English cricket team in South Africa in 1930–31
| England in South Africa in 1930–31 | |||
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| England | South Africa | ||
| Dates | 8 November 1930 – 10 March 1931 | ||
| Captains | APF Chapman | EP Nupen (1st Test) HG Deane (2nd–3rd Test) HB Cameron (4th–5th Test) | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | South Africa won the 5-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | WR Hammond 517 | B Mitchell 455 | |
| Most wickets | W Voce 23 | EP Nupen 21 | |
The England cricket team toured South Africa during the 1930–31 season, playing five Test matches against the South Africa national team and 15 tour matches (11 first-class under the banner of the Marylebone Cricket Club against local sides. The tour began on 8 November 1930 with a match against Western Province and ended on 10 March 1931 at the conclusion of another match against the same side. The five Tests were played between 24 December 1930 and 25 February 1931. The Test series was won 1–0 by South Africa, who won the first Test, with the remaining four being drawn.
Test series
[edit]1st Test
[edit]24–27 December 1930 Scorecard |
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- SH Curnow, KG Viljoen, XC Balaskas and ES Newson (SA) made their test debuts.
2nd Test
[edit]1–5 January 1931 Scorecard |
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- This was the first Test in South Africa to be played on a turf pitch; all 40 previous Test matches in the country had been played on matting, as were the following two games in this series.[1]
3rd Test
[edit]16–20 January 1928 Scorecard |
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- For the first time, eleven different counties were represented in England's team[2]
4th Test
[edit]5th Test
[edit]21–25 February 1931 Scorecard |
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- JAK Cochran (SA) made his Test debut.
- The start of the match was delayed by 20 minutes because the correct size bails were unavailable and the umpires had to make two sets.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Frindall, Bill (2000). The Wisden Book Of Test Cricket: Volume 1 1877-1970. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 207. ISBN 0747272735.
- ^ Frindall, Bill (2000). The Wisden Book Of Test Cricket: Volume 1 1877-1970. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 208. ISBN 0747272735.
- ^ Frindall, Bill (2000). The Wisden Book Of Test Cricket: Volume 1 1877-1970. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 210. ISBN 0747272735.
External links
[edit]- Marylebone Cricket Club in South Africa 1930-31 at CricketArchive