f12195 t168	South Africa v England
	Marylebone Cricket Club in South Africa 1927/28 (1st Test)
Venue	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg on 24th, 26th, 27th December 1927 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Africa won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by 10 wickets
Umpires	AG Laver, GB Treadwell
Close of play day 1	England (1) 9/1 (Sutcliffe 9*, Tyldesley 0*)
Close of play day 2	South Africa (2) 8/0 (Commaille 4*, Duminy 4*)

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South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HW Taylor	c and b Stevens	31
JP Duminy	b Geary	0
JMM Commaille	lbw b Stevens	23
RH Catterall	c and b Geary	86		130		-
*HG Deane	b Geary	7
DPB Morkel	lbw b Geary	2
SK Coen	b Geary	7
+HB Cameron	lbw b Stevens	20
EP Nupen	b Geary	6
CL Vincent	not out	2
HLE Promnitz	b Geary	4
Extras	(6 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 78.3 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (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, 78.3 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Geary	27.3	7	70	7	-	-
Hammond	8	2	21	0	-	-
Stevens	19	3	58	3	-	-
Peebles	12	5	22	0	-	-
Wyatt	4	1	6	0	-	-
Astill	8	4	11	0	-	-

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Holmes	lbw b Morkel	0			-	-
H Sutcliffe	c Vincent b Promnitz	102
GE Tyldesley	lbw b Duminy	122
WR Hammond	c Promnitz b Vincent	51				1
RES Wyatt	lbw b Promnitz	0			-	-
GTS Stevens	c Nupen b Promnitz	0			-	-
GB Legge	c and b Nupen	0			-	-
WE Astill	c Cameron b Promnitz	7
*+RT Stanyforth	c Cameron b Promnitz	1			-	-
G Geary	lbw b Vincent	3			-	-
IAR Peebles	not out	2			-	-
Extras	(11 b, 10 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	25
Total	(all out, 137.3 overs)	313
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (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, 137.3 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morkel	14	3	38	1	-	-
Nupen	49	12	111	1	-	-
Vincent	31.3	5	57	2	-	-
Promnitz	37	14	58	5	-	-
Coen	2	0	7	0	-	-
Duminy	4	0	17	1	-	-

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South Africa second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JMM Commaille	c Stanyforth b Geary	4
JP Duminy	b Hammond	4
HW Taylor	b Hammond	3			-	-
RH Catterall	b Hammond	1			-	-
*HG Deane	b Geary	5
+HB Cameron	lbw b Geary	5
DPB Morkel	lbw b Geary	29
EP Nupen	b Geary	1			-	-
CL Vincent	lbw b Hammond	53
SK Coen	not out	41
HLE Promnitz	b Hammond	5
Extras	(5 b, 13 lb, 1 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 69.2 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (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, 69.2 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Geary	27	9	60	5	-	-
Hammond	21.2	9	36	5	-	-
Stevens	8	3	13	0	-	-
Peebles	7	1	25	0	-	-
Astill	6	0	17	0	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Holmes	not out	15
H Sutcliffe	not out	41
GE Tyldesley	did not bat
WR Hammond	did not bat
RES Wyatt	did not bat
GTS Stevens	did not bat
GB Legge	did not bat
WE Astill	did not bat
*+RT Stanyforth	did not bat
G Geary	did not bat
IAR Peebles	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(no wicket, 21 overs)	57

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nupen	11	1	29	0	-	-
Promnitz	6	1	14	0	-	-
Duminy	4	0	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> JP Duminy made his debut in Test matches
--> DPB Morkel made his debut in Test matches
--> SK Coen made his debut in Test matches
--> HB Cameron made his debut in Test matches
--> CL Vincent made his debut in Test matches
--> HLE Promnitz made his debut in Test matches
--> GE Tyldesley (1) passed his previous highest score of 81 in Test matches
--> WR Hammond made his debut in Test matches
--> RES Wyatt made his debut in Test matches
--> GB Legge made his debut in Test matches
--> WE Astill made his debut in Test matches
--> RT Stanyforth made his debut in Test matches
--> IAR Peebles made his debut in Test matches
--> G Geary achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed DPB Morkel in the South Africa first innings (previous best was 2-130)
--> GTS Stevens achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the South Africa first innings (previous best was 3-86)

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