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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.
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The manager was Jack Plimsoll, a former Test player.
Test series summary
= First Test
== Second Test
== Third Test
=Other matches
References
Annual reviews
Playfair Cricket Annual 1966
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1966
Further reading
Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
various writers, A Century of South Africa in Test & International Cricket 1889-1989, Ball, 1989
External links
South Africa in England, 1965 at Cricinfo
CricketArchive – tour summaries
South Africa to England 1965 at Test Cricket Tours
"Springbok 65" – a 26-minute film of the Test series on YouTube