South African national cricket team in England in the 1965 season

The tour of the South African national cricket team to England in the 1965 season took place from July 22 to August 31, 1965. The international cricket tour was part of the 1965 international cricket season and included three tests . South Africa won the series 1–0.

prehistory

England previously played a tour against New Zealand , for South Africa it was the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1964/65 season in South Africa .

London (Lord's)

London (oval)

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
The oval	London	23,500	3rd test
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	1st test
Trent Bridge	Nottingham	15,350	2nd test

The teams named the following squads.

test
England	South Africa
Bob Barber Ken Barrington Geoff Boycott David Brown Tom Cartwright Chris Cowdrey John Edrich Ken Higgs David Larter Peter Parfitt Jim Parks Fred Rumsey Jack Russell Mike Smith John Snow Brian Statham Fred Titmus	Ali Bacher Eddie Barlow Colin Bland Jackie Botten Harry Bromfield Richard Dumbrill Tiger Lance Denis Lindsay Atholl McKinnon Graeme Pollock Peter Pollock Peter van der Merwe

July 22-27 Scorecard	London (Lord's)	South Africa 280 (119.3) & 248 (110)	-	England 338 (150.2) & 145-7 (68)
		draw

August 5-9 scorecard	Nottingham	South Africa 269 (101.3) & 289 (110.4)	-	England 240 (93.5) & 224 (98)
		South Africa wins with 94 runs

August 26th - 31st scorecard	London (oval)	South Africa 208 (96.2) & 392 (133.1)	-	England 202 (98.1) & 308-4 (104.2)
		draw