South Africa Vs England
2-Innings Match Played At Wanderers Grd Jo'berg, 17-Dec-1960, Test Match
Match Drawn
Round Test2
Toss won by England
Umpire notes G Parry and Stewart
Scorer notes Munro and Kath Smith
Home Side South Africa
Comment Information England scoresheet Debuts BG Pont (ENG); B Lang and M Payne (SAF) Marshall 50 in 57 mins 7x4 Ratcliffe 50 in 104 mins 3x4 Heyhoe 50 in 66 mins 5x4 Lang 50 in 107 mins 5x4Close of play
17 Dec day 1 - South Africa Women 1st innings 25/3 (B Cairncross 0*, B Lang 0*) Balls faced no
18 Dec rest day
19 Dec day 2 - South Africa Women 1st innings 70/6 (E Hurly 16*)
20 Dec day 3 - South Africa Women 2nd innings 140/8 (82 ov) - end of match




England 1st Innings 351/6 Declared (Overs 104)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
O M Marshall   b B Lang 81 117 0 10 0
H M Sharpe*   b Y van Mentz 8 35 0 1 0
R.E Westbrook+ c B Cairncross b Y van Mentz 29 36 0 4 0
A B Ratcliffe lbw b Y van Mentz 95 191 0 7 0
R Heyhoe-Flint   b P Hollett 51 71 0 5 0
M E Hunt c sub b Y van Mentz 29 32 0 4 0
E A Sanders not out   40 48 0 4 0
S M Plant not out   2 5 0 0 0
S M Rutherford dnb            
B G Pont dnb            
E.R Irwin dnb            
extras   (b12 lb2 w1 nb1) 16        
TOTAL   6 wickets for 351        
FOW
1-29(H M Sharpe) 2-88(R.E Westbrook) 3-140(O M Marshall) 4-225(R Heyhoe-Flint)
5-265(M E Hunt) 6-342(A B Ratcliffe)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
L G Ward 2 0 7 0 1 -
B Lang 19 6 53 1 - -
Y van Mentz 25 2 95 4 - -
P Hollett 12 0 46 1 - 1
M Payne 22 4 64 0 - -
J A Gove 19 4 43 0 - -
S Nefdt 3 0 15 0 - -
J Irwin 2 0 12 0 - -
South Africa 1st Innings 134/10 All Out (Overs 95)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
E Lambert+ c S M Plant b E.R Irwin 2 40 0 0 0
J Irwin   b E.R Irwin 0 18 0 0 0
P Hollett   b O M Marshall 15 56 0 2 0
B Cairncross lbw b E.R Irwin 4 32 0 0 0
B Lang c S M Rutherford b E.R Irwin 12 45 0 2 0
S Nefdt*   b O M Marshall 8 50 0 0 0
E Hurly c S M Rutherford b O M Marshall 37 90 0 4 0
Y van Mentz   b S M Plant 17 81 0 1 0
J A Gove st R.E Westbrook b A B Ratcliffe 13 67 0 1 0
L G Ward c B G Pont b A B Ratcliffe 0 14 0 0 0
M Payne not out   4 28 0 0 0
extras   (b13 lb6 w2 nb1) 22        
TOTAL   10 wickets for 134        
FOW
1-6(J Irwin) 2-23(E Lambert) 3-25(P Hollett) 4-39(B Cairncross) 5-47(B Lang)
6-70(S Nefdt) 7-109(E Hurly) 8-116(Y van Mentz) 9-121(L G Ward) 10-134(J A Gove)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
E.R Irwin 33 15 46 4 2 -
S M Rutherford 22 12 23 0 - 1
O M Marshall 13 6 14 3 - -
E A Sanders 12 6 15 0 - -
S M Plant 5 5 0 1 - -
A B Ratcliffe 4 0 8 2 - -
B G Pont 3 3 0 0 - -
M E Hunt 3 1 6 0 - -
South Africa 2nd Innings (Follow-on Enforced) 140/8 Closed (Overs 82)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
E Lambert+ lbw b O M Marshall 17 55 0 1 0
B Lang   b E.R Irwin 51 115 0 5 0
P Hollett c A B Ratcliffe b O M Marshall 12 35 0 2 0
E Hurly c S M Rutherford b E A Sanders 2 12 0 0 0
J Irwin lbw b E A Sanders 8 14 0 2 0
S Nefdt* c A B Ratcliffe b S M Plant 13 34 0 2 0
B Cairncross st R.E Westbrook b A B Ratcliffe 8 47 0 1 0
Y van Mentz   b S M Plant 11 34 0 0 0
J A Gove not out   0 28 0 0 0
L G Ward not out   0 8 0 0 0
M Payne dnb            
extras   (b5 lb9 w3 nb1) 18        
TOTAL   8 wickets for 140        
FOW
1-35(E Lambert) 2-74(P Hollett) 3-83(E Hurly) 4-94(B Lang) 5-94(J Irwin)
6-122(S Nefdt) 7-130(B Cairncross) 8-139(Y van Mentz)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
E.R Irwin 10 4 22 1 - -
S M Rutherford 3 3 0 0 - -
A B Ratcliffe 13 6 18 1 1 1
R Heyhoe-Flint 6 4 3 0 - -
M E Hunt 7 2 23 0 - -
O M Marshall 15 8 23 2 - -
H M Sharpe 3 2 5 0 - -
E A Sanders 11 2 16 2 - -
S M Plant 12 8 11 2 - -
B G Pont 2 1 1 0 1 -

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