 Cowdrey scored a hundred when he became the first test player to play 100 matches.England won the Oval test after volunteers from the crowd helped clear the puddles after a storm, and Australia, 85 for 5 when the rain came at lunch, were bowled out by Derek Underwood who took 7 for 50.Having scored 158 in the Oval Test, Basil D'Oliveira was controversially left out of the tour party to South Africa.