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| Venue | Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 3rd, 5th, 6th July 1965 (3-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to field | 
| Result | Match drawn | 
| Umpires | JS Buller, FC Gardner | 
| Close of play day 1 | Essex (1) 48/1 (Saville 12*, Smith 29*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | South Africans (2) 121/2 (Lindsay 30*, Bland 36*) | 
| South Africans first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| EJ Barlow | c Taylor b Bailey | 78 | |||||
| HR Lance | c and b Knight | 16 | |||||
| +DT Lindsay | c Knight b Bailey | 48 | |||||
| KC Bland | c Fletcher b Knight | 94 | |||||
| *PL van der Merwe | b Knight | 0 | |||||
| A Bacher | c Taylor b Knight | 59 | |||||
| R Dumbrill | not out | 15 | |||||
| NS Crookes | did not bat | ||||||
| PM Pollock | did not bat | ||||||
| MJ Macaulay | did not bat | ||||||
| AH McKinnon | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 9 lb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 96.1 overs) | 323 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-25, 2-142, 3-143, 4-144, 5-292, 6-323 (96.1 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Knight | 22.1 | 3 | 73 | 4 | - | - | |
| Edmeades | 27 | 4 | 90 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bailey | 23 | 7 | 64 | 2 | - | - | |
| Presland | 9 | 0 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hobbs | 10 | 3 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Phelan | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MJ Bear | c Barlow b Pollock | 0 | |||||
| GJ Saville | b Macaulay | 13 | |||||
| GJ Smith | c Bacher b Pollock | 39 | |||||
| KWR Fletcher | c Bacher b Pollock | 0 | |||||
| *TE Bailey | c van der Merwe b McKinnon | 77 | |||||
| BR Knight | b Macaulay | 17 | |||||
| +B Taylor | c Lindsay b Pollock | 34 | |||||
| BEA Edmeades | c and b McKinnon | 59 | |||||
| ER Presland | not out | 26 | |||||
| RNS Hobbs | b Crookes | 5 | |||||
| PJ Phelan | c Lindsay b Pollock | 8 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 6 lb, 8 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 93 overs) | 296 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-58, 3-59, 4-60, 5-87, 6-152, 7-239, 8-268, 9-277, 10-296 (93 ov) | |||||||
| South Africans bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pollock | 23 | 4 | 67 | 5 | - | - | |
| Macaulay | 24 | 6 | 58 | 2 | - | - | |
| Barlow | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dumbrill | 6 | 1 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| McKinnon | 20 | 3 | 65 | 2 | - | - | |
| Crookes | 18 | 3 | 62 | 1 | - | - | |
| South Africans second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| EJ Barlow | st Taylor b Presland | 31 | |||||
| HR Lance | lbw b Bailey | 22 | |||||
| +DT Lindsay | b Phelan | 52 | |||||
| KC Bland | c Phelan b Knight | 40 | |||||
| *PL van der Merwe | st Taylor b Edmeades | 24 | |||||
| A Bacher | c Phelan b Hobbs | 28 | |||||
| R Dumbrill | not out | 54 | |||||
| NS Crookes | not out | 5 | |||||
| PM Pollock | did not bat | ||||||
| MJ Macaulay | did not bat | ||||||
| AH McKinnon | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 3 lb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 84 overs) | 260 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-53, 2-55, 3-127, 4-157, 5-174, 6-229 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Knight | 22 | 4 | 61 | 1 | - | - | |
| Edmeades | 15 | 0 | 43 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bailey | 21 | 6 | 49 | 1 | - | - | |
| Presland | 10 | 2 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hobbs | 9 | 0 | 49 | 1 | - | - | |
| Phelan | 7 | 2 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MJ Bear | c Lindsay b Dumbrill | 27 | |||||
| GJ Saville | c Lance b McKinnon | 70 | |||||
| GJ Smith | c Bland b McKinnon | 5 | |||||
| KWR Fletcher | c Lance b McKinnon | 26 | |||||
| +B Taylor | c Lance b McKinnon | 1 | |||||
| BR Knight | c Bacher b Dumbrill | 10 | |||||
| *TE Bailey | c Crookes b Macaulay | 35 | |||||
| BEA Edmeades | c Crookes b Macaulay | 25 | |||||
| ER Presland | c Crookes b McKinnon | 6 | |||||
| RNS Hobbs | not out | 7 | |||||
| PJ Phelan | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 8 lb, 1 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, 73 overs) | 222 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-46, 2-61, 3-123, 4-126, 5-144, 6-147, 7-199, 8-214, 9-214 | |||||||
| South Africans bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pollock | 12 | 4 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| Macaulay | 14 | 3 | 34 | 2 | - | - | |
| Dumbrill | 13 | 2 | 38 | 2 | - | - | |
| McKinnon | 27 | 7 | 75 | 5 | - | - | |
| Crookes | 7 | 1 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> GJ Saville (2) passed his previous highest score of 68 in First-Class matches
--> TE Bailey reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the South Africans second innings
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