The first MCC side to tour South Africa under the management of Major Wharton 1888-89. Standing: BAF Grieve, AC Skinner, AJ Fothergill, JM Read, R Abel. Sitting: CA Smith, Major Warton, The Hon. CJ Coventry, JEP McMaster, MP Bowden. Front: JH Roberts, H Wood. Insets: J. Briggs, G Ulyett, F Hearne.

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