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ENG flag ENGWon toss. Elected to bat
155 & 479-9d Series badge RSA
419 & 97-4 RSA flag
Overs: 157.0 RR: 3.05 vs spin: 2.79
vs seam: 2.97
 Overs: 29.2 RR: 3.31 vs spin: 0.71
vs seam: 4.07
Thu 18/08/60 England v South Africa, 5th Test, The Kia Oval, Kennington
match drawn Match Drawn
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England - 1st Inns 155 (76.3; RR: 2.03)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Pullar c Goddard b Pothecary 59 0 9 0
MC Cowdrey b Adcock 11 0 0 0
ER Dexter b Adcock 28 0 4 0
KF Barrington lbw b Pothecary 1 0 0 0
MJK Smith b Adcock 0 0 0 0
DEV Padgett c Waite b Pothecary 13 0 1 0
JM Parks c Waite b Pothecary 23 0 2 0
DA Allen lbw b Adcock 0 0 0 0
FS Trueman lbw b Adcock 0 0 0 0
JB Statham not out 13 0 1 0
T Greenhough b Adcock 2 0 0 0
Extras (3b, 2lb, 0w, 0nb) 5  
TOTAL 155 all out (76.3 overs; RR: 2.03)

Fall of wickets

27-1 (MC Cowdrey 0.0 ov), 89-2 (G Pullar 0.0 ov), 90-3 (KF Barrington 0.0 ov), 95-4 (MJK Smith 0.0 ov), 107-5 (ER Dexter 0.0 ov), 125-6 (DEV Padgett 0.0 ov), 130-7 (DA Allen 0.0 ov), 130-8 (FS Trueman 0.0 ov), 142-9 (JM Parks 0.0 ov), 155-10 (T Greenhough 76.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
NAT Adcock 31.3 10 65 6 2.10 0 0
JE Pothecary 29.0 9 58 4 2.00 0 0
TL Goddard 14.0 6 25 0 1.79 0 0
AH McKinnon 2.0 1 2 0 1.00 0 0

South Africa - 1st Inns 419 (171.1; RR: 2.45)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
DJ McGlew c Smith b Greenhough 22 0 2 0
TL Goddard c Cowdrey b Statham 99 0 9 0
JP Fellows-Smith c Smith b Dexter 35 0 6 0
RA McLean lbw b Dexter 0 0 0 0
JHB Waite c Trueman b Dexter 77 0 9 0
S O'Linn b Trueman 55 0 8 0
PR Carlstein b Greenhough 42 0 5 0
JE Pothecary run out 4 0 1 0
HJ Tayfield not out 46 0 6 1
AH McKinnon run out 22 0 2 0
NAT Adcock b Trueman 1 0 0 0
Extras (6b, 7lb, 0w, 3nb) 16  
TOTAL 419 all out (171.1 overs; RR: 2.45)

Fall of wickets

44-1 (DJ McGlew 0.0 ov), 107-2 (JP Fellows-Smith 0.0 ov), 107-3 (RA McLean 0.0 ov), 222-4 (TL Goddard 0.0 ov), 252-5 (JHB Waite 0.0 ov), 326-6 (PR Carlstein 0.0 ov), 330-7 (JE Pothecary 0.0 ov), 374-8 (S O'Linn 0.0 ov), 412-9 (AH McKinnon 0.0 ov), 419-10 (NAT Adcock 171.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
FS Trueman 31.1 4 93 2 3.00 0 0
JB Statham 38.0 8 96 1 2.53 0 0
ER Dexter 30.0 5 79 3 2.63 0 0
T Greenhough 44.0 17 99 2 2.25 0 0
DA Allen 28.0 15 36 0 1.29 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 479-9 (157.0; RR: 3.05)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Pullar st Waite b McKinnon 175 0 15 1
MC Cowdrey lbw b Goddard 155 0 22 0
ER Dexter b Tayfield 16 0 2 0
KF Barrington c Carlstein b McKinnon 10 0 2 0
JM Parks c Waite b Adcock 17 0 1 0
MJK Smith c Goddard b Tayfield 11 0 0 0
DEV Padgett run out 31 0 4 0
DA Allen not out 12 0 0 0
FS Trueman b Goddard 24 0 2 1
JB Statham c Pothecary b Goddard 4 0 1 0
T Greenhough  
Extras (14b, 9lb, 1w, 0nb) 24  
TOTAL 479-9 (157.0 overs; RR: 3.05)

Fall of wickets

290-1 (MC Cowdrey 0.0 ov), 339-2 (ER Dexter 0.0 ov), 362-3 (G Pullar 0.0 ov), 373-4 (KF Barrington 0.0 ov), 387-5 (JM Parks 0.0 ov), 412-6 (MJK Smith 0.0 ov), 447-7 (DEV Padgett 0.0 ov), 475-8 (FS Trueman 0.0 ov), 479-9 (JB Statham 157.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
NAT Adcock 38.0 8 106 1 2.79 0 0
JE Pothecary 27.0 5 93 0 3.44 0 0
TL Goddard 27.0 6 69 3 2.56 0 0
HJ Tayfield 37.0 14 108 2 2.92 0 0
AH McKinnon 24.0 7 62 2 2.58 0 0
JP Fellows-Smith 4.0 0 17 0 4.25 0 0

South Africa - 2nd Inns 97-4 (29.2; RR: 3.31)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
DJ McGlew c Allen b Statham 16 0 2 0
TL Goddard c Cowdrey b Statham 28 0 4 0
JP Fellows-Smith c Parks b Trueman 6 0 1 0
PR Carlstein lbw b Trueman 13 0 2 0
RA McLean not out 32 0 5 0
JHB Waite not out 1 0 0 0
S O'Linn  
JE Pothecary  
HJ Tayfield  
AH McKinnon  
NAT Adcock  
Extras (0b, 0lb, 1w, 0nb) 1  
TOTAL 97-4 (29.2 overs; RR: 3.31)

Fall of wickets

21-1 (DJ McGlew 0.0 ov), 30-2 (JP Fellows-Smith 0.0 ov), 52-3 (PR Carlstein 0.0 ov), 89-4 (TL Goddard 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
FS Trueman 10.0 0 34 2 3.40 0 0
JB Statham 12.0 1 57 2 4.75 0 0
DA Allen 2.0 1 2 0 1.00 0 0
T Greenhough 5.0 2 3 0 0.60 0 0
ER Dexter 0.2 0 0 0 - 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v South Africa at The Oval, 5th Test

Date

Thursday August 18, 1960

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

The Kia Oval, Kennington

Umpires

WE Phillipson, CS Elliott

England Team

Playing XI

JB Statham, FS Trueman, JM Parks, MC Cowdrey, KF Barrington, MJK Smith, ER Dexter, T Greenhough, G Pullar, DA Allen, DEV Padgett

South Africa Team

Playing XI

HJ Tayfield, DJ McGlew, JHB Waite, RA McLean, NAT Adcock, TL Goddard, PR Carlstein, JP Fellows-Smith, S O'Linn, JE Pothecary, AH McKinnon