South African cricket team in England in 1960

The South African cricket team toured England in the 1960 season to play a five-match Test series against England. England won the series 3-0 with 2 matches drawn.

The team

• Jackie McGlew (captain)
• Neil Adcock
• Peter Carlstein
• Chris Duckworth
• Jonathan Fellows-Smith
• Trevor Goddard
• Geoff Griffin
• Atholl McKinnon
• Roy McLean
• Sid O'Linn
• Tony Pithey
• Jim Pothecary
• Hugh Tayfield
• John Waite
• Colin Wesley

Dudley Nourse was the manager.

The tour

"From nearly every point of view the ninth South African tour of England proved disappointing," Wisden's editor, Norman Preston, began his report.^[1] First, it was a wet summer, and many matches were disrupted by rain. Second, the young fast bowler Geoff Griffin was no-balled for throwing on several occasions, effectively ending his career. Third, anti-apartheid demonstrations were held outside most venues. Fourth, none of the young players showed signs of developing into good Test players. Fifth, South Africa lost the first three Tests and drew the other two. Sixth, the tour showed a financial loss. Seventh, apart from Roy McLean the South Africans "found themselves short of enterprising batsmen".^[2]

Test series summary

First Test

9–14 June 1960 Scorecard

England	v	South Africa
292 (150.5 overs) R Subba Row 56 NAT Adcock 5/62 (41.5 overs)		186 (82.5 overs) JHB Waite 58 FS Trueman 4/58 (24.5 overs)
203 (86 overs) PM Walker 37 HJ Tayfield 4/62 (27 overs)		209 (84 overs) RA McLean 68 JB Statham 3/41 (18 overs)

England won by 100 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: JG Langridge and WE Phillipson

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• 12 June was taken as a rest day.
• RW Barber and PM Walker (both ENG), and S O'Linn, JP Fellows-Smith and GM Griffin (all SA) made their Test debuts.

Second Test

23–27 June 1960 Scorecard

England	v	South Africa
362/8d (129 overs) MJK Smith 99 GM Griffin 4/87 (30 overs)		152 (43.3 overs) JP Fellows-Smith 29 JB Statham 6/63 (20 overs)
		137 (f/o) (57 overs) C Wesley 35 JB Statham 5/34 (21 overs)

England won by an innings and 73 runs Lord's, London Umpires: JS Buller and FS Lee

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• 26 June was taken as a rest day.
• The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
• C Wesley (SA) made his Test debut.

Third Test

7–11 July 1960 Scorecard

England	v	South Africa
287 (125.3 overs) KF Barrington 80 TL Goddard 5/80 (42 overs)		88 (38.3 overs) JP Fellows-Smith 31* FS Trueman 5/27 (14.3 overs)
49/2 (14.4 overs) MC Cowdrey 27 TL Goddard 2/13 (5 overs)		247 (f/o) (94.4 overs) S O'Linn 98 FS Trueman 4/77 (22 overs)

England won by 8 wickets Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: CS Elliott and FS Lee

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• 10 July was taken as a rest day.
• The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
• JE Pothecary (SA) made his Test debut.

Fourth Test

21–26 July 1960 Scorecard

England	v	South Africa
260 (93 overs) KF Barrington 76 NAT Adcock 4/66 (23 overs)		229 (89.5 overs) RA McLean 109 DA Allen 4/58 (19.5 overs)
153/7d (75 overs) KF Barrington 35 NAT Adcock 3/59 (27 overs)		46/0 (26 overs) DJ McGlew 26*

Match drawn Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: JG Langridge and N Oldfield

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• 24 July was taken as a rest day.
• There was no play on the first or second days.
• DEV Padgett (ENG) made his Test debut.

Fifth Test

18–23 August 1960 Scorecard

England	v	South Africa
155 (76.3 overs) G Pullar 59 NAT Adcock 6/65 (31.3 overs)		419 (171.1 overs) TL Goddard 99 ER Dexter 3/79 (30 overs)
479/9d (157 overs) G Pullar 175 TL Goddard 3/69 (27 overs)		97/4 (29.2 overs) RA McLean 32* FS Trueman 2/34 (10 overs)

Match drawn The Oval, London Umpires: CS Elliott and WE Phillipson

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• 21 August was taken as a rest day
• AH McKinnon (SA) made his Test debut.

References

1. Norman Preston, "South Africans in England, 1960", Wisden 1961, p. 264.
2. Preston, pp. 264-67.

Annual reviews

• Playfair Cricket Annual 1961
• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1961

Further reading

• John Arlott, Cricket on Trial, Heinemann, 1960
• Charles Fortune, Cricket Overthrown, Howard Timmins, 1960
• John Waite & R. S. Whitington, Perchance to Bowl, Nicholas Kaye, 1961
• Various writers, A Century of South Africa in Test & International Cricket 1889-1989, Ball, 1989

External links

• South Africa in England 1960 at CricketArchive
• South Africa to England 1960 at Test Cricket Tours
• South Africans in England, 1960 - Wisden (1961)