English national cricket team in South Africa in the 1895/96 season

The tour of India's national cricket team to South Africa in the 1896 season took place from June 4 to March 21, 1896. The international cricket tour was part of the 1896 international cricket season and included three tests . England won the series 3–0.

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 South Africa in the 1888/89 season .

Stages

Johannesburg (OW) Cape Town Port Elizabeth

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Old Wanderers No. 1 ground	Johannesburg		2nd test
Newlands Cricket Ground	Cape Town	25,000	3rd test
St George's Park	Port Elizabeth	19,000	1st test

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

test
South Africa	England
Frederick Cook Charles Fichardt Billy Frank Robert Gleeson George Glover Barberton Halliwell Frank Hearne Charles Hime Clement Johnson Charlie Llewellyn Bonnor Middleton Robert Poore Alfred Richards Tommy Routledge George Rowe Arthur Seccull George Shepstone Jimmy Sinclair Fred Smith Joseph Willoughby	Hugh Bromley-Davenport Harry Butt CB Fry Lord Hawke Tom Hayward Christopher Heseltine Arthur Hill George Lohmann Geoff Miller Tim O'Brien Ted Tyler Sammy Woods Doug Wright

Testing

First test in Port Elizabeth

February 13-14 Scorecard	Port Elizabeth	England 185 (70.4) & 226 (80.4)	-	South Africa 93 (30.4) & 30 (18.4)
		England wins with 288 runs

Second test in Johannesburg

March 2-4 scorecard	Johannesburg	England 482 (157.3)	-	South Africa 151 (46.2) & 134 (43.2) (f / o)
		England won with one innings and 197 runs

Third test in Cape Town

March 21-23 Scorecard	Cape Town	South Africa 115 (48) & 117 (64)	-	England 265 (101.4)
		England wins with one innings and 33 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo