2 | 18 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jim Burke | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ken Mackay | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
South Africa:
Jackie McGlew, Trevor Goddard, Dick Westcott, John Waite, Roy McLean, Russell Endean, Ken Funston, Clive van Ryneveld, Eddie Fuller, Hugh Tayfield, Neil Adcock