| f21615 | |
| Venue | Jan Smuts Ground, East London on 11th, 12th January 1957 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Marylebone Cricket Club won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Marylebone Cricket Club won by an innings and 218 runs |
| Umpires | RJ Capstick, RH Smith |
| Close of play day 1 | Marylebone Cricket Club (1) 338/3 (Bailey 148*, Cowdrey 45*) |
| Marylebone Cricket Club first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TE Bailey | c Geach b Chalmers | 162 | 347 | 15 | - | ||
| ASM Oakman | c Dawson b Chalmers | 49 | 138 | 5 | - | ||
| +B Taylor | c Price b Chalmers | 12 | 22 | - | - | ||
| *PBH May | b Knott | 79 | 112 | 10 | - | ||
| MC Cowdrey | c Geach b Chalmers | 62 | 79 | 8 | - | ||
| DJ Insole | not out | 14 | 39 | - | - | ||
| FH Tyson | c sub (EF Witherden) b Knott | 0 | 4 | - | - | ||
| GAR Lock | c Wilson b Chalmers | 6 | 11 | - | - | ||
| JH Wardle | c Wilson b Knott | 9 | 12 | - | - | ||
| JC Laker | did not bat | ||||||
| JB Statham | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 5 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 114.6 overs) | 400 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-103 (Oakman), 2-121 (Taylor), 3-254 (May), 4-356 (Bailey), 5-370 (Cowdrey), 6-370 (Tyson), 7-381 (Lock), 8-400 (Wardle, 114.6 ov) | |||||||
| Border bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Knott | 22.6 | 3 | 83 | 3 | - | - | |
| Thorne | 17 | 1 | 67 | 0 | - | - | |
| Chalmers | 43 | 7 | 133 | 5 | - | - | |
| Schreiber | 19 | 5 | 42 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dawson | 13 | 1 | 68 | 0 | - | - | |
| Border first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WD Wilson | b Statham | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| RI Geach | b Statham | 0 | 1 | 4 | - | - | |
| OC Dawson | c Wardle b Tyson | 11 | 30 | 1 | - | ||
| *KN Kirton | c Oakman b Laker | 18 | 102 | 1 | - | ||
| BH Crews | c Cowdrey b Laker | 5 | 27 | 1 | - | ||
| RR Phillips | c Cowdrey b Laker | 25 | 59 | 1 | 1 | ||
| RK Thorne | c Insole b Laker | 5 | 23 | 1 | - | ||
| S Knott | c Oakman b Wardle | 7 | 20 | 1 | - | ||
| +JMG Price | c Statham b Wardle | 0 | 3 | - | - | ||
| WR Chalmers | not out | 0 | 5 | - | - | ||
| EF Schreiber | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 1 lb, 1 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 30.3 overs) | 78 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Wilson, 0.1 ov), 2-1 (Geach, 0.4 ov), 3-16 (Dawson), 4-33 (Crews), 5-59 (Kirton), 6-66 (Phillips), 7-71 (Thorne), 8-72 (Price), 9-78 (Knott, 30.3 ov) | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Statham | 7 | 1 | 23 | 2 | - | - | |
| Tyson | 7 | 1 | 10 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Laker | 10 | 5 | 16 | 4 | - | - | |
| Wardle | 6.3 | 0 | 22 | 2 | - | - | |
| Border second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WD Wilson | b Statham | 20 | 42 | - | - | ||
| RI Geach | c Taylor b Tyson | 12 | 38 | 1 | - | ||
| OC Dawson | b Lock | 11 | 27 | 2 | - | ||
| *KN Kirton | b Laker | 0 | 18 | - | - | ||
| BH Crews | lbw b Wardle | 9 | 37 | - | - | ||
| RR Phillips | c Cowdrey b Wardle | 9 | 17 | 2 | - | ||
| RK Thorne | c Statham b Lock | 14 | 15 | 2 | - | ||
| S Knott | c and b Lock | 8 | 15 | 1 | - | ||
| +JMG Price | not out | 16 | 15 | 3 | - | ||
| WR Chalmers | c Cowdrey b Wardle | 3 | 2 | - | - | ||
| EF Schreiber | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 25.2 overs) | 104 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-32 (Geach), 2-32 (Wilson), 3-33 (Kirton), 4-45 (Dawson), 5-58 (Phillips), 6-77 (Crews), 7-77 (Thorne), 8-101 (Knott), 9-104 (Chalmers, 25.2 ov) | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Statham | 5 | 2 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Tyson | 4 | 0 | 16 | 1 | - | - | |
| Laker | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lock | 8 | 1 | 14 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wardle | 6.2 | 0 | 45 | 3 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> RR Phillips made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> TE Bailey (1) 50 in 125 minutes
--> FH Tyson reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed OC Dawson, his 1st wicket in the Border first innings
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