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England tour of South Africa, 1927/28 / Scorecard

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England in South Africa Test Series - 2nd Test

South Africa v England

England won by 87 runs

England 1st innings R 4s 6s
P Holmes b Bissett 9 0
H Sutcliffe c Nupen b Bissett 29 0
GE Tyldesley b Bissett 0 0 0
WR Hammond lbw b Morkel 43 0
GTS Stevens c †Cameron b Bissett 0 0 0
RES Wyatt lbw b Bissett 2 0 0
WE Astill lbw b Vincent 25 0
RT Stanyforth*† b Vincent 4 0
G Geary lbw b Vincent 0 0 0
IAR Peebles not out 3 0 0
AP Freeman st †Cameron b Vincent 7 0
Extras (b 5, lb 1, nb 5) 11
Total (all out; 59.1 overs) 133 (2.24 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-14 (Holmes), 2-14 (Tyldesley), 3-50 (Sutcliffe), 4-59 (Stevens), 5-66 (Wyatt), 6-97 (Hammond), 7-106 (Stanyforth), 8-106 (Geary), 9-123 (Astill), 10-133 (Freeman)
Bowling O M R W Econ
GF Bissett 17 5 37 5 2.17
DPB Morkel 9 3 20 1 2.22
CL Vincent 15.1 4 22 4 1.45
EP Nupen 3 0 10 0 3.33
HLE Promnitz 15 5 33 0 2.20
South Africa 1st innings R 4s 6s
HW Taylor hit wicket b Freeman 68 0
JMM Commaille lbw b Freeman 13 0
HB Cameron† c Geary b Stevens 19 0
RH Catterall b Hammond 9 0
DPB Morkel b Freeman 36 0
AW Palm c Stevens b Freeman 2 0 0
HG Deane* c †Stanyforth b Hammond 41 0
CL Vincent b Astill 13 0
EP Nupen not out 39 0
GF Bissett b Hammond 3 0 0
HLE Promnitz run out 3 0 0
Extras (b 2, lb 2) 4
Total (all out; 101 overs) 250 (2.47 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-32 (Commaille), 2-72 (Cameron), 3-99 (Catterall), 4-128 (Taylor), 5-140 (Palm), 6-153 (Morkel), 7-197 (Vincent), 8-211 (Deane), 9-221 (Bissett), 10-250 (Promnitz)
Bowling O M R W Econ
G Geary 23 2 50 0 2.17
WR Hammond 17 4 53 3 3.11
AP Freeman 29 12 58 4 2.00
IAR Peebles 14 3 27 0 1.92
GTS Stevens 10 1 26 1 2.60
WE Astill 8 0 32 1 4.00
England 2nd innings R 4s 6s
P Holmes c Vincent b Nupen 88 0
H Sutcliffe b Bissett 99 0
GE Tyldesley lbw b Promnitz 87 0
WR Hammond c Palm b Promnitz 14 0
GTS Stevens c Morkel b Bissett 2 0 0
RES Wyatt c Promnitz b Bissett 91 0
WE Astill c †Cameron b Vincent 9 0
RT Stanyforth*† b Vincent 1 0 0
G Geary b Vincent 1 0 0
IAR Peebles c Vincent b Promnitz 6 0
AP Freeman not out 0 0 0
Extras (b 19, lb 5, nb 6) 30
Total (all out; 158.5 overs) 428 (2.69 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-140 (Holmes), 2-233 (Sutcliffe), 3-278 (Hammond), 4-282 (Stevens), 5-326 (Tyldesley), 6-348 (Astill), 7-350 (Stanyforth), 8-360 (Geary), 9-415 (Peebles), 10-428 (Wyatt)
Bowling O M R W Econ
GF Bissett 31.5 5 99 3 3.10
DPB Morkel 21 4 60 0 2.85
CL Vincent 40 10 93 3 2.32
EP Nupen 36 8 90 1 2.50
HLE Promnitz 30 10 56 3 1.86
South Africa 2nd innings (target: 312 runs) R 4s 6s
HW Taylor run out 71 0
JMM Commaille c Astill b Hammond 47 0
HB Cameron† b Hammond 19 0
RH Catterall lbw b Astill 10 0
DPB Morkel c Holmes b Astill 23 0
HG Deane* c Hammond b Freeman 4 0
AW Palm c Hammond b Freeman 13 0
CL Vincent c Hammond b Freeman 11 0
EP Nupen b Astill 1 0 0
GF Bissett not out 11 0
HLE Promnitz b Peebles 2 0 0
Extras (b 6, lb 4, nb 2) 12
Total (all out; 101.1 overs) 224 (2.21 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-115 (Commaille), 2-126 (Taylor), 3-147 (Cameron), 4-161 (Catterall), 5-166 (Deane), 6-190 (Palm), 7-197 (Morkel), 8-206 (Nupen), 9-210 (Vincent), 10-224 (Promnitz)
Bowling O M R W Econ
WR Hammond 30 13 50 2 1.66
AP Freeman 22 7 66 3 3.00
IAR Peebles 12.1 4 26 1 2.13
GTS Stevens 5 0 17 0 3.40
WE Astill 29 11 48 3 1.65
RES Wyatt 3 0 5 0 1.66
Match details
Toss South Africa, who chose to field
Series England led the 5-match series 2-0
Test debuts GF Bissett and AW Palm (South Africa)
Umpires HV Adams and GB Treadwell
Close of play
Sat, 31 Dec - day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 128/4 (DPB Morkel 17*)
Sun, 1 Jan - rest day
Mon, 2 Jan - day 2 - England 2nd innings 220/1 (H Sutcliffe 92*, GE Tyldesley 24*)
Tue, 3 Jan - day 3 - England 2nd innings 412/8 (RES Wyatt 76*, IAR Peebles 6*)
Wed, 4 Jan - day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 224 (101.1 ov) - end of match
 
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Series Results
South Africa v England at Durban - Feb 4-8, 1928
South Africa won by 8 wickets
South Africa v England at Johannesburg - Jan 28-Feb 1, 1928
South Africa won by 4 wickets
South Africa v England at Durban - Jan 21-25, 1928
Match drawn
South Africa v England at Cape Town - Dec 31, 1927 - Jan 4, 1928
England won by 87 runs
South Africa v England at Johannesburg - Dec 24-27, 1927
England won by 10 wickets
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