Australian national cricket team in South Africa in the 1921-22 season

The tour of the Australian national cricket team to South Africa in the 1921/22 season took place from November 5 to 29, 1921. The international cricket tour was part of the 1921/22 international cricket season and included three tests . Australia won the series 1–0.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1910/11 season in Australia .

Stages

Durban (Lord's) Johannesburg (OW) Cape Town

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Lord's No. 1 ground	Durban		1st test
Old Wanderers No. 1 ground	Johannesburg		2nd test
Newlands Cricket Ground	Cape Town	25,000	3rd test

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

test
South Africa	Australia
Jimmy Blanckenberg Claude Carter Horace Chapman Charlie Frank Philip Hands Denis Lindsay William Ling Eric Marx Dudley Nourse Buster nubs Norman Reid Herbie Taylor Tommy Ward Billy Zulch	Tommy Andrews Warren Bardsley Sammy Carter Herbie Collins Jack Gregory Stork Hendry Charles Macartney Arthur Mailey Ernie Mayne Ted McDonald Bert Oldfield Nip Pellew Jack Ryder Johnny Taylor

Testing

First test in Durban

November 5-9 Scorecard	Durban (Lord's)	Australia 299 (80.1) & 324-7d (87)	-	South Africa 232 (87) & 184-7 (96)
		draw

Second test in Johannesburg

November 12-16 Scorecard	Johannesburg (OW)	Australia 450 (97.5) & 7-0 (1.4)	-	South Africa 243 (78.3) & 472-8d (xx) (f / o)
		draw

Third test in Cape Town

November 26-29 Scorecard	Cape Town	South Africa 180 (88) & 216 (80.3)	-	Australia 396 (120) & 1-0 (0.1)
		Australia wins with 10 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo