Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Herbie Taylor	c & b Stevens	31	-	-	-	0	-
Jacobus Duminy	b Geary	0	-	-	0	0	-
Mick Commaille	lbw b Stevens	23	-	-	-	0	-
Bob Catterall	c & b Geary	86	-	130	-	0	-
Nummy Deane (c)	b Geary	7	-	-	-	0	-
Denys Morkel	lbw b Geary	2	-	-	0	0	-
Shunter Coen	b Geary	7	-	-	-	0	-
Jock Cameron †	lbw b Stevens	20	-	-	-	0	-
Buster Nupen	b Geary	6	-	-	-	0	-
Cyril Vincent	not out	2	-	-	0	0	-
Henry Promnitz	b Geary	4	-	-	-	0	-
Extras	(lb 6, nb 2)	8
Total	78.3 Ov (RR: 2.49)	196
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Jacobus Duminy), 2-53 (Herbie Taylor), 3-58 (Mick Commaille), 4-89 (Nummy Deane), 5-93 (Denys Morkel), 6-120 (Shunter Coen), 7-170 (Jock Cameron), 8-185 (Buster Nupen), 9-190 (Bob Catterall), 10-196 (Henry Promnitz)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
George Geary	27.3	7	70	7	2.54	-	-	-
Wally Hammond	8	2	21	0	2.62	-	-	-
Greville Stevens	19	3	58	3	3.05	-	-	-
Ian Peebles	12	5	22	0	1.83	-	-	-
Bob Wyatt	4	1	6	0	1.50	-	-	-
Ewart Astill	8	4	11	0	1.37	-	-	-

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Percy Holmes	lbw b Morkel	0	-	-	0	0	-
Herbert Sutcliffe	c Vincent b Promnitz	102	-	-	-	0	-
Ernest Tyldesley	lbw b Duminy	122	-	-	-	0	-
Wally Hammond	c Promnitz b Vincent	51	-	-	-	1	-
Bob Wyatt	lbw b Promnitz	0	-	-	0	0	-
Greville Stevens	c Nupen b Promnitz	0	-	-	0	0	-
Geoffrey Legge	c & b Nupen	0	-	-	0	0	-
Ewart Astill	c †Cameron b Promnitz	7	-	-	-	0	-
Rony Stanyforth (c)†	c †Cameron b Promnitz	1	-	-	0	0	-
George Geary	lbw b Vincent	3	-	-	0	0	-
Ian Peebles	not out	2	-	-	0	0	-
Extras	(b 11, lb 10, nb 3, w 1)	25
Total	137.3 Ov (RR: 2.27)	313
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Percy Holmes), 2-230 (Ernest Tyldesley), 3-252 (Herbert Sutcliffe), 4-252 (Bob Wyatt), 5-254 (Greville Stevens), 6-263 (Geoffrey Legge), 7-280 (Ewart Astill), 8-292 (Rony Stanyforth), 9-308 (George Geary), 10-313 (Wally Hammond)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Denys Morkel	14	3	38	1	2.71	-	-	-
Buster Nupen	49	12	111	1	2.26	-	-	-
Cyril Vincent	31.3	5	57	2	1.80	-	-	-
Henry Promnitz	37	14	58	5	1.56	-	-	-
Shunter Coen	2	0	7	0	3.50	-	-	-
Jacobus Duminy	4	0	17	1	4.25	-	-	-

South Africa 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mick Commaille	c †Stanyforth b Geary	4	-	-	-	0	-
Jacobus Duminy	b Hammond	4	-	-	-	0	-
Herbie Taylor	b Hammond	3	-	-	0	0	-
Bob Catterall	b Hammond	1	-	-	0	0	-
Nummy Deane (c)	b Geary	5	-	-	-	0	-
Jock Cameron †	lbw b Geary	5	-	-	-	0	-
Denys Morkel	lbw b Geary	29	-	-	-	0	-
Buster Nupen	b Geary	1	-	-	0	0	-
Cyril Vincent	lbw b Hammond	53	-	-	-	0	-
Shunter Coen	not out	41	-	-	-	0	-
Henry Promnitz	b Hammond	5	-	-	-	0	-
Extras	(b 5, lb 13, nb 1)	19
Total	69.2 Ov (RR: 2.45)	170
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Jacobus Duminy), 2-10 (Mick Commaille), 3-11 (Bob Catterall), 4-20 (Herbie Taylor), 5-20 (Nummy Deane), 6-26 (Jock Cameron), 7-38 (Buster Nupen), 8-78 (Denys Morkel), 9-158 (Cyril Vincent), 10-170 (Henry Promnitz)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
George Geary	27	9	60	5	2.22	-	-	-
Wally Hammond	21.2	9	36	5	1.68	-	-	-
Greville Stevens	8	3	13	0	1.62	-	-	-
Ian Peebles	7	1	25	0	3.57	-	-	-
Ewart Astill	6	0	17	0	2.83	-	-	-

England 2nd Innings (T: 54 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Percy Holmes	not out	15	-	-	-	0	-
Herbert Sutcliffe	not out	41	-	-	-	0	-
Extras	(b 1)	1
Total	21 Ov (RR: 2.71)	57/0
Did not bat: Ernest Tyldesley, Wally Hammond, Bob Wyatt, Greville Stevens, Geoffrey Legge, Ewart Astill, Rony Stanyforth (c)†, George Geary, Ian Peebles

Bowling	O	M	R	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Buster Nupen	11	1	29	2.63	-	-	-
Henry Promnitz	6	1	14	2.33	-	-	-
Jacobus Duminy	4	0	13	3.25	-	-	-

Close of Play

Sat, 24 Dec - day 1 - England 1st innings 9/1 (Herbert Sutcliffe 9*, Ernest Tyldesley 0*)

Sun, 25 Dec - rest day

Mon, 26 Dec - day 2 - South Africa 2nd innings 8/0 (Mick Commaille 4*, Jacobus Duminy 4*)

Tue, 27 Dec - day 3 - England 2nd innings 57/0 (21 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Old Wanderers, Johannesburg
Toss	South Africa, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of South Africa
Season	1927/28
Series result	England led the 5-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 168
Match days	day (4-day match)
Test debut	Geoffrey Legge Ian Peebles Bob Wyatt Rony Stanyforth Ewart Astill Wally Hammond Cyril Vincent Denys Morkel Jock Cameron Henry Promnitz Jacobus Duminy Shunter Coen
Umpires	AG Laver Geoffrey Treadwell

Match Coverage

South Africa v England 1927-28

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England Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	Econ
EP Nupen	11	1	29	2.63
HLE Promnitz	6	1	14	2.33
JP Duminy	4	0	13	3.25

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	57	Percy Holmes	Herbert Sutcliffe

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