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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 4th Test

South Africa tour of England - 1955 (1955) · Headingley, Leeds · 21 July 1955 · South Africa won the toss and chose to bat

South Africa won by 224 runs

South Africa won by 224 runs. Jackie McGlew top-scored with 133 for South Africa.

South Africa ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1955 TESTS Headingley ARCHIVE

South Africa, 163 (10 wkts)

Jackie McGlew	caught (Arthur McIntyre)	23	0
Trevor Goddard	bowled	9	0
Headley Keith	caught (Arthur McIntyre)	0	0
Percy Mansell	bowled	0	0
Roy McLean	caught (Peter May)	41	0
John Waite	run out	2	0
Paul Winslow	bowled	8	0
Russell Endean	bowled	41	0
Hugh Tayfield	not out	25	0
Peter Heine	bowled	14	0
Neil Adcock	lbw	0	0

Brian Statham 20.20-7-35-3Peter Loader 19.00-7-52-4Trevor Bailey 16.00-7-23-1Johnny Wardle 9.00-1-33-0Tony Lock 6.00-1-20-1

England, 183 (10 wkts)

Trevor Bailey	lbw	9	0
Frank Lowson	lbw	5	0
Peter May	bowled	47	0
Tony Lock	lbw	17	0
Denis Compton	caught (Percy Mansell)	61	0
Tom Graveney	lbw	10	0
Doug Insole	lbw	3	0
Arthur McIntyre	lbw	3	0
Johnny Wardle	caught (Trevor Goddard)	24	0
Brian Statham	bowled	4	0
Peter Loader	not out	0	0

Peter Heine 29.50-11-70-4Neil Adcock 4.00-3-4-0Trevor Goddard 25.00-12-39-2Hugh Tayfield 31.00-14-70-4

South Africa, 481 (10 wkts)

Jackie McGlew	caught (Peter May)	133	0
Trevor Goddard	caught (Arthur McIntyre)	74	0
Headley Keith	bowled	73	0
Roy McLean	caught (Frank Lowson)	3	0
Paul Winslow	caught (Tony Lock)	19	0
Russell Endean	not out	116	0
John Waite	caught (Arthur McIntyre)	32	0
Percy Mansell	lbw	1	0
Hugh Tayfield	lbw	14	0
Peter Heine	bowled	10	0
Neil Adcock	bowled	6	0

Brian Statham 40.00-10-129-2Peter Loader 29.00-9-67-0Trevor Bailey 40.50-11-97-3Johnny Wardle 57.00-22-100-4Tony Lock 42.00-13-88-1

England, 249 (10 wkts)

Tom Graveney	caught (Roy McLean)	36	0
Frank Lowson	bowled	0	0
Peter May	lbw	97	0
Doug Insole	caught (Headley Keith)	47	0
Denis Compton	caught (John Waite)	26	0
Trevor Bailey	caught (Hugh Tayfield)	8	0
Arthur McIntyre	caught (Peter Heine)	4	0
Johnny Wardle	caught (Peter Heine)	21	0
Tony Lock	caught (Percy Mansell)	7	0
Brian Statham	hitwicket	3	0
Peter Loader	not out	0	0

Peter Heine 14.00-2-33-0Trevor Goddard 62.00-37-69-5Hugh Tayfield 47.10-15-94-5Percy Mansell 19.00-2-53-0

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