South Africa Vs England
2-Innings Match Played At Newlands Capetown, 13-Jan-1961, Test Match
Match Drawn
Round Test4
Toss won by England
Umpire notes DV Collins and NV Howell
Scorer notes Hunt and Kath Smith
Home Side South Africa
Comment Information England scoresheet Debut D Wood (SAF) ENG(1) Marshall 50 in 135 mins 2x4 Westbrook 50 in 100 mins 4x4 SAF(1) van Mentz 50 in 138 mins 4x4 199 in 220 mins 7x4 ENG(2) Marshall 50 in 118 mins 1x4 Sharpe 50 in 111 mins 4x4 SAF(2) Lang 50 in 65 mins 6x4Close of play
13 Jan day 1 - South Africa 1st inn 10/0 (B Lang 9*, P Hollett 0*)
14 Jan day 2 - South Africa 1st inn266/8 (Y van Mentz 105*, D Wood 3*)
15 Jan rest day
16 Jan day 3 - South


England 1st Innings 223/10 All Out (Overs 108.3)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
O M Marshall c J F McNaughton b B Lang 56 193 0 2 0
H M Sharpe*   b Y van Mentz 4 34 0 0 0
R.E Westbrook+   b J A Gove 87 167 0 7 0
A B Ratcliffe   b M Payne 32 82 0 2 0
R Heyhoe-Flint c J F McNaughton b M Payne 18 31 0 2 0
E A Sanders   b L G Ward 1 37 0 0 0
S M Rutherford   b L G Ward 0 5 0 0 0
S M Plant   b L G Ward 6 34 0 0 0
M E Hunt   b L G Ward 0 4 0 0 0
A Jago   b L G Ward 6 24 0 0 0
E.R Irwin not out   2 9 0 0 0
extras   (b10 lb1 w0 nb0) 11        
TOTAL   10 wickets for 223        
FOW
1-21(H M Sharpe) 2-134(O M Marshall) 3-166(R.E Westbrook) 4-189(A B Ratcliffe)
5-192(E A Sanders) 6-196(S M Rutherford) 7-210(R Heyhoe-Flint) 8-211(M E Hunt)
9-218(S M Plant) 10-223(A Jago)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
L G Ward 14.3 2 18 5 - -
B Lang 30 12 31 1 - -
Y van Mentz 15 4 32 1 - -
J F McNaughton 8 3 27 0 - -
J A Gove 13 2 34 1 - -
A Jackson 7 1 17 0 - -
M Payne 14 2 31 2 - -
S Nefdt 7 1 22 0 - -
South Africa 1st Innings 266/8 Declared (Overs 137)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
B Lang c A B Ratcliffe b S M Rutherford 28 70 0 3 0
P Hollett lbw b S M Rutherford 4 30 0 1 0
J A Gove   b E A Sanders 34 146 0 3 0
S Nefdt*   c&b E A Sanders 0 20 0 0 0
E Hurly   b A B Ratcliffe 15 32 0 1 0
Y van Mentz not out   105 228 0 7 0
L G Ward st R.E Westbrook b A Jago 5 22 0 0 0
A Jackson lbw b S M Plant 24 96 0 2 0
J F McNaughton run out   28 32 0 3 0
D Wood+ not out   3 12 0 0 0
M Payne dnb            
extras   (b12 lb2 w5 nb1) 20        
TOTAL   8 wickets for 266        
FOW
1-19(P Hollett) 2-49(B Lang) 3-49(S Nefdt) 4-77(E Hurly) 5-120(J A Gove)
6-129(L G Ward) 7-203(A Jackson) 8-252(J F McNaughton)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
E.R Irwin 32 10 61 0 1 -
S M Rutherford 27 11 51 2 1 1
O M Marshall 17 12 16 0 - -
E A Sanders 31 12 38 2 - -
S M Plant 10 2 28 1 - -
A B Ratcliffe 10 2 35 1 1 -
A Jago 10 2 17 1 - -
England 2nd Innings 236/4 Declared (Overs 88)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
O M Marshall   c&b J A Gove 63 152 0 2 0
H M Sharpe* lbw b A Jackson 70 156 0 6 0
R.E Westbrook+ not out   42 86 0 1 0
A B Ratcliffe c B Lang b J A Gove 4 26 0 0 0
R Heyhoe-Flint c B Lang b J A Gove 0 1 0 0 0
E A Sanders not out   29 53 0 2 0
S M Rutherford dnb            
S M Plant dnb            
M E Hunt dnb            
A Jago dnb            
E.R Irwin dnb            
extras   (b22 lb6 w0 nb0) 28        
TOTAL   4 wickets for 236        
FOW
1-147(O M Marshall) 2-147(H M Sharpe) 3-172(A B Ratcliffe) 4-174(R Heyhoe-Flint)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
L G Ward 18 5 44 0 - -
A Jackson 6 2 13 1 - -
M Payne 15 3 44 0 - -
B Lang 16 6 26 0 - -
J A Gove 22 5 57 3 - -
Y van Mentz 6 1 17 0 - -
J F McNaughton 5 1 7 0 - -
South Africa 2nd Innings 126/4 Closed (Overs 37)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
B Lang c E A Sanders b A B Ratcliffe 58 72 0 7 0
S Nefdt*   c&b E A Sanders 11 34 0 0 0
J A Gove   b A B Ratcliffe 21 32 0 3 0
E Hurly c A Jago b A B Ratcliffe 12 19 0 0 0
Y van Mentz not out   21 17 0 2 0
J F McNaughton not out   1 2 0 0 0
P Hollett dnb            
L G Ward dnb            
A Jackson dnb            
D Wood+ dnb            
M Payne dnb            
extras   (b1 lb1 w0 nb0) 2        
TOTAL   4 wickets for 126        
FOW
1-34(S Nefdt) 2-82(J A Gove) 3-91(B Lang) 4-119(E Hurly)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
E.R Irwin 6 0 18 0 - -
E A Sanders 12 3 22 1 - -
M E Hunt 13 0 51 0 - -
A B Ratcliffe 6 0 33 3 - -

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