South Africa vs England, 1st Test at Johannesburg, Dec 24 1927 - Full Scorecard

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1st Test, Johannesburg, December 24 - 27, 1927, England tour of South Africa

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South Africa

196 & 170

England

(T:54) 313 & 57/0

England won by 10 wickets

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South Africa 1st Innings

England 1st Innings

South Africa 2nd Innings

England 2nd Innings

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South Africa 1st Innings 

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

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	WD	NB
Denys Morkel	14	3	38	1	2.71	-	0	0
Buster Nupen	49	12	111	1	2.26	-	0	0
Cyril Vincent	31.3	5	57	2	1.80	-	0	0
Henry Promnitz	37	14	58	5	1.56	-	0	0
Shunter Coen	2	0	7	0	3.50	-	0	0
Jacobus Duminy	4	0	17	1	4.25	-	0	0

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	WD	NB
George Geary	27	9	60	5	2.22	-	0	0
Wally Hammond	21.2	9	36	5	1.68	-	0	0
Greville Stevens	8	3	13	0	1.62	-	0	0
Ian Peebles	7	1	25	0	3.57	-	0	0
Ewart Astill	6	0	17	0	2.83	-	0	0

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	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Buster Nupen	11	1	29	0	2.63	-	0	0
Henry Promnitz	6	1	14	0	2.33	-	0	0
Jacobus Duminy	4	0	13	0	3.25	-	0	0

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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

GroundOld Wanderers, Johannesburg

TossSouth Africa, elected to bat first

Series

England tour of South Africa

Season1927/28

Series resultEngland led the 5-match series 1-0

Match numberTest no. 168

Match daysday (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

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