# South African cricket team in England in 1965

The South African cricket team toured England in the second half of the 1965 season, winning the three match Test series 1–0, with two matches drawn. They had a young and improving side. Their players included Graeme Pollock and his brother Peter, Colin Bland and Eddie Barlow.
The Pollock brothers were mainly responsible for their win by 94 runs in the Second Test at Trent Bridge. In overcast conditions, ideal for Tom Cartwright in particular, Graeme scored 125 out of 160 in 140 minutes, the last 91 coming in 70 minutes. He had come in at 16–2, and the score had declined to 80–5, before his partnerships with the captain, Peter van der Merwe, and Richard Dumbrill enabled the score to reach 269. He made another 59 in the second innings. His brother contributed bowling figures of 5-53 and 5-34.

## South African team

* Peter van der Merwe (captain)
* Ali Bacher
* Eddie Barlow
* Colin Bland
* Jackie Botten
* Harry Bromfield
* Norman Crookes
* Richard Dumbrill
* Dennis Gamsy
* Tiger Lance
* Denis Lindsay
* Mike Macaulay
* Atholl McKinnon
* Graeme Pollock
* Peter Pollock
The manager was Jack Plimsoll, a former Test player.

## Test series summary
### First Test

* 22–27 July 1965 Scorecard
* Match drawn Lord's, London Umpires: JS Buller and AEG Rhodes
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
* 25 July was taken as a rest day.
* DJ Brown (ENG), and A Bacher, R Dumbrill and JT Botten (SA) made their Test debuts.

### Second Test

* 5–9 August 1965 Scorecard
* South Africa won by 94 runs Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: JF Crapp and CS Elliott
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
* 8 August was taken as a rest day.

### Third Test

* 26–31 August 1965 Scorecard
* Match drawn The Oval, London Umpires: JS Buller and WFF Price
* England won the toss and elected to field.
* 29 August was taken as a rest day
* K Higgs (ENG) made his Test debut.

## Other matches

| No. | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result |
| 1 | 26–29 June | Derbyshire | Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost by seven wickets |
| 2 | 30 June–2 July | Yorkshire | Bramall Lane, Sheffield | Drawn |
| 3 | 3–6 July | Essex | Castle Park, Colchester | Drawn |
| 4 | 7–9 July | Surrey | The Oval, London | Drawn |
| 5 | 10–13 July | Gloucestershire | County Ground, Bristol | Drawn |
| 6 | 14–16 July | Minor Counties | Osborne Avenue, Jesmond | Won by 203 runs |
| 7 | 17–20 July | Leicestershire | Grace Road, Leicester | Drawn |
| 8 | 22–27 July | ENGLAND (1st Test) | Lord's, London | Drawn |
| 9 | 28–29 July | Kent | St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury | Won by an innings and 147 runs |
| 10 | 31 July–3 August | Glamorgan | St Helen's, Swansea | Drawn |
| 11 | 5–9 August | ENGLAND (2nd Test) | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Won by 94 runs |
| 12 | 11–13 August | Middlesex | Lord's, London | Won by five wickets |
| 13 | 14–17 August | Hampshire | County Ground, Southampton | Drawn |
| 14 | 18–20 August | Sussex | County Ground, Hove | Drawn |
| 15 | 21–24 August | Warwickshire | Edgbaston, Birmingham | Drawn |
| 16 | 26–31 August | ENGLAND (3rd Test) | The Oval, London | Drawn |
| 17 | 1–3 September | Lancashire | Old Trafford, Manchester | Won by 166 runs |
| 18 | 4–6 September | T. N. Pearce's XI | North Marine Road, Scarborough | Lost by eight wickets |
| O-D | 7 September | T. N. Pearce's XI (fill-up match) | North Marine Road, Scarborough | Lost by 13 runs |
| O-D | 9 September | Yorkshire | Park Avenue, Bradford | Abandoned |