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Test Match #168 Hide Percentages    Printable Scorecard     
1927-1928 South Africa v England - 1st Test
Old Wanderers, Johannesburg
24th December, 1927
 
 South Africa 196 & 170
England 313 & 57/0
England won by 10 wickets

 
South Africa   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Herbert Taylor c & b Stevens 31    0  0   15.82%
Jacobus Duminy b Geary 0    0  0  
John Commaille lbw b Stevens 23    0  0   11.73%
Robert Catterall c & b Geary 86    0  0   43.88%
Hubert Deane* b Geary 7    0  0   3.57%
Denys Morkel lbw b Geary 2    0  0   1.02%
Stanley Coen b Geary 7    0  0   3.57%
Horace Cameron† lbw b Stevens 20    0  0   10.20%
Eiulf Nupen b Geary 6    0  0   3.06%
Cyril Vincent not out 2    0  0   1.02%
Henry Promnitz b Geary 4    0  0   2.04%
Extras (lb 6, nb 2) 8  
Total All Out   (78.3 overs @ 2.50 rpo) 196
Fall of Wickets
 
1-1 Duminy, 2-53 Taylor, 3-58 Commaille, 4-89 Deane, 5-93 Morkel, 6-120 Coen,
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7-170 Cameron, 8-185 Nupen, 9-190 Catterall, 10-196 Promnitz
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
George Geary 27.3 7 70 7 2.55 70.00
Wally Hammond 8.0 2 21 0 2.63
Greville Stevens 19.0 3 58 3 3.05 30.00
Ian Peebles 12.0 5 22 0 1.83
Robert Wyatt 4.0 1 6 0 1.50
William Astill 8.0 4 11 0 1.38
 
 
England   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Percy Holmes lbw b Morkel 0    0  0  
Herbert Sutcliffe c Vincent b Promnitz 102    0  0   32.59%
George Tyldesley lbw b Duminy 122    0  0   38.98%
Wally Hammond c Promnitz b Vincent 51    0  0   16.29%
Robert Wyatt lbw b Promnitz 0    0  0  
Greville Stevens c Nupen b Promnitz 0    0  0  
Geoffrey Legge c & b Nupen 0    0  0  
William Astill c †Cameron b Promnitz 7    0  0   2.24%
Ronald Stanyforth*† c †Cameron b Promnitz 1    0  0   0.32%
George Geary lbw b Vincent 3    0  0   0.96%
Ian Peebles not out 2    0  0   0.64%
Extras (b 11, lb 10, w 1, nb 3) 25  
Total All Out   (137.3 overs @ 2.28 rpo) 313
Fall of Wickets
 
1-0 Holmes, 2-230 Tyldesley, 3-252 Sutcliffe, 4-252 Wyatt, 5-254 Stevens, 6-263 Legge,
nbsp;
7-280 Astill, 8-292 Stanyforth, 9-308 Geary, 10-313 Hammond
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Denys Morkel 14.0 3 38 1 2.71 10.00
Eiulf Nupen 49.0 12 111 1 2.27 10.00
Cyril Vincent 31.3 5 57 2 1.81 20.00
Henry Promnitz 37.0 14 58 5 1.57 50.00
Stanley Coen 2.0 0 7 0 3.50
Jacobus Duminy 4.0 0 17 1 4.25 10.00
 
 
South Africa   2nd Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
John Commaille c †Stanyforth b Geary 4    0  0   2.35%
Jacobus Duminy b Hammond 4    0  0   2.35%
Herbert Taylor b Hammond 3    0  0   1.76%
Robert Catterall b Hammond 1    0  0   0.59%
Hubert Deane* b Geary 5    0  0   2.94%
Horace Cameron† lbw b Geary 5    0  0   2.94%
Denys Morkel lbw b Geary 29    0  0   17.06%
Eiulf Nupen b Geary 1    0  0   0.59%
Cyril Vincent lbw b Hammond 53    0  0   31.18%
Stanley Coen not out 41    0  0   24.12%
Henry Promnitz b Hammond 5    0  0   2.94%
Extras (b 5, lb 13, nb 1) 19  
Total All Out   (69.2 overs @ 2.45 rpo) 170
Fall of Wickets
 
1-10 Duminy, 2-10 Commaille, 3-11 Catterall, 4-20 Taylor, 5-20 Deane, 6-26 Cameron,
nbsp;
7-38 Nupen, 8-78 Morkel, 9-158 Vincent, 10-170 Promnitz
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
George Geary 27.0 9 60 5 2.22 50.00
Wally Hammond 21.2 9 36 5 1.69 50.00
Greville Stevens 8.0 3 13 0 1.63
Ian Peebles 7.0 1 25 0 3.57
William Astill 6.0 0 17 0 2.83
 
 
England   2nd Innings  (target 54)
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Percy Holmes not out 15    0  0   26.32%
Herbert Sutcliffe not out 41    0  0   71.93%
Extras (b 1) 1  
Total 0 wickets   (21.0 overs @ 2.71 rpo) 57
 
Did not Bat
 
George Tyldesley, Wally Hammond, Robert Wyatt, Greville Stevens, Geoffrey Legge,
 
William Astill, Ronald Stanyforth*†, George Geary, Ian Peebles
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
Eiulf Nupen 11.0 1 29 0 2.64
Henry Promnitz 6.0 1 14 0 2.33
Jacobus Duminy 4.0 0 13 0 3.25
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue Old Wanderers, Johannesburg
Toss South Africa won the toss and elected to bat
Series 1927-1928 South Africa v England - 1st Test
Match No. Test #168
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END OF DAY STATUS (Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - England 1st innings 9/1 (H Sutcliffe 9*, GE Tyldesley 0*)
Day 2 - South Africa 2nd innings 8/0 (JMM Commaille 4*, JP Duminy 4*)
Day 3 - England 2nd Innings 57/0, 21.0 overs - end of match

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