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Test no. 168

England in South Africa Test Series - 1st Test
South Africa v England

1927/28 season

Played at Old Wanderers, Johannesburg, on 24,26,27 December 1927 (4-day match)

Result England won by 10 wickets


South Africa 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	HW Taylor	c & b Stevens	31			0
	JP Duminy	b Geary	0		0	0
	JMM Commaille	lbw b Stevens	23			0
	RH Catterall	c & b Geary	86	130		0
	HG Deane	b Geary	7			0
	DPB Morkel	lbw b Geary	2		0	0
	SK Coen	b Geary	7			0
	HB Cameron	lbw b Stevens	20			0
	EP Nupen	b Geary	6			0
	CL Vincent	not out	2		0	0
	HLE Promnitz	b Geary	4			0
	Extras	(lb 6, nb 2)	8

	Total	(all out; 78.3 overs)	196	(2.49 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-1 (Duminy), 2-53 (Taylor), 3-58 (Commaille), 4-89 (Deane), 5-93 (Morkel), 6-120 (Coen), 7-170 (Cameron), 8-185 (Nupen), 9-190 (Catterall), 10-196 (Promnitz)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
G Geary	27.3	7	70	7	2.54
WR Hammond	8	2	21	0	2.62
GTS Stevens	19	3	58	3	3.05
IAR Peebles	12	5	22	0	1.83
RES Wyatt	4	1	6	0	1.50
WE Astill	8	4	11	0	1.37


England 1st innings			R	4s	6s
	P Holmes	lbw b Morkel	0	0	0
	H Sutcliffe	c Vincent b Promnitz	102		0
	GE Tyldesley	lbw b Duminy	122		0
	WR Hammond	c Promnitz b Vincent	51		1
	RES Wyatt	lbw b Promnitz	0	0	0
	GTS Stevens	c Nupen b Promnitz	0	0	0
	GB Legge	c & b Nupen	0	0	0
	WE Astill	c Cameron b Promnitz	7		0
	RT Stanyforth	c Cameron b Promnitz	1	0	0
	G Geary	lbw b Vincent	3	0	0
	IAR Peebles	not out	2	0	0
	Extras	(b 11, lb 10, w 1, nb 3)	25

	Total	(all out; 137.3 overs)	313	(2.27 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-0 (Holmes), 2-230 (Tyldesley), 3-252 (Sutcliffe), 4-252 (Wyatt), 5-254 (Stevens), 6-263 (Legge), 7-280 (Astill), 8-292 (Stanyforth), 9-308 (Geary), 10-313 (Hammond)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
DPB Morkel	14	3	38	1	2.71
EP Nupen	49	12	111	1	2.26
CL Vincent	31.3	5	57	2	1.80
HLE Promnitz	37	14	58	5	1.56
SK Coen	2	0	7	0	3.50
JP Duminy	4	0	17	1	4.25


South Africa 2nd innings			R	4s	6s
	JMM Commaille	c Stanyforth b Geary	4		0
	JP Duminy	b Hammond	4		0
	HW Taylor	b Hammond	3	0	0
	RH Catterall	b Hammond	1	0	0
	HG Deane	b Geary	5		0
	HB Cameron	lbw b Geary	5		0
	DPB Morkel	lbw b Geary	29		0
	EP Nupen	b Geary	1	0	0
	CL Vincent	lbw b Hammond	53		0
	SK Coen	not out	41		0
	HLE Promnitz	b Hammond	5		0
	Extras	(b 5, lb 13, nb 1)	19

	Total	(all out; 69.2 overs)	170	(2.45 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-10 (Duminy), 2-10 (Commaille), 3-11 (Catterall), 4-20 (Taylor), 5-20 (Deane), 6-26 (Cameron), 7-38 (Nupen), 8-78 (Morkel), 9-158 (Vincent), 10-170 (Promnitz)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
G Geary	27	9	60	5	2.22
WR Hammond	21.2	9	36	5	1.68
GTS Stevens	8	3	13	0	1.62
IAR Peebles	7	1	25	0	3.57
WE Astill	6	0	17	0	2.83


England 2nd innings (target: 54 runs)			R	6s
	P Holmes	not out	15	0
	H Sutcliffe	not out	41	0
	Extras	(b 1)	1

	Total	(0 wickets; 21 overs)	57	(2.71 runs per over)

Did not bat GE Tyldesley, WR Hammond, RES Wyatt, GTS Stevens, GB Legge, WE Astill,

RT Stanyforth, G Geary, IAR Peebles


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

Toss South Africa, who chose to bat first
Series England led the 5-match series 1-0

Test debuts WE Astill, WR Hammond, GB Legge, IAR Peebles, RT Stanyforth and RES Wyatt (England); HB Cameron, SK Coen, JP Duminy, DPB Morkel, HLE Promnitz and CL Vincent (South Africa)

Umpires AG Laver and GB Treadwell

Close of play
24 Dec day 1 - England 1st innings 9/1 (H Sutcliffe 9*, GE Tyldesley 0*)
25 Dec rest day
26 Dec day 2 - South Africa 2nd innings 8/0 (JMM Commaille 4*, JP Duminy 4*)
27 Dec day 3 - England 2nd innings 57/0 (21 ov) - end of match

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