- Test no. 31 | 1888/89 season
- Played at Crusaders Ground, St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
- 12,13 March 1889 (3-day match)
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| A Rose-Innes | b Briggs | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| AB Tancred | b Smith | 29 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| P Hutchinson | b Briggs | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| CH Vintcent | c Abel b Briggs | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| AE Ochse | c Abel b Briggs | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| WH Milton | c Abel b Fothergill | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| OR Dunell* | not out | 26 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| RB Stewart | lbw b Smith | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| FW Smith† | b Smith | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| CE Finlason | b Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| GA Kempis | c Hearne b Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Extras | (b 8, w 2) | 10 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 75.2 overs) | 84 | (1.66 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-0 (Rose-Innes), 2-0 (Hutchinson), 3-10 (Vintcent), 4-16 (Ochse), 5-17 (Milton), 6-58 (Tancred), 7-66 (Stewart), 8-78 (Smith), 9-82 (Finlason), 10-84 (Kempis) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| J Briggs | 37 | 21 | 39 | 4 | 1.58 | |||
| AJ Fothergill | 24 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0.93 | |||
| CA Smith | 13.2 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 2.11 | |||
| G Ulyett | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.50 |
| England 1st innings | R | 4s | 6s | |||
| R Abel | c Milton b Rose-Innes | 46 | 5 | 0 | ||
| G Ulyett | b Kempis | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| JM Read | c Dunell b Kempis | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| F Hearne | c Stewart b Rose-Innes | 27 | 2 | 0 | ||
| H Wood† | c Hutchinson b Rose-Innes | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| MP Bowden | run out | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| J Briggs | c †Smith b Rose-Innes | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| CA Smith* | c Stewart b Kempis | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BAF Grieve | not out | 14 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Hon.CJ Coventry | c †Smith b Rose-Innes | 12 | 2 | 0 | ||
| AJ Fothergill | c Tancred b Milton | 32 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Extras | (b 5, w 1) | 6 | ||||
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| Total | (all out; 66.2 overs) | 148 | (3.33 runs per 6 balls) | |||
| Fall of wickets1-10 (Ulyett), 2-14 (Read), 3-65 (Hearne), 4-75 (Wood), 5-75 (Bowden), 6-77 (Briggs), 7-85 (Smith), 8-87 (Abel), 9-103 (Coventry), 10-148 (Fothergill) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GA Kempis | 31 | 14 | 53 | 3 | 2.56 | |||
| CE Finlason | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3.50 | |||
| CH Vintcent | 12 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 4.25 | |||
| A Rose-Innes | 18 | 5 | 43 | 5 | 3.58 | |||
| WH Milton | 2.2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3.00 |
| South Africa 2nd innings | R | 4s | 6s | |||
| A Rose-Innes | b Smith | 13 | 1 | 0 | ||
| AB Tancred | c & b Briggs | 29 | 1 | 0 | ||
| AE Ochse | lbw b Fothergill | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| CH Vintcent | c & b Ulyett | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| P Hutchinson | b Smith | 11 | 1 | 0 | ||
| OR Dunell* | c & b Ulyett | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WH Milton | c †Bowden b Briggs | 19 | 2 | 0 | ||
| RB Stewart | c Ulyett b Fothergill | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| FW Smith† | b Fothergill | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| CE Finlason | b Fothergill | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| GA Kempis | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 7) | 7 | ||||
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| Total | (all out; 90.1 overs) | 129 | (2.14 runs per 6 balls) | |||
| Fall of wickets1-21 (Rose-Innes), 2-42 (Ochse), 3-51 (Vintcent), 4-67 (Tancred), 5-67 (Hutchinson), 6-88 (Milton), 7-110 (Dunell), 8-116 (Stewart), 9-126 (Finlason), 10-129 (Smith) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| J Briggs | 27 | 14 | 34 | 2 | 1.88 | |||
| AJ Fothergill | 18.1 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 1.56 | |||
| CA Smith | 25 | 10 | 42 | 2 | 2.52 | |||
| G Ulyett | 20 | 9 | 27 | 2 | 2.02 |
| England 2nd innings (target: 66 runs) | R | 4s | 6s | |||
| R Abel | not out | 23 | 2 | 0 | ||
| G Ulyett | b Vintcent | 22 | 3 | 1 | ||
| JM Read | b Kempis | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BAF Grieve | not out | 12 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 7) | 7 | ||||
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| Total | (2 wickets; 21.1 overs) | 67 | (4.72 runs per 6 balls) | |||
| Did not bat F Hearne, H Wood†, MP Bowden, J Briggs, CA Smith*, Hon.CJ Coventry, AJ Fothergill |
| Fall of wickets1-32 (Ulyett), 2-35 (Read) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GA Kempis | 11 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 3.13 | |||
| CH Vintcent | 8.1 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 3.81 | |||
| A Rose-Innes | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 12.00 |
| Match details |
| Balls per over 4 |
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Toss South Africa, who chose to bat Series England led the 2-match series 1-0 |
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Test debuts
MP Bowden,
Hon.CJ Coventry,
AJ Fothergill,
BAF Grieve,
F Hearne and
CA Smith
(England);
OR Dunell,
CE Finlason,
P Hutchinson,
GA Kempis,
WH Milton,
AE Ochse,
A Rose-Innes,
FW Smith,
RB Stewart,
AB Tancred and
CH Vintcent
(South Africa) |
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Umpires
CR Deare and RG Warton (England) |
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Close of play 12 Mar day 1 - England 1st innings 148 13 Mar day 2 - England 2nd innings 67/2 (21.1 ov) - end of match |
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