Result: England won by 10 wickets
South Africa 1st Innings Batting| Batter | Runs | Dismissal | Min | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dudley Nourse | 51 | 156 | 0 | |
| Athol Rowan | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Ossie Dawson | 5 | 19 | 0 | |
| Dennis Dyer | 9 | 75 | 0 | |
| Tufty Mann | 29 | 41 | 0 | |
| Alan Melville | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Bruce Mitchell | 53 | 183 | 0 | |
| Lindsay Tuckett | 3 | 8 | 0 | |
| Ken Viljoen | 5 | 22 | 0 | |
| George Fullerton | 13 | 43 | 0 | |
| Vivian Smith | 0* | 1 | 0 | |
| 175 All Out (97.1 overs @ 1.80 rpo) |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Cranston | 11.1 | 3 | 24 | 1 |
| Harold Butler | 28.0 | 15 | 34 | 4 |
| Denis Compton | 4.0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jack Young | 17.0 | 5 | 31 | 0 |
| Doug Wright | 20.0 | 9 | 24 | 2 |
| Bill Edrich | 17.0 | 4 | 46 | 3 |
| Batter | Runs | Dismissal | Min | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Edrich | 43 | 107 | 0 | |
| Sir Leonard Hutton | 100 | 277 | 0 | |
| Ken Cranston | 3 | 19 | 0 | |
| Charlie Barnett | 6 | 18 | 0 | |
| Norman Yardley | 36 | 68 | 0 | |
| Cyril Washbrook | 75 | 190 | 0 | |
| Jack Young | 0* | 5 | 0 | |
| Godfrey Evans | 6* | 24 | 0 | |
| Denis Compton | 30 | 69 | 0 | |
| 317 7 wickets declared (154.0 overs @ 2.06 rpo) |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsay Tuckett | 18.0 | 4 | 48 | 0 |
| Vivian Smith | 36.0 | 9 | 82 | 1 |
| Athol Rowan | 46.0 | 12 | 89 | 1 |
| Tufty Mann | 50.0 | 20 | 68 | 4 |
| Ossie Dawson | 4.0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Batter | Runs | Dismissal | Min | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Fullerton | 13 | 55 | 0 | |
| Athol Rowan | 21* | 45 | 0 | |
| Vivian Smith | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Alan Melville | 30 | 70 | 0 | |
| Lindsay Tuckett | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Bruce Mitchell | 5 | 19 | 0 | |
| Ossie Dawson | 17 | 26 | 0 | |
| Ken Viljoen | 29 | 90 | 0 | |
| Tufty Mann | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Dudley Nourse | 57 | 139 | 0 | |
| Dennis Dyer | 2 | 10 | 0 | |
| 184 All Out (80.0 overs @ 2.30 rpo) |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Edrich | 14.0 | 2 | 35 | 1 |
| Ken Cranston | 7.0 | 3 | 12 | 4 |
| Harold Butler | 24.0 | 9 | 32 | 3 |
| Denis Compton | 2.0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jack Young | 19.0 | 7 | 54 | 2 |
| Doug Wright | 14.0 | 7 | 31 | 0 |
| Batter | Runs | Dismissal | Min | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Leonard Hutton | 32* | 38 | 0 | |
| Cyril Washbrook | 15* | 38 | 0 | |
| 47 0 wickets (15.4 overs @ 3.00 rpo) |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ossie Dawson | 4.0 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| Lindsay Tuckett | 6.0 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Bruce Mitchell | 2.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Tufty Mann | 3.4 | 0 | 17 | 0 |