English cricket team in South Africa in 1927–28

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England in South Africa in 1927–28
 
  England South Africa
Dates 12 November 1927 – 21 February 1928
Captains
RT Stanyforth (1st–4th Test)
GTS Stevens
(5th Test)		 HG Deane
Test series
Result 5-match series drawn 2–2
Most runs GE Tyldesley (520) HW Taylor (412)
Most wickets WR Hammond (15) GF Bissett (25)

The

Western Province
and ended on 21 February 1928 at the conclusion of another match against the same side. The five Tests were played between 24 December 1927 and 8 February 1928. The Test series was drawn 2–2, with England winning the first two and South Africa the last two, with a drawn Test in the middle.

RT Stanyforth as the captain and Percy Holmes
as a player.

Test series

1st Test

2nd Test

3rd Test

21–25 January 1928
Scorecard
v
246 (104.3 overs)
HG Deane 77
RES Wyatt 3/4 (13 overs)
430 (139.3 overs)
WR Hammond 90
CL Vincent 6/131 (45 overs)
464/8d (157 overs)
JFW Nicolson 78
AP Freeman 3/122 (33 overs)
132/2 (42.2 overs)
GE Tyldesley 62*
EP Nupen 1/29 (10.2 overs)
Match drawn
AG Laver (SA) and C Saunders
(SA)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
  • SJ Staples (Eng), JFW Nicolson, AL Ochse and IJ Siedle (all SA) made their Test debuts.
  • This Test match holds the record for the highest aggregate (1272) without a player scoring a century.[2]

4th Test

28 January – 1 February 1928
Scorecard
v
265 (125.4 overs)
RES Wyatt 58
AE Hall 6/100 (42.4 overs)
328 (92.3 overs)
HW Taylor 101
WR Hammond 3/62 (22 overs)
215 (72 overs)
P Holmes 63
GF Bissett 4/70 (17 overs)
156/6 (49.2 overs)
DPB Morkel 45
SJ Staples 3/67 (21 overs)
South Africa won by 4 wickets
Old Wanderers, Johannesburg
Umpires: ES Page and GA Verheyen
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

5th Test

4–8 February 1928
Scorecard
v
282 (102.5 overs)
GE Tyldesley 100
EP Nupen 5/83 (33.5 overs)
332/7d (113 overs)
RH Catterall 119
SJ Staples 3/96 (44 overs)
118 (55 overs)
H Sutcliffe 23
GF Bissett 7/29 (19 overs)
69/2 (23.3 overs)
HW Taylor 29
WR Hammond 1/25 (10 overs)
South Africa won by 8 wickets
AG Laver and GB Treadwell
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
  • No play was possible on day 1 due to rain.[3]
  • EW Dawson and H Elliott (both Eng) made their Test debuts.

References

  1. ISBN 0747272735
    .
  2. ISBN 0947540067
    .
  3. ^ "India's 36 all out, and other dramatic finishes to Tests". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 May 2022.

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