South Africa vs England, 5th Test at Durban, Feb 04 1928 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

5th Test, Durban, February 04 - 08, 1928, England tour of South Africa

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England

282 & 118

South Africa

(T:69) 332/7d & 69/2

South Africa won by 8 wickets

Summary

Scorecard

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England 1st Innings

South Africa 1st Innings

England 2nd Innings

South Africa 2nd Innings

Match Flow

Info

England 1st Innings 

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Percy Holmes	c †Cameron b Bissett	0	-	-	0	0	-
Herbert Sutcliffe	c †Cameron b Vincent	51	-	-	-	0	-
Ernest Tyldesley	c Morkel b Vincent	100	-	-	-	0	-
Wally Hammond	c Catterall b Nupen	66	-	-	-	0	-
Bob Wyatt	c Catterall b Bissett	22	-	-	-	0	-
Greville Stevens (c)	c Taylor b Vincent	13	-	-	-	0	-
Eddie Dawson	lbw b Nupen	14	-	-	-	0	-
Ewart Astill	lbw b Nupen	1	-	-	0	0	-
Sam Staples	b Nupen	2	-	-	0	0	-
Harry Elliott †	c Catterall b Nupen	1	-	-	0	0	-
Tich Freeman	not out	0	-	-	0	0	-
Extras	(b 4, lb 4, nb 4)	12
Total	102.5 Ov (RR: 2.74)	282
Fall of wickets 1-2 (Percy Holmes), 2-132 (Herbert Sutcliffe), 3-177 (Ernest Tyldesley), 4-240 (Bob Wyatt), 5-262 (Wally Hammond), 6-264 (Greville Stevens), 7-265 (Ewart Astill), 8-269 (Sam Staples), 9-282 (Harry Elliott), 10-282 (Eddie Dawson)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
George Bissett	16	1	61	2	3.81	-	0	0
Alf Hall	18	0	48	0	2.66	-	0	0
Buster Nupen	33.5	9	83	5	2.45	-	0	0
Cyril Vincent	31	4	63	3	2.03	-	0	0
Denys Morkel	2	0	3	0	1.50	-	0	0
John Nicolson	2	0	12	0	6.00	-	0	0

South Africa 1st Innings 

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Herbie Taylor	lbw b Staples	36	-	-	-	0	-
Shunter Coen	b Astill	28	-	-	-	0	-
Denys Morkel	c Hammond b Staples	2	-	-	0	0	-
John Nicolson	b Astill	21	-	-	-	0	-
Bob Catterall	c Holmes b Astill	119	-	-	-	2	-
Jock Cameron †	c Holmes b Freeman	53	-	-	-	2	-
Nummy Deane (c)	b Staples	23	-	-	-	0	-
Buster Nupen	not out	19	-	-	-	0	-
Cyril Vincent	not out	19	-	-	-	0	-
Extras	(b 1, lb 9, nb 2)	12
Total	113 Ov (RR: 2.93)	332/7d
Did not bat George Bissett,  Alf Hall
Fall of wickets 1-57 (Shunter Coen), 2-60 (Denys Morkel), 3-87 (Herbie Taylor), 4-95 (John Nicolson), 5-230 (Jock Cameron), 6-278 (Nummy Deane), 7-296 (Bob Catterall)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Wally Hammond	12	2	41	0	3.41	-	0	0
Sam Staples	44	13	96	3	2.18	-	0	0
Bob Wyatt	3	0	16	0	5.33	-	0	0
Tich Freeman	16	2	57	1	3.56	-	0	0
Ewart Astill	36	10	99	3	2.75	-	0	0
Greville Stevens	2	0	11	0	5.50	-	0	0

England 2nd Innings 

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Percy Holmes	lbw b Bissett	0	-	-	0	0	-
Herbert Sutcliffe	lbw b Nupen	23	-	-	-	0	-
Ernest Tyldesley	c Deane b Bissett	21	-	-	-	0	-
Wally Hammond	c Vincent b Bissett	3	-	-	0	0	-
Bob Wyatt	not out	20	-	-	-	0	-
Greville Stevens (c)	c Deane b Bissett	18	-	-	-	1	-
Eddie Dawson	c Vincent b Bissett	9	-	-	-	0	-
Ewart Astill	c Coen b Bissett	0	-	-	0	0	-
Sam Staples	b Bissett	7	-	-	-	0	-
Harry Elliott †	b Vincent	3	-	-	0	0	-
Tich Freeman	c Hall b Vincent	1	-	-	0	0	-
Extras	(b 10, lb 1, nb 2)	13
Total	55 Ov (RR: 2.14)	118
Fall of wickets 1-0 (Percy Holmes), 2-40 (Ernest Tyldesley), 3-43 (Wally Hammond), 3-49* (Bob Wyatt, retired not out), 4-70 (Herbert Sutcliffe), 5-89 (Greville Stevens), 6-90 (Eddie Dawson), 7-90 (Ewart Astill), 8-103 (Sam Staples), 9-114 (Harry Elliott), 10-118 (Tich Freeman)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
George Bissett	19	5	29	7	1.52	-	0	0
Alf Hall	10	3	18	0	1.80	-	0	0
Buster Nupen	9	2	14	1	1.55	-	0	0
Cyril Vincent	17	3	44	2	2.58	-	0	0

South Africa 2nd Innings (T: 69 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Herbie Taylor	c Wyatt b Staples	29	-	-	-	0	-
Shunter Coen	not out	25	-	-	-	0	-
Buster Nupen	c Freeman b Hammond	10	-	-	-	0	-
Bob Catterall	not out	2	-	-	0	0	-
Extras	(b 1, lb 2)	3
Total	23.3 Ov (RR: 2.93)	69/2
Did not bat Denys Morkel,  John Nicolson,  Jock Cameron †,  Nummy Deane (c),  Cyril Vincent,  George Bissett,  Alf Hall
Fall of wickets 1-51 (Herbie Taylor), 2-66 (Buster Nupen)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Wally Hammond	10	2	25	1	2.50	-	0	0
Sam Staples	11	3	30	1	2.72	-	0	0
Ewart Astill	2	0	9	0	4.50	-	0	0
Ernest Tyldesley	0.3	0	2	0	4.00	-	0	0

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Close of Play

Sat, 04 Feb

day 1 - no play

Sun, 05 Feb

rest day

Mon, 06 Feb

day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 6/0 (Herbie Taylor 3*, Shunter Coen 2*)

Tue, 07 Feb

day 3 - England 2nd innings 30/1 (Herbert Sutcliffe 10*, Ernest Tyldesley 14*)

Wed, 08 Feb

day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 69/2 (23.3 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

RES Wyatt (2) retired hurt on 4* from 49/3 to 89/5

Match Details

GroundKingsmead, Durban

TossSouth Africa, elected to field first

Series

England tour of South Africa

Season1927/28

Series result5-match series drawn 2-2

Match numberTest no. 172

Match daysday (4-day match)

Test debut

Eddie Dawson

Harry Elliott

Umpires

AG Laver

Geoffrey Treadwell

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South Africa v England 1927-28

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