South Africa in England Test Series - 1st Test
England won by an innings and 18 runs
- Test no. 153 | 1924 season
- Played at Edgbaston, Birmingham
- 14,16,17 June 1924 (3-day match)
| England 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| JB Hobbs | lbw b Blanckenberg | 76 | 0 | ||||
| H Sutcliffe | b Parker | 64 | 130 | 1 | |||
| FE Woolley | c †Ward b Parker | 64 | 8 | 1 | |||
| EH Hendren | c Nourse b Parker | 74 | 165 | 0 | |||
| APF Chapman | b Parker | 8 | 0 | ||||
| PGH Fender | c Taylor b Blanckenberg | 36 | 0 | ||||
| R Kilner | c & b Pegler | 59 | 0 | ||||
| MW Tate | c Taylor b Parker | 19 | 0 | ||||
| AER Gilligan* | b Pegler | 13 | 0 | ||||
| GEC Wood† | b Parker | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| CH Parkin | not out | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 11, nb 1) | 16 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 124 overs) | 438 | (3.53 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-136 (Sutcliffe), 2-164 (Hobbs), 3-247 (Woolley), 4-255 (Chapman), 5-315 (Hendren), 6-356 (Fender), 7-386 (Tate), 8-407 (Gilligan), 9-410 (Wood), 10-438 (Kilner) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GM Parker | 37 | 2 | 152 | 6 | 4.10 | |||
| SJ Pegler | 36 | 8 | 106 | 2 | 2.94 | |||
| JM Blanckenberg | 32 | 5 | 95 | 2 | 2.96 | |||
| EP Nupen | 18 | 2 | 66 | 0 | 3.66 | |||
| AW Nourse | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
| South Africa 1st innings | R | 4s | 6s | |||
| HW Taylor* | b Tate | 7 | 0 | |||
| RH Catterall | b Gilligan | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| MJ Susskind | c Kilner b Tate | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AW Nourse | lbw b Gilligan | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| JMM Commaille | not out | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| JM Blanckenberg | b Tate | 4 | 0 | |||
| HG Deane | b Gilligan | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| EP Nupen | b Gilligan | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| SJ Pegler | b Tate | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TA Ward† | b Gilligan | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| GM Parker | lbw b Gilligan | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 7, nb 3) | 11 | ||||
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| Total | (all out; 12.3 overs) | 30 | (2.40 runs per over) | |||
| Fall of wickets1-1 (Catterall), 2-4 (Susskind), 3-6 (Nourse), 4-14 (Taylor), 5-20 (Blanckenberg), 6-23 (Deane), 7-23 (Nupen), 8-24 (Pegler), 9-30 (Ward), 10-30 (Parker) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AER Gilligan | 6.3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1.07 | |||
| MW Tate | 6 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 2.00 |
| South Africa 2nd innings (following on) | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| HW Taylor* | c & b Tate | 34 | 0 | ||||
| JMM Commaille | c Hendren b Tate | 29 | 0 | ||||
| MJ Susskind | b Gilligan | 51 | 0 | ||||
| AW Nourse | c †Wood b Gilligan | 34 | 0 | ||||
| RH Catterall | c Hobbs b Tate | 120 | 195 | 15 | 2 | ||
| JM Blanckenberg | c Chapman b Gilligan | 56 | 0 | ||||
| HG Deane | run out | 5 | 0 | ||||
| EP Nupen | lbw b Tate | 5 | 0 | ||||
| TA Ward† | b Gilligan | 19 | 0 | ||||
| SJ Pegler | c Hobbs b Gilligan | 6 | 0 | ||||
| GM Parker | not out | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 18, w 1, nb 6) | 29 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 143.4 overs) | 390 | (2.71 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-54 (Taylor), 2-101 (Commaille), 3-152 (Susskind), 4-161 (Nourse), 5-275 (Blanckenberg), 6-284 (Deane), 7-295 (Nupen), 8-350 (Ward), 9-372 (Pegler), 10-390 (Catterall) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AER Gilligan | 28 | 6 | 83 | 5 | 2.96 | |||
| MW Tate | 50.4 | 19 | 103 | 4 | 2.03 | |||
| CH Parkin | 16 | 5 | 38 | 0 | 2.37 | |||
| R Kilner | 22 | 10 | 40 | 0 | 1.81 | |||
| PGH Fender | 17 | 5 | 56 | 0 | 3.29 | |||
| FE Woolley | 10 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 4.10 |
| Match details |
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Toss South Africa, who chose to field Series England led the 5-match series 1-0 |
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Test debuts
APF Chapman,
R Kilner,
H Sutcliffe,
MW Tate and
GEC Wood
(England);
HG Deane,
GM Parker and
MJ Susskind
(South Africa) |
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Umpires
HR Butt and W Reeves |
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Close of play 14 Jun day 1 - England 1st innings 398/7 (R Kilner 40*, AER Gilligan 4*) 15 Jun rest day 16 Jun day 2 - South Africa 2nd innings 274/4 (RH Catterall 52*, JM Blanckenberg 56*) 17 Jun day 3 - South Africa 2nd innings 390 (143.4 ov) - end of match |
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Match Coverage
Photos
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Jun 14, 1924 
Herbie Taylor and Arthur Gilligan toss ahead of the 1930 Birmingham Test © Getty Images |
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