f20291 t378	South Africa v New Zealand
	New Zealand in Australia and South Africa 1953/54 (2nd Test)
Venue	Ellis Park, Johannesburg on 24th, 26th, 28th, 29th December 1953 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	South Africa won the toss and decided to bat
Result	South Africa won by 132 runs
Umpires	CD Coote, DT Drew
Close of play day 1	South Africa (1) 259/8 (Tayfield 16, Ironside 6; 73 overs)
Close of play day 2	South Africa (2) 35/3 (Waite 4, Tayfield 9; 13 overs)
Close of play day 3	New Zealand (2) 68/3 (Rabone 19, Mooney 6; 32.7 overs)

South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ McGlew	c Reid b MacGibbon	13	62	74	1	-
ARA Murray	c Chapple b Blair	7	34	36	1	-
WR Endean	c Sutcliffe b Reid	93	178	170	13	-
KJ Funston	lbw b Overton	0	15	19	-	-
RA McLean	c Blair b Overton	27	39	42	2	1
CB van Ryneveld	b Blair	65	126	131	7	-
*JE Cheetham	c Mooney b MacGibbon	20	62	96	1	-
HJ Tayfield	not out	20	90	79	1	-
+JHB Waite	c Mooney b MacGibbon	0	1	1	-	-
DEJ Ironside	b Reid	13	45	35	2	-
NAT Adcock	run out (Poore)	0	0	5	-	-
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 8 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 350 minutes, 80 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Murray, 8.1 ov), 2-37 (McGlew, 16.6 ov), 3-43 (Funston, 21.1 ov), 4-100 (McLean, 31.6 ov), 5-168 (Endean, 46.5 ov), 6-226 (van Ryneveld, 60.2 ov), 7-244 (Cheetham, 67.6 ov), 8-244 (Waite, 67.7 ov), 9-271 (Ironside, 79 ov), 10-271 (Adcock, 80 ov)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	17	4	50	2	-	2
Reid	18	3	63	2	-	-
Overton	20	4	68	2	-	1
MacGibbon	22	5	61	3	-	8
Rabone	3	0	16	0	-	-

New Zealand first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GO Rabone	c Endean b Ironside	1	11	8	-	-
ME Chapple	b Adcock	8	9	12	2	-
MB Poore	b Adcock	15	29	49	3	-
B Sutcliffe	not out	80	104	112	4	7
JR Reid	c Endean b Adcock	3	35	24	-	-
LSM Miller	b Ironside	14	28	35	2	-
JEF Beck	c Waite b Murray	16	54	52	2	-
+FLH Mooney	b Ironside	35	129	131	2	-
AR MacGibbon	c Endean b Ironside	0	16	15	-	-
GWF Overton	c Murray b Ironside	0	8	8	-	-
RW Blair	st Waite b Tayfield	6	7	10	-	1
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 227 minutes, 53.2 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Rabone, 2 ov), 2-9 (Chapple, 2.4 ov), 3-23 (Reid, 9 ov), 4-35 (Poore, 12.2 ov), 5-57 (Beck, 23.2 ov), 6-81 (Miller, 30.4 ov), 7-138 (Mooney, 44.2 ov), 8-146 (MacGibbon, 48.7 ov), 9-154 (Overton, 50.6 ov), 10-187 (Blair, 53.2 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Adcock	14	2	44	3	-	4
Ironside	19	4	51	5	-	-
Murray	12	3	30	1	-	-
Tayfield	8.2	2	53	1	-	-

South Africa second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ McGlew	b MacGibbon	8	16	9	-	-
+JHB Waite	c Reid b MacGibbon	5	54	59	-	-
WR Endean	c sub (IB Leggat) b Reid	1	3	3	-	-
KJ Funston	c Overton b MacGibbon	11	16	14	1	-
HJ Tayfield	b Reid	34	65	60	5	-
*JE Cheetham	c Sutcliffe b Reid	1	14	12	-	-
RA McLean	lbw b Reid	36	69	79	2	-
CB van Ryneveld	c Reid b MacGibbon	17	89	93	1	-
ARA Murray	c Blair b Overton	13	56	54	2	-
DEJ Ironside	not out	11	37	36	-	-
NAT Adcock	c Poore b Overton	6	10	14	1	-
Extras	(3 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 222 minutes, 53.1 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (McGlew, 2.3 ov), 2-13 (Endean, 3.1 ov), 3-24 (Funston, 6.6 ov), 4-37 (Waite, 14.6 ov), 5-44 (Cheetham, 17.5 ov), 6-67 (Tayfield, 22 ov), 7-112 (McLean, 36 ov), 8-122 (van Ryneveld, 44.2 ov), 9-138 (Murray, 49.7 ov), 10-148 (Adcock, 53.1 ov)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
MacGibbon	20	2	62	4	-	3
Reid	16	5	34	4	-	-
Overton	12.1	1	33	2	-	-
Blair	5	0	14	0	-	1

New Zealand second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GO Rabone	c van Ryneveld b Adcock	22	165	175	1	-
ME Chapple	c Waite b Ironside	22	42	45	5	-
MB Poore	b Adcock	1	8	8	-	-
B Sutcliffe	c Endean b Murray	10	47	52	2	-
+FLH Mooney	c Funston b Adcock	10	65	62	-	-
JR Reid	c Funston b Ironside	1	5	14	-	-
LSM Miller	c Waite b Adcock	0	2	7	-	-
JEF Beck	c Endean b Ironside	7	14	14	1	-
AR MacGibbon	not out	11	18	28	-	-
RW Blair	b Adcock	4	7	4	1	-
GWF Overton	run out (Funston->Ironside)	2	5	8	-	-
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 216 minutes, 47.5 overs)	100
Fall of wickets:
1-35 (Chapple, 9.3 ov), 2-38 (Poore, 11 ov), 3-58 (Sutcliffe, 23.1 ov), 4-75 (Mooney, 39 ov), 5-75 (Rabone, 41 ov), 6-76 (Reid, 41.3 ov), 7-76 (Miller, 42.1 ov), 8-84 (Beck, 45.2 ov), 9-89 (Blair, 46.2 ov), 10-100 (Overton, 47.5 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Adcock	19	4	43	5	-	-
Ironside	20.5	10	37	3	-	2
Murray	8	3	10	1	-	-

Notes
--> DEJ Ironside made his debut in Test matches
--> JEF Beck made his debut in Test matches
--> DJ McGlew (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> WR Endean (1) 50 in 116 balls with 7 fours
--> CB van Ryneveld (1) 50 in 96 balls with 6 fours
--> HJ Tayfield (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> B Sutcliffe (1) 50 in 85 balls with 3 fours and 4 sixes
--> ME Chapple (2) equalled his previous highest score of 22 in Test matches
--> B Sutcliffe (2) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 3
--> AR MacGibbon achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the South Africa first innings (previous best was 3-73)
--> DEJ Ironside achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the New Zealand first innings
--> AR MacGibbon achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed CB van Ryneveld in the South Africa second innings (previous best was 3-61)
--> JR Reid achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed HJ Tayfield in the South Africa second innings (previous best was 2-63)
--> NAT Adcock achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed LSM Miller in the New Zealand second innings (previous best was 3-38)
--> NAT Adcock achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the New Zealand second innings
--> B Sutcliffe retired hurt in the New Zealand first innings having scored 0 (team score 9/2) - he returned when the score was 81/6 (hospitalised after being struck on the head )
--> LSM Miller retired hurt in the New Zealand first innings having scored 1 (team score 24/3) - he returned when the score was 57/5 (hospitalised after being struck on the chest )

This Test has special significance in NZ cricket. It started just before the Tangiwai rail disaster on the North Island main trunk railway (24/12) when a bridge was washed away by a volcanic lahar from the Mt Ruapehu crater lake. The fiancee of RW Blair was killed.
Blair, not expected at the crease, batted at 11 and stayed while Sutcliffe hit Tayfield for 3 further 6s in 4 balls. Blair himself also hit Tayfield for 6.