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t558 New Zealand v South Africa

South Africa in New Zealand 1963/64 (1st Test)

Venue Basin Reserve, Wellington on 21st, 22nd, 24th, 25th February 1964 (4-day match)

Balls per over 6

Toss South Africa won the toss and decided to bat

Result Match drawn

Umpires DP Dumbleton, WT Martin

Close of play day 1 South Africa (1) 233/7 (van der Merwe 11*, DB Pithey 0*)

Close of play day 2 New Zealand (1) 117/4 (McGregor 27*, Sparling 4*)

Close of play day 3 South Africa (2) 79/0 (Goddard 30*, Barlow 47*)

South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*TL Goddard	b Cameron	24		90		-
EJ Barlow	b Cameron	22		68	5	-
AJ Pithey	c Chapple b Motz	31		125		-
WS Farrer	b Reid	30		72	5	-
KC Bland	c Ward b Blair	40		111	5	-
+JHB Waite	b Blair	30		93		-
DT Lindsay	b Cameron	27		58	6	-
PL van der Merwe	b Motz	44		131		-
DB Pithey	b Blair	7
PM Pollock	c Dowling b Reid	24
JT Partridge	not out	2
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb, 9 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 131.5 overs)	302
Fall of wickets: 1-41 (Barlow), 2-56 (Goddard), 3-97 (Farrer), 4-121 (AJ Pithey), 5-189 (Bland), 6-198 (Waite), 7-233 (Lindsay), 8-257 (DB Pithey), 9-292 (van der Merwe), 10-302 (Pollock, 131.5 ov)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Motz	25	3	68	2	-	-
Cameron	30	13	58	3	-	-
Blair	41	10	86	3	-	-
Reid	29.5	12	47	2	-	-
Sparling	6	1	22	0	-	-

New Zealand first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GT Dowling	b Pollock	1		36	-	-
SG Gedye	lbw b Pollock	10		45		-
BW Sinclair	lbw b DB Pithey	44		205	5	-
*JR Reid	c Barlow b Partridge	16
SN McGregor	b DB Pithey	39		201		-
JT Sparling	lbw b Pollock	49		245		-
ME Chapple	c Goddard b Partridge	59		140	6	-
RC Motz	c DB Pithey b Pollock	2
+JT Ward	b Pollock	5
RW Blair	b Pollock	5
FJ Cameron	not out	1
Extras	(10 b, 5 lb, 7 nb)	22
Total	(all out, 152.5 overs)	253
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Dowling), 2-17 (Gedye), 3-49 (Reid), 4-112 (Sinclair), 5-148 (McGregor), 6-234 (Chapple), 7-242 (Motz), 8-243 (Sparling), 9-252 (Ward), 10-253 (Blair, 152.5 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pollock	31.5	9	47	6	-	-
Partridge	45	24	50	2	-	-
Goddard	38	21	42	0	-	-
Barlow	11	0	38	0	-	-
DB Pithey	24	11	53	2	-	-
Bland	3	2	1	0	-	-

South Africa second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*TL Goddard	b Reid	40		128	4	-
EJ Barlow	c Ward b Cameron	92		167	14	-
WS Farrer	not out	38		85	6	-
KC Bland	not out	46		47	7	-
AJ Pithey	did not bat
+JHB Waite	did not bat
DT Lindsay	did not bat
PL van der Merwe	did not bat
DB Pithey	did not bat
PM Pollock	did not bat
JT Partridge	did not bat
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 66 overs)	218
Fall of wickets: 1-117 (Goddard), 2-143 (Barlow)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Motz	15	2	53	0	-	-
Cameron	19	6	60	1	-	-
Blair	11	0	48	0	-	-
Reid	21	8	55	1	-	-

New Zealand second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GT Dowling	lbw b Bland	32		100	3	1
SG Gedye	c van der Merwe b Pollock	52		225	3	-
BW Sinclair	b Bland	0
*JR Reid	b Goddard	12		30		-
SN McGregor	lbw b van der Merwe	24		90	3	-
JT Sparling	c van der Merwe b Pollock	1
ME Chapple	not out	0
RC Motz	not out	0
+JT Ward	did not bat
RW Blair	did not bat
FJ Cameron	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 7 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(6 wickets, 76 overs)	138
Fall of wickets: 1-64 (Dowling), 2-64 (Sinclair), 3-79 (Reid), 4-134 (Gedye), 5-136 (Sparling), 6-138 (McGregor)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pollock	16	4	31	2	-	-
Partridge	14	8	10	0	-	-
Goddard	16	10	11	1	-	-
DB Pithey	14	3	34	0	-	-
Bland	9	3	16	2	-	-
Barlow	2	1	13	0	-	-
van der Merwe	5	4	6	1	-	-

Notes
--> PL van der Merwe (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 31
--> SG Gedye made his debut in Test Matches
--> BW Sinclair (1) equalled his previous highest Test Matches score of 44
--> JT Ward made his debut in Test Matches
--> EJ Barlow (2) passed 1000 runs in Test Matches when he reached 45
--> FJ Cameron reached 300 wickets in First-Class Matches when he dismissed DT Lindsay, his 3rd wicket in the South Africa first innings
--> PM Pollock reached 50 wickets in Test Matches when he dismissed JT Sparling, his 2nd wicket in the New Zealand second innings

Anti-apartheid demonstrators damaged the pitch but failed to prevent the match starting on time in cold weather and on a very slow surface

f24911 t558	New Zealand v South Africa
	South Africa in New Zealand 1963/64 (1st Test)
Venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington on 21st, 22nd, 24th, 25th February 1964 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Africa won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	DP Dumbleton, WT Martin
Close of play day 1	South Africa (1) 233/7 (van der Merwe 11, DB Pithey 0)
Close of play day 2	New Zealand (1) 117/4 (McGregor 27, Sparling 4)
Close of play day 3	South Africa (2) 79/0 (Goddard 30, Barlow 47)