South African cricket team in England in 1929

The South African cricket team toured England in the 1929 season to play a five-match Test series against England. It was the first tour since 1924, though Tests has been played between the two sides in the interim with the 1927-28 England tour of South Africa.

England won the 1929 Test series, winning two matches with the other three games drawn. In first-class matches overall, the South Africans won nine games and lost seven, with 18 being drawn.[1] There were three non-first-class matches; two of them ended in South African victories, the other was drawn.

The South African team

The side was captained by Nummy Deane and he, Herbie Taylor and Bob Catterall were the only survivors from the 1924 tour. The other members of the team were: Sandy Bell, Jock Cameron, Jim Christy, Eric Dalton, Bruce Mitchell, Denijs Morkel, Quintin McMillan, Arthur Ochse, Tuppy Owen-Smith, Neville Quinn, Jack Siedle, Edward van der Merwe, and Cyril Vincent. Jacobus Duminy was temporarily co-opted on to the tour while on holiday in Europe because of injuries to other players and he played in three first-class matches, including the third Test match. Deane as captain played in 29 of the 34 first-class matches; in the games where Deane was not playing, Taylor acted as captain.

Test series summary

First Test
15–18 June 1929 (3-day match)
Scorecard
v
245 (81.1 overs)
EH Hendren 70
AL Ochse 4/79 (25.1 overs)
250 (172.4 overs)
B Mitchell 88
H Larwood 5/57 (42.4 overs)
308/4d (100 overs)
WR Hammond 138*
AL Ochse 2/88 (28 overs)
171/1 (59.4 overs)
RH Catterall 98
PGH Fender 1/55 (15.4 overs)
Match drawn
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: J Hardstaff and TW Oates

Second Test
29 June–2 July 1929 (3-day match)
Scorecard
v
302 (99.4 overs)
H Sutcliffe 100
AJ Bell 6/99 (30.4 overs)
322 (131 overs)
DPB Morkel 88
MW Tate 3/108 (39 overs)
312/8d (82.2 overs)
M Leyland 102
AL Ochse 4/99 (20 overs)
90/5 (51 overs)
JAJ Christy 41
RWV Robins 3/32 (19 overs)
Match drawn
Lord's, London
Umpires: W Bestwick and F Chester

Third Test
13–16 July 1929 (3-day match)
Scorecard
v
236 (100.3 overs)
RH Catterall 74
AP Freeman 7/115 (32.3 overs)
328 (107.5 overs)
FE Woolley 83
NA Quinn 6/92 (29.5 overs)
275 (111.1 overs)
HGO Owen-Smith 129
FE Woolley 3/35 (13.1 overs)
186/5 (52.4 overs)
FE Woolley 95*
CL Vincent 3/67 (19 overs)
England won by 5 wickets
Headingley, Leeds
Umpires: LC Braund and WR Parry
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 14 July was taken as a rest day.
  • EA van der Merwe (SA) and EH Bowley (ENG) made his Test debut.

Fourth Test
27–30 July 1929 (3-day match)
Scorecard
v
427/7d (128 overs)
FE Woolley 154
CL Vincent 2/93 (34 overs)
130 (75.3 overs)
DPB Morkel 63
AP Freeman 7/71 (32 overs)
265 (f/o) (118.4 overs)
HB Cameron 83
AP Freeman 5/100 (39.4 overs)
England won by an innings and 32 runs
Old Trafford, Manchester
Umpires: J Hardstaff and WR Parry
  • England won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 28 July was taken as a rest day.
  • F Barratt (ENG) made his Test debut.

Fifth Test
17–20 August 1929 (3-day match)
Scorecard
v
258 (101.3 overs)
H Sutcliffe 104
CL Vincent 5/105 (45 overs)
492/8d (172 overs)
HW Taylor 121
EW Clark 3/79 (36 overs)
264/1 (80 overs)
H Sutcliffe 109*
CL Vincent 1/42 (15 overs)
Match drawn
The Oval, London
Umpires: W Bestwick and TW Oates
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
  • 18 August was taken as a rest day.
  • LEG Ames and EW Clark (both ENG) made their Test debuts.

References
  1. "South Africans in England". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. Part II (1930 ed.). Wisden. pp. 1–54.

Further reading
  • Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979


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