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Teams: South Africa v/s New Zealand
Match Date: December 24, 1953
Venue: Ellis Park
Toss: South Africa , elected to bat
Player of the Match: None

Result: South Africa won by 132 runs

South Africa 1st Innings Batting

Batter	Runs	Min	BF
Ken Funston	0	0	0
Russell Endean	93	170	0
Anton Murray	7	0	0
David Ironside	13	0	0
Hugh Tayfield	20*	0	0
Neil Adcock	0	0	0
CB van Ryneveld	65	131	0
John Waite	0	1	1
Jackie McGlew	13	0	0
Jack Cheetham	20	0	0
Roy McLean	27	0	0
271 All Out (80.0 overs @ 3.39 rpo)

New Zealand 1st Innings Bowling

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wks
Geoff Rabone	3.0	0	16	0
Bob Blair	17.0	4	50	2
John Reid	18.0	3	63	2
Guy Overton	20.0	4	68	2
Tony MacGibbon	22.0	5	61	3

New Zealand 1st Innings Batting

Batter	Runs	Min	BF
Matt Poore	15	0	0
Guy Overton	0	0	0
Frank Mooney	35	131	0
Geoff Rabone	1	0	0
Bob Blair	6	10	0
Lawrie Miller	14	35	0
John Beck	16	52	0
Tony MacGibbon	0	0	0
Bert Sutcliffe	80*	112	0
John Reid	3	25	0
Murray Chapple	8	0	0
187 All Out (53.2 overs @ 3.51 rpo)

South Africa 1st Innings Bowling

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wks
Neil Adcock	14.0	2	44	3
Hugh Tayfield	8.2	2	53	1
David Ironside	19.0	4	51	5
Anton Murray	12.0	3	30	1

South Africa 2nd Innings Batting

Batter	Runs	Min	BF
David Ironside	11*	0	0
CB van Ryneveld	17	90	0
Jack Cheetham	1	0	0
Roy McLean	36	0	0
Neil Adcock	6	0	0
Ken Funston	11	0	0
Anton Murray	13	0	0
Russell Endean	1	0	0
Hugh Tayfield	34	0	0
John Waite	5	0	0
Jackie McGlew	8	0	0
148 All Out (53.2 overs @ 2.77 rpo)

New Zealand 2nd Innings Bowling

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wks
Tony MacGibbon	20.0	2	62	4
Bob Blair	5.0	0	14	0
John Reid	16.0	5	34	4
Guy Overton	12.1	1	33	2

New Zealand 2nd Innings Batting

Batter	Runs	Min	BF
Guy Overton	2	0	0
John Beck	7	0	0
Bert Sutcliffe	10	0	0
Lawrie Miller	0	0	0
Murray Chapple	22	45	0
John Reid	1	0	0
Bob Blair	4	0	0
Frank Mooney	10	0	0
Tony MacGibbon	11*	0	0
Matt Poore	1	0	0
Geoff Rabone	22	0	0
100 All Out (47.5 overs @ 2.09 rpo)