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Test no. 31

England in South Africa Test Series - 1st Test
South Africa v England

1888/89 season

Played at Crusaders Ground, St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, on 12,13 March 1889 (3-day match)

Result England won by 8 wickets


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

	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

	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

	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

	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

Balls per over 4

Toss South Africa, who chose to bat first
Series England led the 2-match series 1-0

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)

Umpires CR Deare and RG Warton (England)

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

Match notes

South Africa's introduction to Test cricket ended in a comprehensive defeat by Major Warton's touring team.
The match, played on matting, finished just before 3.30pm on the second day.
Webster stood for umpire Dearne on the second day.

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