GUIDES

The Follow-On Rule, Explained— What the follow-on is, when a captain can enforce it, and how the margin has changed since cricket's first Test in 1877.
How CricArcade Decides a Single Delivery— The geometric-mean matchup at the heart of every engine: how a batter's numbers and a bowler's become a run and a wicket probability, then a result.
How a Test Pitch Plays— Green tops, dustbowls and roads: 60-plus real venues, per-match pitch preparation, wear over five days, the new ball and the sessions in The Follow-On.
The Six Eras of Test Cricket— From the three-day Golden Age to the DRS era: six periods of Test cricket, each calibrated to the real match record, and two findings that surprised us.
Test Captaincy: Declarations, the Follow-On and Reviews— When to bat first, when to declare, whether to enforce the follow-on and when to burn a review, and how The Follow-On's AI captain weighs each call.
Settling In, and the Myth of the Nervous Nineties— A new batter is most vulnerable early, and the nervous nineties turn out to be a myth. How CricArcade models both, measured from real Test data.
How to Read a Cricket Scorecard— A plain-English guide to the batting card, bowling figures, extras, fall of wickets and the result line, with what every abbreviation actually means.

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England v South Africa 5th Test

South Africa tour of England - 1955 (1955) · Kennington Oval, London · 13 August 1955 · England won the toss and chose to bat

England won by 92 runs

England won by 92 runs. Peter May top-scored with 89* for England.

England ARCHIVE South Africa ARCHIVE 1955 TESTS Kennington Oval ARCHIVE

England, 144 (10 wkts)

Jack Ikin	caught (John Waite)	17	0
Brian Close	caught (Percy Mansell)	32	0
Peter May	caught (Trevor Goddard)	3	0
Denis Compton	caught (John Waite)	30	0
Willie Watson	caught (Percy Mansell)	25	0
Tom Graveney	caught (Eddie Fuller)	13	0
Trevor Bailey	caught (Peter Heine)	0	0
Dick Spooner	bowled	0	0
Jim Laker	caught (Trevor Goddard)	2	0
Tony Lock	caught (Roy McLean)	18	0
Brian Statham	not out	4	0

Peter Heine 21.00-3-43-1Trevor Goddard 22.40-9-31-5Eddie Fuller 27.00-11-31-1Hugh Tayfield 19.00-7-39-3

South Africa, 104 (10 wkts)

Jackie McGlew	caught (Dick Spooner)	30	0
Trevor Goddard	lbw	8	0
Headley Keith	bowled	5	0
Russell Endean	caught (Jack Ikin)	0	0
Roy McLean	bowled	1	0
John Waite	caught (Tony Lock)	28	0
Jack Cheetham	not out	12	0
Percy Mansell	lbw	6	0
Hugh Tayfield	bowled	4	0
Eddie Fuller	caught (Dick Spooner)	5	0
Peter Heine	run out (Tony Lock)	5	0

Brian Statham 15.00-3-31-2Trevor Bailey 5.00-1-6-1Tony Lock 22.00-11-39-4Jim Laker 23.00-13-28-2

England, 193 (10 wkts)

Jack Ikin	caught (Trevor Goddard)	0	0
Brian Close	bowled	15	0
Tom Graveney	bowled	42	0
Peter May	not out	89	0
Denis Compton	caught (John Waite)	30	0
Willie Watson	bowled	3	0
Trevor Bailey	lbw	1	0
Dick Spooner	bowled	0	0
Jim Laker	bowled	12	0
Tony Lock	lbw	1	0
Brian Statham	lbw	0	0

Peter Heine 25.00-6-44-2Eddie Fuller 20.00-3-36-2Trevor Goddard 19.00-10-29-1Hugh Tayfield 53.40-29-60-5Percy Mansell 6.00-0-24-0

South Africa, 150 (10 wkts)

Jackie McGlew	lbw	19	0
Trevor Goddard	caught (Tom Graveney)	20	0
Headley Keith	caught (Peter May)	0	0
Russell Endean	lbw	0	0
Roy McLean	lbw	0	0
John Waite	bowled	60	0
Jack Cheetham	lbw	9	0
Percy Mansell	caught (Willie Watson)	9	0
Hugh Tayfield	not out	10	0
Eddie Fuller	run out	16	0
Peter Heine	caught (Tom Graveney)	7	0

Brian Statham 11.00-4-17-0Trevor Bailey 6.00-1-15-0Jim Laker 37.40-18-56-5Tony Lock 33.00-14-62-4

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