f20846	Marylebone Cricket Club v South Africans
	South Africa in England 1955
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 21st, 23rd, 24th May 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Africans won the toss and decided to bat
Result	South Africans won by 93 runs
Umpires	F Chester, FS Lee
Close of play day 1	Marylebone Cricket Club (1) 3/0 (Hutton 2*, Graveney 1*)
Close of play day 2	South Africans (2) 176/5 (Cheetham 22*, Winslow 11*)

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South Africans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TL Goddard	b Titmus	19
+JHB Waite	c Close b Titmus	16
HJ Keith	c Berry b Loader	21
WR Endean	st Andrew b Berry	20
RA McLean	lbw b Loader	4
*JE Cheetham	c Graveney b Berry	38
PL Winslow	c Andrew b Close	25
ARA Murray	c Andrew b Bailey	9
ERH Fuller	c Graveney b Bailey	5
HJ Tayfield	not out	20
VI Smith	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 95.5 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-38, 3-83, 4-83, 5-90, 6-121, 7-140, 8-154, 9-185 (95.5 ov)

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	20	8	45	2	-	-
Bailey	13	4	29	2	-	-
Titmus	20	11	27	2	-	-
Berry	23.5	10	28	2	-	-
Close	19	6	48	1	-	-

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Marylebone Cricket Club first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*L Hutton	retired ill	2
TW Graveney	c Winslow b Murray	1
JM Parks	c Fuller b Goddard	15
KF Barrington	lbw b Goddard	3
DCS Compton	c Endean b Smith	25
DB Close	b Fuller	0
TE Bailey	c McLean b Smith	19
FJ Titmus	lbw b Tayfield	1
+KV Andrew	b Tayfield	7
PJ Loader	c Endean b Smith	3
R Berry	not out	2
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 56.2 overs)	87
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-8, 3-39, 4-39, 5-56, 6-65, 7-82, 8-85, 9-87 (56.2 ov)

South Africans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fuller	9	2	20	1	-	-
Goddard	12	5	19	2	-	-
Tayfield	16.2	9	13	2	-	-
Murray	3	1	5	1	-	-
Smith	16	6	21	3	-	-

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South Africans second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TL Goddard	c Andrew b Bailey	1
+JHB Waite	b Titmus	27
HJ Keith	c Titmus b Bailey	22
WR Endean	b Titmus	4
RA McLean	lbw b Titmus	85
*JE Cheetham	c Andrew b Titmus	29
PL Winslow	c Andrew b Titmus	11
ARA Murray	b Titmus	0
ERH Fuller	c and b Titmus	0
HJ Tayfield	b Titmus	0
VI Smith	not out	1
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 83.1 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-25, 3-35, 4-100, 5-154, 6-177, 7-177, 8-177, 9-179, 10-184 (83.1 ov)

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	14	5	32	0	-	-
Bailey	14	6	28	2	-	-
Titmus	23.1	7	43	8	-	-
Berry	23	10	43	0	-	-
Close	8	0	24	0	-	-
Compton	1	0	10	0	-	-

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Marylebone Cricket Club second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TW Graveney	c Murray b Smith	34
DB Close	c Waite b Fuller	13
JM Parks	c Keith b Smith	30
DCS Compton	run out	20
KF Barrington	lbw b Goddard	27
TE Bailey	c Murray b Tayfield	14
FJ Titmus	lbw b Tayfield	3
+KV Andrew	c Waite b Smith	4
PJ Loader	not out	29
R Berry	c Waite b Smith	8
*L Hutton	absent hurt
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 78.4 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-68, 3-95, 4-105, 5-141, 6-144, 7-145, 8-163, 9-189 (78.4 ov)

South Africans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fuller	10	6	12	1	-	-
Goddard	16	4	40	1	-	-
Tayfield	29	10	54	2	-	-
Smith	23.4	4	76	4	-	-

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Notes
--> JE Cheetham (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> TE Bailey (1) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> RA McLean (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 40
--> JM Parks (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> FJ Titmus achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the South Africans second innings (previous best was 8-53)
--> L Hutton retired ill in the Marylebone Cricket Club first innings having scored 2 (team score 3/0)

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