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| Venue | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 30th, 31st October, 2nd November 1959 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Commonwealth XI won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | A Birkett, HC Kidson |
| Close of play day 1 | South African Invitation XI (1) 434/5 (Carlstein 85*, Fellows-Smith 59*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Commonwealth XI (2) 66/2 (Simpson 19*, Graveney 4*) |
| South African Invitation XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *DJ McGlew | c Evans b Close | 84 | |||||
| TL Goddard | c Evans b Rhodes | 26 | |||||
| +JHB Waite | retired hurt | 128 | |||||
| KJ Funston | b Close | 12 | |||||
| RA McLean | c Simpson b Philpott | 0 | |||||
| WE Patrick | c Tyson b Rhodes | 25 | |||||
| PR Carlstein | not out | 85 | |||||
| JP Fellows-Smith | not out | 59 | |||||
| HJ Tayfield | did not bat | ||||||
| KA Walter | did not bat | ||||||
| NAT Adcock | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 15 | ||||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 96.3 overs) | 434 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-59, 2-171, 3-183, 4-184, 5-242 | |||||||
| Commonwealth XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Tyson | 16.3 | 1 | 81 | 0 | - | - | |
| Rhodes | 23 | 6 | 60 | 2 | - | - | |
| Close | 27 | 4 | 122 | 2 | - | - | |
| Philpott | 20 | 1 | 115 | 1 | - | - | |
| Marshall | 8 | 1 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Compton | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Commonwealth XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| ID Craig | c Patrick b Goddard | 22 | |||||
| RE Marshall | c Goddard b Adcock | 17 | |||||
| RB Simpson | b Tayfield | 34 | |||||
| TW Graveney | c Waite b Adcock | 14 | |||||
| B Sutcliffe | c Waite b Walter | 20 | |||||
| DB Close | c Tayfield b Adcock | 6 | |||||
| *DCS Compton | not out | 74 | |||||
| PI Philpott | b Tayfield | 10 | |||||
| +TG Evans | c Walter b Goddard | 4 | |||||
| FH Tyson | c Waite b Goddard | 25 | |||||
| HJ Rhodes | b Tayfield | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 10 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 72.4 overs) | 236 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-37, 2-46, 3-92, 4-92, 5-122, 6-122, 7-144, 8-149, 9-235, 10-236 (72.4 ov) | |||||||
| South African Invitation XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Adcock | 14 | 5 | 26 | 3 | - | - | |
| Walter | 18 | 3 | 53 | 1 | - | - | |
| Goddard | 18 | 3 | 44 | 3 | - | - | |
| Tayfield | 22.4 | 3 | 103 | 3 | - | - | |
| Commonwealth XI second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RE Marshall | c Carlstein b Walter | 14 | |||||
| ID Craig | c Waite b Fellows-Smith | 25 | |||||
| RB Simpson | c Waite b Fellows-Smith | 31 | |||||
| TW Graveney | not out | 102 | |||||
| DB Close | c Patrick b McGlew | 78 | |||||
| B Sutcliffe | not out | 12 | |||||
| *DCS Compton | did not bat | ||||||
| PI Philpott | did not bat | ||||||
| +TG Evans | did not bat | ||||||
| FH Tyson | did not bat | ||||||
| HJ Rhodes | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 7 | ||||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 82 overs) | 269 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-29, 2-54, 3-91, 4-237 | |||||||
| South African Invitation XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Adcock | 17 | 2 | 48 | 0 | - | - | |
| Walter | 18 | 3 | 59 | 1 | - | - | |
| Goddard | 17 | 3 | 61 | 0 | - | - | |
| Tayfield | 13 | 4 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fellows-Smith | 12 | 4 | 34 | 2 | - | - | |
| McGlew | 5 | 0 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> PR Carlstein (1) passed his previous highest score of 84 in First-Class matches
--> PR Carlstein (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> TW Graveney (2) passed 27500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> JHB Waite retired hurt in the South African Invitation XI first innings having scored 128 (team had lost 5 wickets)
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