TestNo. 168MenScorecard

South Africa v England

England won by 10 wickets

24 to 27 December 1927Johannesburg

South Africa

196 & 17069.2 ov

Englandwon by 10 wickets

313 & 57/021 ov

Scorecard: every batter's and bowler's line, as the scorer kept it

Scorecard. For this match we hold every batter's and every bowler's line as the scorer's card kept it. The card does not name the fielder or the bowler for each dismissal, and older cards often leave balls faced blank (shown as -). There is no ball-by-ball record before December 2001. See the matches held ball by ball.

South Africa innings

19678.3 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Herbie Taylor	caught	31	-	-	-	0	-
Jacobus Duminy	bowled	0	-	-	0	0	-
Mick Commaille	lbw	23	-	-	-	0	-
Bob Catterall	caught	86	-	130	-	0	-
Nummy Deane	bowled	7	-	-	-	0	-
Denys Morkel	lbw	2	-	-	0	0	-
Shunter Coen	bowled	7	-	-	-	0	-
Jock Cameron	lbw	20	-	-	-	0	-
Buster Nupen	bowled	6	-	-	-	0	-
Cyril Vincent	not out	2*	-	-	0	0	-
Henry Promnitz	bowled	4	-	-	-	0	-
Extras	lb 6, nb 2	8
Total	all out, 78.3 overs	196

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 320

1-1 Jacobus Duminy2-53 Herbie Taylor3-58 Mick Commaille4-89 Nummy Deane5-93 Denys Morkel6-120 Shunter Coen7-170 Jock Cameron8-185 Buster Nupen9-190 Bob Catterall10-196 Henry Promnitz

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
George Geary	27.3	7	70	7	2.55
Wally Hammond	8	2	21	0	2.63
Greville Stevens	19	3	58	3	3.05
Ian Peebles	12	5	22	0	1.83
Bob Wyatt	4	1	6	0	1.50
Ewart Astill	8	4	11	0	1.38

England innings

313137.3 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Percy Holmes	lbw	0	-	-	0	0	-
Herbert Sutcliffe	caught	102	-	-	-	0	-
Ernest Tyldesley	lbw	122	-	-	-	0	-
Wally Hammond	caught	51	-	-	-	1	-
Bob Wyatt	lbw	0	-	-	0	0	-
Greville Stevens	caught	0	-	-	0	0	-
Geoffrey Legge	caught	0	-	-	0	0	-
Ewart Astill	caught	7	-	-	-	0	-
Rony Stanyforth	caught	1	-	-	0	0	-
George Geary	lbw	3	-	-	0	0	-
Ian Peebles	not out	2*	-	-	0	0	-
Extras	b 11, lb 10, w 1, nb 3	25
Total	all out, 137.3 overs	313

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 320

1-0 Percy Holmes2-230 Ernest Tyldesley3-252 Herbert Sutcliffe4-252 Bob Wyatt5-254 Greville Stevens6-263 Geoffrey Legge7-280 Ewart Astill8-292 Rony Stanyforth9-308 George Geary10-313 Wally Hammond

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Denys Morkel	14	3	38	1	2.71
Buster Nupen	49	12	111	1	2.27
Cyril Vincent	31.3	5	57	2	1.81
Henry Promnitz	37	14	58	5	1.57
Shunter Coen	2	0	7	0	3.50
Jacobus Duminy	4	0	17	1	4.25

South Africa innings

17069.2 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Mick Commaille	caught	4	-	-	-	0	-
Jacobus Duminy	bowled	4	-	-	-	0	-
Herbie Taylor	bowled	3	-	-	0	0	-
Bob Catterall	bowled	1	-	-	0	0	-
Nummy Deane	bowled	5	-	-	-	0	-
Jock Cameron	lbw	5	-	-	-	0	-
Denys Morkel	lbw	29	-	-	-	0	-
Buster Nupen	bowled	1	-	-	0	0	-
Cyril Vincent	lbw	53	-	-	-	0	-
Shunter Coen	not out	41*	-	-	-	0	-
Henry Promnitz	bowled	5	-	-	-	0	-
Extras	b 5, lb 13, nb 1	19
Total	all out, 69.2 overs	170

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 320

1-10 Jacobus Duminy2-10 Mick Commaille3-11 Bob Catterall4-20 Herbie Taylor5-20 Nummy Deane6-26 Jock Cameron7-38 Buster Nupen8-78 Denys Morkel9-158 Cyril Vincent10-170 Henry Promnitz

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
George Geary	27	9	60	5	2.22
Wally Hammond	21.2	9	36	5	1.69
Greville Stevens	8	3	13	0	1.63
Ian Peebles	7	1	25	0	3.57
Ewart Astill	6	0	17	0	2.83

England innings chasing 54

57/021 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Percy Holmes	not out	15*	-	-	-	0	-
Herbert Sutcliffe	not out	41*	-	-	-	0	-
Extras	b 1	1
Total	0 wickets, 21 overs	57

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	Econ
Buster Nupen	11	1	29	2.64
Henry Promnitz	6	1	14	2.33
Jacobus Duminy	4	0	13	3.25

Tests in December 1927

2 matches

TestScorecardSouth Africa196 & 17069.2England313 & 57/021England won by 10 wicketsJohannesburg, 24 December TestScorecardEngland133 & 428158.5South Africa250 & 224101.1England won by 87 runsCape Town, 31 December

Match facts

Format: Test No. 168
Dates: 24 to 27 December 1927
Ground: Johannesburg
Result: England won by 10 wickets
In the database: Scorecard

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  "balls_per_over": 6,
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      "runs": 86, "balls": null, "minutes": 130, ...}, ...],
    "bowling": [{"player": "George Geary", "overs": "27.3", "wickets": 7, ...}, ...]
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}

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South Africa v England

Previous meetingTest, Match drawn, 16 August 1924 Next meetingTest, England won by 87 runs, 31 December 1927