English cricket team in South Africa in 1964–65

England in South Africa in 1964–65
	England	South Africa
Dates	October 1964 – February 1965
Captains	Mike Smith	Trevor Goddard
Test series
Result	England won the 5-match series 1–0
Most runs	Ken Barrington (508)	Colin Bland (572)
Most wickets	Fred Titmus (18)	Peter Pollock (12)

The England cricket team toured South Africa from October 1964 to February 1965, playing five Test matches against the South Africa national cricket team. England won the first Test, but the remaining four matches finished as draws, giving England a 1–0 series victory.

4–8 December 1964 Scorecard

England	v	South Africa
485/5d (190 overs) KF Barrington 148* JT Partridge 3/85 (45 overs)		155 (74.5 overs) DT Lindsay 38 DA Allen 5/41 (19.5 overs)
		226 (122.5 overs; f/o) KC Bland 68 FJ Titmus 5/66 (45.5 overs)

England won by an innings and 104 runs Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: JG Draper (SA) and HC Kidson (SA)

• England won the toss and elected to bat
• GD Varnals (SA) and NI Thomson (Eng) made their Test debuts.
• 6 December was taken as a rest day.

23–29 December 1964 Scorecard

England	v	South Africa
531 (166.3 overs) ER Dexter 172 PM Pollock 5/129 (38.3 overs)		317 (159.5 overs) AJ Pithey 85 FJ Titmus 4/73 (39.5 overs)
		336/6 (140 overs; f/o) KC Bland 144* DA Allen 4/87 (49 overs)

Match drawn New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: LM Baxter (SA) and HC Kidson (SA)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• 25 and 27 December were taken as rest days.

1–6 January 1965 Scorecard

South Africa	v	England
501/7d (179.2 overs) AJ Pithey 154 DA Allen 2/79 (40 overs)		442 (205.2 overs) MJK Smith 121 HD Bromfield 5/88 (57.2 overs)
346 (119.1 overs) EJ Barlow 78 KF Barrington 3/4 (3.1 overs)		15/0 (8 overs) KF Barrington 14* (31)

Match drawn Newlands, Cape Town Umpires: VJ Costello (SA) and JE Warner (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
• GG Hall (SA) made his Test debut.
• 3 January was taken as a rest day.

22–27 January 1965 Scorecard

South Africa	v	England
390/6d (146 overs) EJ Barlow 96 (192) JSE Price 2/68 (17 overs)		384 (147.2 overs) PH Parfitt 122* (289) AH McKinnon 4/128 (51 overs)
307/3d (88 overs) TL Goddard 112 JSE Price 1/56 (14 overs)		153/6 (87 overs) G Boycott 76* (247) AH McKinnon 3/44 (35 overs)

Match drawn New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: LM Baxter (SA) and HC Kidson (SA)

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• 24 January was taken as a rest day.

12–17 February 1965 Scorecard

South Africa	v	England
502 (189.1 overs) RG Pollock 137 (236) DA Allen 3/80 (44 overs)		435 (207.5 overs) G Boycott 117 (396) EJ Barlow 3/55 (22 overs)
178/4d (60 overs) RG Pollock 77* (77) NI Thomson 2/55 (25 overs)		29/1 (19.2 overs) JT Murray 8* MJ Macaulay 1/10 (9 overs)

Match drawn Crusaders Ground, Port Elizabeth Umpires: LM Baxter (SA) and HC Kidson (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
• MJ Macaulay (SA) and KE Palmer (Eng) made their Test debuts.
• 14 February was taken as a rest day.

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