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| Venue | Kingsmead, Durban on 11th, 12th, 14th, 15th December 1953 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | South Africa won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | South Africa won by an innings and 58 runs |
| Umpires | AN McCabe, BV Malan |
| Close of play day 1 | South Africa (1) 278/3 (Funston 39*, McLean 93*; 79 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | New Zealand (1) 70/2 (Rabone 40*, Reid 5*; 27 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | New Zealand (2) 22/2 (Sutcliffe 15*, Mooney 5*; 12 overs) |
| South Africa first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DJ McGlew | b MacGibbon | 84 | 184 | 205 | 9 | - | |
| +JHB Waite | b Overton | 43 | 159 | 163 | 5 | - | |
| WR Endean | b MacGibbon | 6 | 20 | 28 | 1 | - | |
| KJ Funston | lbw b Reid | 39 | 109 | 131 | 5 | - | |
| RA McLean | c Chapple b Blair | 101 | 176 | 144 | 11 | - | |
| JC Watkins | c Mooney b MacGibbon | 29 | 51 | 69 | 2 | - | |
| *JE Cheetham | b Rabone | 17 | 44 | 41 | 2 | - | |
| CB van Ryneveld | not out | 68 | 96 | 101 | 5 | - | |
| HJ Tayfield | b Overton | 28 | 73 | 79 | 2 | 1 | |
| ARA Murray | b Blair | 0 | 10 | 14 | - | - | |
| NAT Adcock | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (10 b, 8 lb, 3 nb, 1 w) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 496 minutes, 115 overs) | 437 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-113 (Waite, 38 ov), 2-140 (Endean, 44.4 ov), 3-143 (McGlew, 46.6 ov), 4-278 (Funston, 79.1 ov), 5-294 (McLean, 82.6 ov), 6-335 (Cheetham, 92 ov), 7-337 (Watkins, 92.6 ov), 8-422 (Tayfield, 111.4 ov), 9-437 (Murray, 115 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Blair | 22 | 2 | 104 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Reid | 16 | 2 | 49 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Overton | 27 | 8 | 92 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| MacGibbon | 27 | 4 | 73 | 3 | - | 2 | |
| Poore | 5 | 0 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dempster | 10 | 1 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Rabone | 8 | 0 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| New Zealand first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Sutcliffe | c Waite b Tayfield | 20 | 88 | 92 | 3 | - | |
| *GO Rabone | lbw b Tayfield | 107 | 396 | 361 | 9 | - | |
| ME Chapple | b Tayfield | 1 | 6 | 6 | - | - | |
| JR Reid | b Tayfield | 6 | 20 | 19 | - | - | |
| LSM Miller | lbw b van Ryneveld | 13 | 41 | 42 | 1 | - | |
| MB Poore | c Cheetham b Tayfield | 32 | 124 | 106 | 3 | - | |
| +FLH Mooney | b Watkins | 9 | 46 | 42 | 1 | - | |
| AR MacGibbon | st Waite b van Ryneveld | 21 | 51 | 45 | 2 | - | |
| EW Dempster | not out | 7 | 35 | 31 | 1 | - | |
| RW Blair | b Tayfield | 2 | 26 | 16 | - | - | |
| GWF Overton | b van Ryneveld | 2 | 13 | 10 | - | - | |
| Extras | (9 b, 1 lb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 389 minutes, 105.6 overs) | 230 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-39 (Sutcliffe, 21.6 ov), 2-53 (Chapple, 23.5 ov), 3-75 (Reid, 27.7 ov), 4-100 (Miller, 38.5 ov), 5-162 (Poore, 72.6 ov), 6-181 (Mooney, 83.4 ov), 7-215 (MacGibbon, 95.7 ov), 8-215 (Rabone, 96.5 ov), 9-219 (Blair, 102.4 ov), 10-230 (Overton, 105.6 ov) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Adcock | 19 | 3 | 52 | 0 | - | - | |
| Watkins | 15 | 5 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Murray | 7 | 5 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Tayfield | 36 | 17 | 62 | 6 | - | - | |
| van Ryneveld | 28.6 | 6 | 69 | 3 | - | - | |
| New Zealand second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Sutcliffe | c Endean b Tayfield | 16 | 48 | 56 | 3 | - | |
| ME Chapple | c Funston b Watkins | 1 | 6 | 8 | - | - | |
| JR Reid | c Funston b Watkins | 0 | 18 | 17 | - | - | |
| +FLH Mooney | c Waite b Adcock | 7 | 42 | 40 | 1 | - | |
| *GO Rabone | b Adcock | 68 | 257 | 184 | 7 | - | |
| LSM Miller | lbw b Murray | 18 | 89 | 86 | - | - | |
| MB Poore | st Waite b van Ryneveld | 1 | 63 | 56 | - | - | |
| AR MacGibbon | c Watkins b Tayfield | 19 | 66 | 58 | 2 | - | |
| EW Dempster | c McGlew b Adcock | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| RW Blair | st Waite b Tayfield | 6 | 48 | 43 | 1 | - | |
| GWF Overton | not out | 3 | 18 | 14 | - | - | |
| Extras | (6 b, 3 lb, 1 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 285 minutes, 82.1 overs) | 149 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6 (Chapple, 1.2 ov), 2-15 (Reid, 5.4 ov), 3-24 (Sutcliffe, 13.2 ov), 4-36 (Mooney, 16.4 ov), 5-85 (Miller, 41.3 ov), 6-103 (Poore, 61.2 ov), 7-125 (Rabone, 68.2 ov), 8-125 (Dempster, 68.5 ov), 9-146 (MacGibbon, 78.1 ov), 10-149 (Blair, 82.1 ov) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Adcock | 14 | 4 | 38 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| Watkins | 14 | 7 | 16 | 2 | - | - | |
| Tayfield | 26.1 | 12 | 35 | 3 | - | - | |
| Murray | 7 | 4 | 8 | 1 | - | - | |
| van Ryneveld | 21 | 9 | 42 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> NAT Adcock made his debut in Test matches
--> GWF Overton made his debut in Test matches
--> DJ McGlew (1) 50 in 115 balls with 5 fours
--> RA McLean (1) 50 in 93 balls with 7 fours
--> RA McLean (1) passed his previous highest score of 81 in Test matches
--> RA McLean (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> RA McLean (1) 100 in 174 balls, 140 minutes with 11 fours
--> JC Watkins (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 5
--> CB van Ryneveld (1) 50 in 70 balls with 3 fours
--> GO Rabone (1) passed his previous highest score of 39 in Test matches
--> GO Rabone (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> GO Rabone (1) 50 in 127 balls with 4 fours
--> GO Rabone (1) 100 in 357 balls, 337 minutes with 8 fours
--> AR MacGibbon (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in Test matches
--> B Sutcliffe (2) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> GO Rabone (2) 50 in 215 balls with 5 fours
--> B Sutcliffe made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> FLH Mooney made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> GO Rabone made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> JR Reid made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> AR MacGibbon made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> DJ McGlew made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> CB van Ryneveld made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> JHB Waite made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> RA McLean made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> WR Endean made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> KJ Funston made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> ARA Murray made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> RW Blair made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> LSM Miller made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> ME Chapple made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> EW Dempster made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> MB Poore made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> AR MacGibbon achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed DJ McGlew in the South Africa first innings (previous best was 1-17)
--> CB van Ryneveld achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed AR MacGibbon in the New Zealand first innings (previous best was 1-26)
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