MATCH SCORECARD

England v South Africa

1927-12-31 · Test · Men · Newlands

England13359.1 ov & 428158.5 ov

South Africa250101 ov & 224101.1 ov

England won by 87 runs

Newlands

MATCH CHARTS

Runs by over, wickets and phases

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy

George Bissett

5/37 · 2.17

Cyril Vincent

4/22 · 1.45

Denys Morkel

1/20 · 2.22

Buster Nupen

0/10 · 3.33

Henry Promnitz

0/33 · 2.20

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy

Tich Freeman

4/58 · 2.00

Wally Hammond

3/53 · 3.11

Greville Stevens

1/26 · 2.60

Ewart Astill

1/32 · 4.00

Ian Peebles

0/27 · 1.92

George Geary

0/50 · 2.17

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy

Henry Promnitz

3/56 · 1.86

Cyril Vincent

3/93 · 2.32

George Bissett

3/99 · 3.10

Buster Nupen

1/90 · 2.50

Denys Morkel

0/60 · 2.85

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy

Ewart Astill

3/48 · 1.65

Tich Freeman

3/66 · 3.00

Wally Hammond

2/50 · 1.66

Ian Peebles

1/26 · 2.13

Bob Wyatt

0/5 · 1.66

Greville Stevens

0/17 · 3.40

INNINGS 1

England

59.1 overs · run rate 2.24 · all out

133

Batting scorecard
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s
Percy Holmes	bowled	9	-	-
Herbert Sutcliffe	caught Buster Nupen	29	-	-
Ernest Tyldesley	bowled	0	-	0
Wally Hammond	lbw	43	-	-
Greville Stevens	caught Jock Cameron	0	-	0
Bob Wyatt	lbw	2	-	0
Ewart Astill	lbw	25	-	-
Rony Stanyforth	bowled	4	-	-
George Geary	lbw	0	-	0
Ian Peebles	not out	3*	-	0
Tich Freeman	stumped Jock Cameron	7	-	-

Extras 11 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 11)Total 133 (59.1 ov)Run rate 2.24

Fall of wickets1-14 (Percy Holmes)2-14 (Ernest Tyldesley)3-50 (Herbert Sutcliffe)4-59 (Greville Stevens)5-66 (Bob Wyatt)6-97 (Wally Hammond)7-106 (Rony Stanyforth)8-106 (George Geary)9-123 (Ewart Astill)10-133 (Tich Freeman)

Bowling scorecard
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
George Bissett	17	5	37	5	2.17
Denys Morkel	9	3	20	1	2.22
Cyril Vincent	15.1	4	22	4	1.45
Buster Nupen	3	0	10	0	3.33
Henry Promnitz	15	5	33	0	2.20

Partnerships · England

1st wicket · Percy Holmes & Herbert Sutcliffe

2nd wicket · Herbert Sutcliffe & Ernest Tyldesley

3rd wicket · Herbert Sutcliffe & Wally Hammond

4th wicket · Wally Hammond & Greville Stevens

5th wicket · Wally Hammond & Bob Wyatt

6th wicket · Wally Hammond & Ewart Astill

7th wicket · Ewart Astill & Rony Stanyforth

8th wicket · Ewart Astill & George Geary

9th wicket · Ewart Astill & Ian Peebles

10th wicket · Ian Peebles & Tich Freeman

INNINGS 2

South Africa

101 overs · run rate 2.47 · all out

250

Batting scorecard
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s
Herbie Taylor	retired hurt	68	-	-
Mick Commaille	lbw	13	-	-
Jock Cameron	caught George Geary	19	-	-
Bob Catterall	bowled	9	-	-
Denys Morkel	bowled	36	-	-
Archibald Palm	caught Greville Stevens	2	-	0
Nummy Deane	caught Rony Stanyforth	41	-	-
Cyril Vincent	bowled	13	-	-
Buster Nupen	not out	39*	-	-
George Bissett	bowled	3	-	0
Henry Promnitz	run out	3	-	0

Extras 4 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 4)Total 250 (101 ov)Run rate 2.47

Fall of wickets1-32 (Mick Commaille)2-72 (Jock Cameron)3-99 (Bob Catterall)4-128 (Herbie Taylor)5-140 (Archibald Palm)6-153 (Denys Morkel)7-197 (Cyril Vincent)8-211 (Nummy Deane)9-221 (George Bissett)10-250 (Henry Promnitz)

Bowling scorecard
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
George Geary	23	2	50	0	2.17
Wally Hammond	17	4	53	3	3.11
Tich Freeman	29	12	58	4	2.00
Ian Peebles	14	3	27	0	1.92
Greville Stevens	10	1	26	1	2.60
Ewart Astill	8	0	32	1	4.00

Partnerships · South Africa

1st wicket · Herbie Taylor & Mick Commaille

2nd wicket · Herbie Taylor & Jock Cameron

3rd wicket · Herbie Taylor & Bob Catterall

4th wicket · Herbie Taylor & Denys Morkel

5th wicket · Denys Morkel & Archibald Palm

6th wicket · Denys Morkel & Nummy Deane

7th wicket · Nummy Deane & Cyril Vincent

8th wicket · Nummy Deane & Buster Nupen

9th wicket · Buster Nupen & George Bissett

10th wicket · Buster Nupen & Henry Promnitz

INNINGS 3

England

158.5 overs · run rate 2.69 · all out

428

Batting scorecard
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s
Percy Holmes	caught Cyril Vincent	88	-	-
Herbert Sutcliffe	bowled	99	-	-
Ernest Tyldesley	lbw	87	-	-
Wally Hammond	caught Archibald Palm	14	-	-
Greville Stevens	caught Denys Morkel	2	-	0
Bob Wyatt	caught Henry Promnitz	91	-	-
Ewart Astill	caught Jock Cameron	9	-	-
Rony Stanyforth	bowled	1	-	0
George Geary	bowled	1	-	0
Ian Peebles	caught Cyril Vincent	6	-	-
Tich Freeman	not out	0*	-	0

Extras 30 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 30)Total 428 (158.5 ov)Run rate 2.69

Fall of wickets1-140 (Percy Holmes)2-233 (Herbert Sutcliffe)3-278 (Wally Hammond)4-282 (Greville Stevens)5-326 (Ernest Tyldesley)6-348 (Ewart Astill)7-350 (Rony Stanyforth)8-360 (George Geary)9-415 (Ian Peebles)10-428 (Bob Wyatt)

Bowling scorecard
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
George Bissett	31.5	5	99	3	3.10
Denys Morkel	21	4	60	0	2.85
Cyril Vincent	40	10	93	3	2.32
Buster Nupen	36	8	90	1	2.50
Henry Promnitz	30	10	56	3	1.86

Partnerships · England

1st wicket · Percy Holmes & Herbert Sutcliffe

140

2nd wicket · Herbert Sutcliffe & Ernest Tyldesley

3rd wicket · Ernest Tyldesley & Wally Hammond

4th wicket · Ernest Tyldesley & Greville Stevens

5th wicket · Ernest Tyldesley & Bob Wyatt

6th wicket · Bob Wyatt & Ewart Astill

7th wicket · Bob Wyatt & Rony Stanyforth

8th wicket · Bob Wyatt & George Geary

9th wicket · Bob Wyatt & Ian Peebles

10th wicket · Bob Wyatt & Tich Freeman

INNINGS 4

South Africa

101.1 overs · run rate 2.21 · all out

224

Batting scorecard
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s
Herbie Taylor	run out	71	-	-
Mick Commaille	caught Ewart Astill	47	-	-
Jock Cameron	bowled	19	-	-
Bob Catterall	lbw	10	-	-
Denys Morkel	caught Percy Holmes	23	-	-
Nummy Deane	caught Wally Hammond	4	-	-
Archibald Palm	caught Wally Hammond	13	-	-
Cyril Vincent	caught Wally Hammond	11	-	-
Buster Nupen	bowled	1	-	0
George Bissett	not out	11*	-	-
Henry Promnitz	bowled	2	-	0

Extras 12 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 12)Total 224 (101.1 ov)Run rate 2.21

Fall of wickets1-115 (Mick Commaille)2-126 (Herbie Taylor)3-147 (Jock Cameron)4-161 (Bob Catterall)5-166 (Nummy Deane)6-190 (Archibald Palm)7-197 (Denys Morkel)8-206 (Buster Nupen)9-210 (Cyril Vincent)10-224 (Henry Promnitz)

Bowling scorecard
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Wally Hammond	30	13	50	2	1.66
Tich Freeman	22	7	66	3	3.00
Ian Peebles	12.1	4	26	1	2.13
Greville Stevens	5	0	17	0	3.40
Ewart Astill	29	11	48	3	1.65
Bob Wyatt	3	0	5	0	1.66

Partnerships · South Africa

1st wicket · Herbie Taylor & Mick Commaille

115

2nd wicket · Herbie Taylor & Jock Cameron

3rd wicket · Jock Cameron & Bob Catterall

4th wicket · Bob Catterall & Denys Morkel

5th wicket · Denys Morkel & Nummy Deane

6th wicket · Denys Morkel & Archibald Palm

7th wicket · Denys Morkel & Cyril Vincent

8th wicket · Cyril Vincent & Buster Nupen

9th wicket · Cyril Vincent & George Bissett

10th wicket · George Bissett & Henry Promnitz

England v South Africa

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