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RSA flag RSAWon toss. Elected to bat
502 & 178-4d
Series badge ENG
435 & 29-1
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Overs: 60.0 RR: 2.97 vs spin: 5.40
vs seam: 2.62
Overs: 19.2 RR: 1.50 vs spin: 1.98
vs seam: 0.97
Fri 12/02/65 South Africa v England, 5th Test, St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
match drawn Match Drawn
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South Africa - 1st Inns 502 (189.1; RR: 2.65)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
TL Goddard c Boycott b Allen 61 0 5 0
EJ Barlow c Parfitt b Boycott 69 0 7 0
KC Bland c Parfitt b Titmus 48 0 3 1
RG Pollock c & b Allen 137 236 18 0 58.05
AJ Pithey c Barrington b Allen 23 122 1 0 18.85
JHB Waite run out 6 0 0 0
PL van der Merwe c Barrington b Palmer 66 0 4 1
PM Pollock c Titmus b Thomson 18 93 1 0 19.35
MJ Macaulay b Titmus 21 0 1 0
AH McKinnon run out 27 0 4 0
HD Bromfield not out 1 0 0 0
Extras (10b, 11lb, 0w, 4nb) 25  
TOTAL 502 all out (189.1 overs; RR: 2.65)

Fall of wickets

114-1 (TL Goddard 0.0 ov), 171-2 (EJ Barlow 0.0 ov), 185-3 (KC Bland 0.0 ov), 268-4 (AJ Pithey 0.0 ov), 276-5 (JHB Waite 0.0 ov), 389-6 (RG Pollock 0.0 ov), 447-7 (PL van der Merwe 0.0 ov), 455-8 (PM Pollock 0.0 ov), 498-9 (AH McKinnon 0.0 ov), 502-10 (MJ Macaulay 189.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
NI Thomson 47.0 7 128 1 2.72 0 0
KE Palmer 35.0 6 113 1 3.23 0 0
G Boycott 26.0 7 69 1 2.65 0 0
FJ Titmus 37.1 7 87 2 2.35 0 0
DA Allen 44.0 13 80 3 1.82 0 0

England - 1st Inns 435 (207.5; RR: 2.09)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Boycott c Merwe b Bromfield 117 396 12 0 29.55
JT Murray lbw b Macaulay 4 0 0 0
FJ Titmus b Pollock 12 0 1 0
ER Dexter run out 40 0 6 0
KF Barrington c Merwe b Goddard 72 0 9 0
NI Thomson c Barlow b McKinnon 39 0 5 0
MJK Smith c Waite b Barlow 26 0 2 0
PH Parfitt lbw b Barlow 0 0 0 0
JM Parks c Waite b Barlow 35 0 4 0
DA Allen not out 38 0 3 0
KE Palmer lbw b Goddard 10 0 1 0
Extras (7b, 14lb, 2w, 19nb) 42  
TOTAL 435 all out (207.5 overs; RR: 2.09)

Fall of wickets

28-1 (JT Murray 0.0 ov), 52-2 (FJ Titmus 0.0 ov), 115-3 (ER Dexter 0.0 ov), 272-4 (KF Barrington 0.0 ov), 277-5 (G Boycott 0.0 ov), 346-6 (MJK Smith 0.0 ov), 346-7 (NI Thomson 0.0 ov), 346-8 (PH Parfitt 0.0 ov), 410-9 (JM Parks 0.0 ov), 435-10 (KE Palmer 207.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
PM Pollock 27.0 8 71 1 2.63 0 0
MJ Macaulay 37.0 13 63 1 1.70 0 0
TL Goddard 35.5 18 34 2 0.97 0 0
AH McKinnon 46.0 17 99 1 2.15 0 0
EJ Barlow 22.0 2 55 3 2.50 0 0
HD Bromfield 33.0 14 57 1 1.73 0 0
RG Pollock 7.0 3 14 0 2.00 0 0

South Africa - 2nd Inns 178-4 (60.0; RR: 2.97)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
TL Goddard c Boycott b Thomson 13 0 0 0
EJ Barlow b Titmus 47 0 2 0
KC Bland c & b Thomson 22 0 2 0
RG Pollock not out 77 77 6 1 100.00
MJ Macaulay c Titmus b Boycott 12 0 0 0
AH McKinnon not out 0 0 0 0
AJ Pithey  
JHB Waite  
PL van der Merwe  
PM Pollock  
HD Bromfield  
Extras (1b, 4lb, 0w, 2nb) 7  
TOTAL 178-4 (60.0 overs; RR: 2.97)

Fall of wickets

30-1 (TL Goddard 0.0 ov), 69-2 (KC Bland 0.0 ov), 124-3 (EJ Barlow 0.0 ov), 171-4 (MJ Macaulay 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
NI Thomson 25.0 7 55 2 2.20 0 0
KE Palmer 28.0 1 76 0 2.71 0 0
FJ Titmus 5.0 0 27 1 5.40 0 0
G Boycott 2.0 0 13 1 6.50 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 29-1 (19.2; RR: 1.50)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Boycott c Waite b Macaulay 7 0 0 0
JT Murray not out 8 0 1 0
ER Dexter not out 5 0 0 0
FJ Titmus  
KF Barrington  
NI Thomson  
MJK Smith  
PH Parfitt  
JM Parks  
DA Allen  
KE Palmer  
Extras (7b, 2lb, 0w, 0nb) 9  
TOTAL 29-1 (19.2 overs; RR: 1.50)

Fall of wickets

17-1 (G Boycott 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
PM Pollock 5.2 1 7 0 1.40 0 0
MJ Macaulay 9.0 4 10 1 1.11 0 0
TL Goddard 5.0 3 3 0 0.60 0 0

Match Info

Match

South Africa v England at Port Elizabeth, 5th Test

Date

Friday February 12, 1965

Toss

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat

Time

9:00am UTC

Venue

St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Umpires

HC Kidson, LM Baxter

South Africa Team

Playing XI

JHB Waite, TL Goddard, AJ Pithey, AH McKinnon, EJ Barlow, KC Bland, HD Bromfield, PM Pollock, RG Pollock, PL van der Merwe, MJ Macaulay

England Team

Playing XI

JM Parks, KF Barrington, FJ Titmus, MJK Smith, ER Dexter, DA Allen, JT Murray, PH Parfitt, G Boycott, NI Thomson, KE Palmer