South African cricket team in England in 1924
Appearance
The South African cricket team toured England in the 1924 season to play a five-match Test series against England.
England won the series 3-0 with 2 matches drawn.
The South African team
The tourists, with their ages on the first day of the first match of the tour on 3 May, were:
- Herbie Taylor (captain, 34)
- Mick Commaille (vice-captain, 41)
- George Bissett (18)
- Jimmy Blanckenberg (31)
- Claude Carter (43)
- Bob Catterall (23)
- Nummy Deane (28)
- Cec Dixon (33)
- Philip Hands (34)
- George Hearne (36)
- Doug Meintjes (33)
- Dave Nourse (45)
- Buster Nupen (22)
- Sid Pegler (35)
- Fred Susskind (32)
- Tommy Ward (36)
George Parker (24) also played three first-class matches (including the first two Tests) and Aubrey Faulkner (42) played one match, the Third Test. The manager was George Allsop.[1]
Test series summary
First Test
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- 15 June were taken as rest days.
- H Sutcliffe, APF Chapman, R Kilner, MW Tate and GEC Wood (all ENG), and MJ Susskind, HG Deane and GM Parker (all SA) made their Test debuts.
South Africa's score of 30 at Edgbaston is still the only completed innings in Test match history where no batsman reached double figures.[2]
Second Test
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- 29 June was taken as a rest day.
- RK Tyldesley (ENG) made his Test debut.
The England score of 531-2d is the highest Test innings in which all who batted scored at least a half-century.[2]
Third Test
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- 13 July was taken as a rest day.
Fourth Test
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- 27 July was taken as a rest day.
- There was no play on the second or third days.
- JCW MacBryan, G Geary and G Duckworth (all ENG) made their Test debuts.
Fifth Test
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- 17 August was taken as a rest day.
References
- ^ "South Africa to England 1924". Test Cricket Tours. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ a b Walmsley, Keith (2003). Mosts Without in Test Cricket. Reading, England: Keith Walmsley Publishing Pty Ltd. p. 457. ISBN 0947540067..
Further reading
- Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1925
External links
- South Africa in England, 1924 at Cricinfo
- South Africa in British Isles 1924 at CricketArchive
- South Africa to England 1924 at Test Cricket Tours