English cricket team in South Africa in 1909–10
| England in South Africa in 1909–10 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| England | South Africa | ||
| Dates | 1 December 1909 – 14 March 1910 | ||
| Captains |
HDG Leveson Gower (1st–3rd Test) FL Fane (4th–5th Test) | SJ Snooke | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | South Africa won the 5-match series 3–2 | ||
| Most runs | JB Hobbs (539)[1] | GA Faulkner (545) [1] | |
| Most wickets | GHT Simpson-Hayward (23)[2] | AEE Vogler (36)[2] | |
The tour by the English cricket team in South Africa in 1909–10 was organised by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). The team played as MCC in the non-Test fixtures and as England in the five Test matches. They played 14 first-class matches including the Tests, winning 7 times with 3 draws and 4 defeats.[3]
England was captained by H. D. G. Leveson Gower. South Africa's captain in the Test series was Tip Snooke.
Test series summary[]
South Africa won the Test series 3–2.
Match length: 5 days (excluding Sundays). Balls per over: 6.
First Test[]
1–5 January 1910
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- 2 January was taken as a rest day
- JW Zulch, LA Stricker, JMM Commaille and T Campbell (all SA), and MC Bird, CP Buckenham, HDG Leveson-Gower, GHT Simpson-Hayward and H Strudwick (all ENG) made their Test debuts.
- Simpson-Hayward, the last of the great lob bowlers and playing in his only Test series, dismissed Zulch with his fifth ball and returned his best Test analysis at the first attempt.[4]
Second Test[]
21–26 January 1910
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- 23 January was taken as a rest day
- the first Test to have equal first innings scores[5]
Third Test[]
26 February–3 March 1910
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- 27 February was taken as a rest day
- CE Floquet and SJ Pegler (both SA) made their Test debuts.
Fourth Test[]
Fifth Test[]
11–14 March 1910
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- 13 March was taken as a rest day
- NC Tufnell (ENG), and NO Norton and SV Samuelson (both SA) made their Test debuts.
The Reef v MCC[]
The tour included The Reef v MCC at Boksburg. It was scheduled as a four-day match but play only took place on two because of bad weather. Although the two teams consisted of recognised players, the South African Board of Control decided as late as 1930 that it had not been a first-class match. Wisden 1931 reproduced a letter from the SABC which outlined its case. Wisden has ignored the ruling and includes the match in the career figures of all the players who took part, including record-breaking players such as Wilfred Rhodes, Jack Hobbs and Frank Woolley.
It is possible that the SABC thought it was a 2-day match, but Wisden 1911 clearly states that "not a ball could be bowled on the first and fourth days" so it was actually planned as a 4-day match.[6]
For more information about this curious affair, see: Variations in First-Class Cricket Statistics.
References[]
- ^ a b Records / England in South Africa Test series, 1909/10 / Most runs
- ^ a b Records / England in South Africa Test series, 1909/10 / Most wickets
- ^ Roy Webber, The Playfair Book of Cricket Records, Playfair Books, 1951
- ^ Frindall, Bill (2000). The Wisden Book Of Test Cricket: Volume 1 1877-1970. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 108. ISBN 0747272735.
- ^ Frindall, Bill (2000). The Wisden Book Of Test Cricket: Volume 1 1877-1970. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 109. ISBN 0747272735.
- ^ Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1911
External links[]
Annual reviews[]
Further reading[]
- Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
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