| f21574 | |
| Venue | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria on 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th December 1956 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | South African XI won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | South African XI won by 38 runs |
| Umpires | GI Fitzpatrick, GS Hawkins |
| Close of play day 1 | South African XI (1) 138/9 (Gibbs 2*, Lawrence 12*; 70 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | South African XI (2) 81/5 (Funston 41*, Carlstein 5*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Marylebone Cricket Club (2) 95/8 (Bailey 25*, Loader 1*) |
| South African XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *DJ McGlew | st Taylor b Lock | 41 | 235 | 2 | - | ||
| AI Taylor | b Wardle | 34 | 124 | 4 | - | ||
| WR Endean | b Wardle | 11 | 82 | - | - | ||
| KJ Funston | c Bailey b Loader | 10 | 31 | 2 | - | ||
| CGD Burger | b Lock | 0 | 9 | - | - | ||
| JC Watkins | b Wardle | 8 | 37 | - | - | ||
| PR Carlstein | c Richardson b Lock | 4 | 8 | 1 | - | ||
| +RA Pearce | lbw b Lock | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| HJ Tayfield | st Taylor b Wardle | 4 | 14 | - | - | ||
| KL Gibbs | not out | 2 | 19 | - | - | ||
| GB Lawrence | b Statham | 12 | 17 | 2 | - | ||
| Extras | (3 b, 9 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 276 minutes, 70.1 overs) | 138 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-57 (Taylor), 2-85 (Endean), 3-106 (McGlew), 4-107 (Funston), 5-109 (Burger), 6-113 (Carlstein), 7-113 (Pearce), 8-120 (Tayfield), 9-123 (Watkins), 10-138 (Lawrence, 70.1 ov) | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Statham | 10.1 | 1 | 17 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Loader | 11 | 3 | 18 | 1 | - | 4 | |
| Lock | 24 | 8 | 63 | 4 | - | 1 | |
| Wardle | 25 | 12 | 28 | 4 | - | 1 | |
| Marylebone Cricket Club first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PE Richardson | c Lawrence b Tayfield | 23 | 81 | - | - | ||
| ASM Oakman | b Lawrence | 2 | 25 | - | - | ||
| *DJ Insole | lbw b Lawrence | 7 | 60 | - | - | ||
| DCS Compton | b Tayfield | 15 | 63 | 1 | - | ||
| MC Cowdrey | c Burger b Tayfield | 16 | 47 | 2 | - | ||
| TE Bailey | not out | 20 | 66 | 1 | - | ||
| +B Taylor | lbw b Tayfield | 4 | 6 | 1 | - | ||
| GAR Lock | b Tayfield | 5 | 13 | - | - | ||
| JH Wardle | b Watkins | 1 | 5 | - | - | ||
| PJ Loader | c McGlew b Tayfield | 8 | 6 | 2 | - | ||
| JB Statham | b Watkins | 0 | 19 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (4 lb, 2 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 175 minutes, 44.6 overs) | 107 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10 (Oakman), 2-37 (Richardson), 3-37 (Insole), 4-62 (Cowdrey), 5-69 (Compton), 6-73 (Taylor), 7-81 (Lock), 8-82 (Wardle), 9-93 (Loader), 10-107 (Statham, 44.6 ov) | |||||||
| South African XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lawrence | 13 | 4 | 26 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Gibbs | 6 | 2 | 13 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Tayfield | 16 | 4 | 36 | 6 | - | - | |
| Watkins | 9.6 | 2 | 26 | 2 | - | - | |
| South African XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *DJ McGlew | lbw b Wardle | 15 | 84 | - | - | ||
| AI Taylor | lbw b Loader | 2 | 7 | - | - | ||
| WR Endean | run out | 3 | 15 | - | - | ||
| KJ Funston | c and b Lock | 55 | 147 | 6 | 1 | ||
| CGD Burger | b Wardle | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| JC Watkins | b Loader | 2 | 9 | - | - | ||
| PR Carlstein | b Wardle | 9 | 26 | 1 | - | ||
| +RA Pearce | b Wardle | 8 | 25 | 1 | - | ||
| HJ Tayfield | b Wardle | 7 | 12 | 1 | - | ||
| KL Gibbs | not out | 0 | 8 | - | - | ||
| GB Lawrence | b Wardle | 1 | 2 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (9 b, 4 lb, 1 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 203 minutes, 43.3 overs) | 116 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6 (Taylor), 2-10 (Endean), 3-63 (McGlew), 4-63 (Burger), 5-68 (Watkins), 6-87 (Carlstein), 7-103 (Pearce), 8-113 (Tayfield), 9-113 (Funston), 10-116 (Lawrence, 43.3 ov) | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Statham | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Loader | 6 | 1 | 14 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Lock | 15 | 5 | 49 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wardle | 18.3 | 9 | 30 | 6 | - | - | |
| Marylebone Cricket Club second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PE Richardson | b Tayfield | 4 | 42 | - | - | ||
| ASM Oakman | run out (Burger->Tayfield) | 6 | 31 | 1 | - | ||
| *DJ Insole | c Funston b Lawrence | 0 | 5 | - | - | ||
| DCS Compton | c Lawrence b Tayfield | 2 | 19 | - | - | ||
| MC Cowdrey | b Gibbs | 13 | 56 | - | - | ||
| TE Bailey | c Carlstein b Tayfield | 26 | 238 | - | - | ||
| JH Wardle | lbw b Gibbs | 21 | 117 | 1 | - | ||
| +B Taylor | lbw b Tayfield | 6 | 17 | - | - | ||
| GAR Lock | c McGlew b Tayfield | 0 | 15 | - | - | ||
| PJ Loader | c Watkins b Tayfield | 10 | 31 | 2 | - | ||
| JB Statham | not out | 3 | 9 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (10 b, 8 lb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 298 minutes, 75.5 overs) | 109 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16 (Oakman), 2-16 (Insole), 3-16 (Richardson), 4-21 (Compton), 5-41 (Cowdrey), 6-79 (Wardle), 7-88 (Taylor), 8-90 (Lock), 9-106 (Loader), 10-109 (Bailey, 75.5 ov) | |||||||
| South African XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lawrence | 24 | 9 | 24 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Gibbs | 12 | 5 | 19 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Tayfield | 36.5 | 18 | 47 | 6 | - | - | |
| Watkins | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |