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t594 England v South Africa

South Africa in England 1965 (1st Test)

Venue Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 26th, 27th July 1965 (5-day match)

Balls per over 6

Toss South Africa won the toss and decided to bat

Result Match drawn

Umpires JS Buller, AEG Rhodes

Close of play day 1 South Africa (1) 227/8 (Botten 27*, PM Pollock 2*)

Close of play day 2 England (1) 26/0 (Boycott 11*, Barber 15*)

Close of play day 3 England (1) 287/6 (Parks 25*, Titmus 22*)

Close of play day 4 South Africa (2) 186/5 (Bacher 27*, van der Merwe 1*)

South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EJ Barlow	c Barber b Rumsey	1		19	-	-
HR Lance	c and b Brown	28		90	4	-
+DT Lindsay	c Titmus b Rumsey	40		96	5	-
RG Pollock	c Barrington b Titmus	56		106	8	-
KC Bland	b Brown	39		101	5	-
A Bacher	lbw b Titmus	4		46	-	-
*PL van der Merwe	c Barrington b Rumsey	17		90	3	-
R Dumbrill	b Barber	3		20	-	-
JT Botten	b Brown	33		96	6	-
PM Pollock	st Parks b Barber	34		120	3	-
HD Bromfield	not out	9		66	1	-
Extras	(14 lb, 2 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 119.3 overs)	280
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Barlow), 2-60 (Lance), 3-75 (Lindsay), 4-155 (RG Pollock), 5-170 (Bland), 6-170 (Bacher), 7-178 (Dumbrill), 8-212 (van der Merwe), 9-241 (Botten), 10-280 (PM Pollock, 119.3 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Larter	26	10	47	0	-	1
Rumsey	30	9	84	3	-	1
Brown	24	9	44	3	-	-
Titmus	29	10	59	2	-	-
Barber	10.3	3	30	2	-	-

England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Boycott	c Barlow b Botten	31		145	2	-
RW Barber	b Bromfield	56		161	6	-
JH Edrich	lbw b PM Pollock	0		19	-	-
KF Barrington	run out	91		178	11	1
MC Cowdrey	b Dumbrill	29		65	5	-
*MJK Smith	c Lindsay b Botten	26		115	2	-
+JM Parks	run out	32		120	3	-
FJ Titmus	c PM Pollock b Bromfield	59		159	10	1
DJ Brown	c Bromfield b Dumbrill	1		31	-	-
FE Rumsey	b Dumbrill	3		42	-	-
JDF Larter	not out	0		1	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 150.2 overs)	338
Fall of wickets: 1-82 (Boycott), 2-88 (Barber), 3-88 (Edrich), 4-144 (Cowdrey), 5-240 (Barrington), 6-240 (Smith), 7-294 (Parks), 8-314 (Brown), 9-338 (Rumsey), 10-338 (Titmus, 150.2 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
PM Pollock	39	12	91	1	-	1
Botten	33	11	65	2	-	2
Barlow	19	6	31	0	-	-
Bromfield	25.2	5	71	2	-	-
Dumbrill	24	11	31	3	-	-
Lance	5	0	18	0	-	1
RG Pollock	5	1	21	0	2	-

South Africa second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EJ Barlow	c Parks b Brown	52		82	11	-
HR Lance	c Titmus b Brown	9		68	1	-
+DT Lindsay	c Parks b Larter	22		108	3	-
RG Pollock	b Brown	5		7	-	-
KC Bland	c Edrich b Barber	70		145	6	-
A Bacher	b Titmus	37		106	1	-
*PL van der Merwe	c Barrington b Rumsey	31		121	2	-
R Dumbrill	c Cowdrey b Rumsey	2		49	-	-
JT Botten	b Rumsey	0		4	-	-
PM Pollock	not out	14		33	2	-
HD Bromfield	run out	0		9	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 110 overs)	248
Fall of wickets: 1-55 (Lance), 2-62 (Barlow), 3-68 (RG Pollock), 4-120 (Lindsay), 5-170 (Bland), 6-216 (Bacher), 7-230 (Dumbrill), 8-230 (Botten), 9-247 (van der Merwe), 10-248 (Bromfield, 110 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Larter	17	2	67	1	-	-
Rumsey	21	8	49	3	-	-
Brown	21	11	30	3	-	-
Titmus	26	13	36	1	-	-
Barber	25	5	60	1	-	-

England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Boycott	c and b Dumbrill	28		107	1	-
RW Barber	c Lindsay b PM Pollock	12		31	1	-
JH Edrich	retired hurt	7		34	1	-
KF Barrington	lbw b Dumbrill	18		53	2	-
MC Cowdrey	lbw b PM Pollock	37		78	3	-
*MJK Smith	c Lindsay b Dumbrill	13		39	-	-
+JM Parks	c van der Merwe b Dumbrill	7		8	1	-
FJ Titmus	not out	9		65	2	-
DJ Brown	c Barlow b RG Pollock	5		37	1	-
FE Rumsey	not out	0		11	-	-
JDF Larter	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(7 wickets, 68 overs)	145
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Barber), 2-70 (Boycott), 3-79 (Barrington), 4-113 (Smith), 5-121 (Parks), 6-135 (Cowdrey), 7-140 (Brown)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
PM Pollock	20	6	52	2	-	-
Botten	12	6	25	0	-	-
Dumbrill	18	8	30	4	-	-
Barlow	9	1	25	0	-	-
Bromfield	5	4	4	0	-	-
RG Pollock	4	4	0	1	-	-

Notes
--> A Bacher made his debut in Test Matches
--> R Dumbrill made his debut in Test Matches
--> JT Botten made his debut in Test Matches
--> RW Barber (1) passed 13500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 21
--> KF Barrington (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class Matches for the season when he reached 12
--> DJ Brown made his debut in Test Matches
--> EJ Barlow (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 14
--> FE Rumsey reached 300 wickets in First-Class Matches when he dismissed JT Botten, his 2nd wicket in the South Africa second innings
--> R Dumbrill equalled his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class Matches in the England second innings
--> JH Edrich retired hurt in the England second innings having scored 7 (team score 37/1)

f25668 t594	England v South Africa
	South Africa in England 1965 (1st Test)
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 26th, 27th July 1965 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Africa won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	JS Buller, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	South Africa (1) 227/8 (Botten 27, PM Pollock 2)
Close of play day 2	England (1) 26/0 (Boycott 11, Barber 15)
Close of play day 3	England (1) 287/6 (Parks 25, Titmus 22)
Close of play day 4	South Africa (2) 186/5 (Bacher 27, van der Merwe 1)