- BATSMENRMB4s6sSRExtras12 (b 12)TOTAL292 all out (123.1 Overs, RR: 3.55 per 6 ball)Fall of wickets: 1-54 (G Ulyett, ), 2-62 (J Briggs, ), 3-79 (JM Read, ), 4-110 (F Hearne, ), 5-215 (H Wood, ), 6-257 (MP Bowden, ), 7-287 (R Abel, ), 8-287 (JEP McMaster, ), 9-288 (BAF Grieve, ), 10-292 (AJ Fothergill, 123.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB NHCD Theunissen 20 5 51 0 3.82 0 0 A Rose-Innes 12 3 30 0 3.75 0 0 WH Ashley 43.1 18 95 7 3.29 0 0 CH Vintcent 42 9 88 3 3.14 0 0 WH Milton 6 2 16 0 4.00 0 0
- BATSMENRMB4s6sSRExtras4 (b 2, nb 2)TOTAL47 all out (47.1 Overs, RR: 1.49 per 6 ball)Fall of wickets: 1-2 (A Rose-Innes, ), 2-3 (AE Ochse, ), 3-11 (P Hutchinson, ), 4-19 (OR Dunell, ), 5-31 (WH Milton, ), 6-32 (WHM Richards, ), 7-41 (CH Vintcent, ), 8-41 (FW Smith, ), 9-41 (NHCD Theunissen, ), 10-47 (WH Ashley, 47.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB AJ Fothergill 24 12 26 2 1.62 0 2 G Ulyett 4 4 0 0 0.00 0 0 J Briggs 19.1 11 17 7 1.32 0 0
- BATSMENRMB4s6sSRExtras2 (b 2)TOTAL43 all out (f/o) (28.2 Overs, RR: 2.26 per 6 ball)Fall of wickets: 1-1 (A Rose-Innes, ), 2-4 (AE Ochse, ), 3-6 (P Hutchinson, ), 4-12 (AB Tancred, ), 5-16 (OR Dunell, ), 6-20 (WH Milton, ), 7-20 (WHM Richards, ), 8-37 (CH Vintcent, ), 9-43 (FW Smith, ), 10-43 (WH Ashley, 28.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB J Briggs 14.2 5 11 8 1.13 0 0 AJ Fothergill 14 4 30 1 3.21 0 0
Match Details
Toss
England , elected to bat first
Series result
England won the 2-match series 2-0
Match number
Season
Match days
25,26 March 1889 (3-day match)
Umpires
Balls per over
4
Close of Play
- Mon, 25 Mar - day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 2/1 (AB Tancred 1*)
- Tue, 26 Mar - day 2 - South Africa 2nd innings 43 (28.2 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Abel scored the first hundred in first-class cricket in South Africa and Tancred became the first batsman to carry his bat through a completed Test innings.
- Briggs set a new Test record by taking 8 for 11 (all bowled) in the second innings and 15 for 28 in the match.
- Ashley took 7 for 95 in his only Test
- Bowden, aged 23 years 144 days became England's youngest captain three years before dying in Umtali Hospital- a glorified mud hut where his body had to be protected from marauding lions prior to being interred in a coffin made from whiskey cases.
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