English national cricket team in South Africa in the 1913-14 season

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The tour of the English national cricket team to South Africa in the 1913/14 season took place from December 13, 1913 to March 3, 1914. The international cricket tour was part of the 1913/14 international cricket season and comprised five tests . England won the series 4–0.

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 England in the 1912 season .

Stages

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 & 4th test
Old Wanderers No. 1 ground Johannesburg 2nd & 3rd test
St George's Park Port Elizabeth 19,000 3rd test

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

test
South Africa South Africa England England
  • Harold Baumgartner
  • Rolland Beaumont
  • Jimmy Blanckenberg
  • Claude Carter
  • Horace Chapman
  • Alfred Cooper
  • Joe Cox
  • Cec Dixon
  • Philip Hands
  • Reginald Hands
  • Gerald Hartigan
  • Plum Lewis
  • Bill Lundie
  • Claude Newberry
  • Dave Nourse
  • Louis Tancred
  • Doodles Tapscott
  • Dan Taylor
  • Herbie Taylor
  • Lindsay Tuckett
  • Tommy Ward
  • Billy Zulch
  • Fred le Roux
  • Sydney Barnes
  • Morice Bird
  • Major Booth
  • Johnny Douglas
  • John Hearne
  • Jack Hobbs
  • Phil Mead
  • Albert Relf
  • Wilfred Rhodes
  • Tiger Smith
  • Bert Strudwick
  • Lionel Tennyson
  • Frank Woolley

Testing

First test in Durban

December 13th - 17th
Scorecard
Durban South Africa South Africa
182 (56.4) & 111 (52.2)
- England England
450 (144.4)
England won with one innings and 157 runs

Second test in Johannesburg

December 26th - 30th
scorecard
Johannesburg South Africa South Africa
160 (62.5) & 231 (83.4)
- England England
403 (135)
England wins with one innings and 12 runs

Third test in Johannesburg

January
1-5 scorecard
Johannesburg England England
238 (80.1) & 308 (93.3)
- South Africa South Africa
151 (61.5) & 304 (109.4)
England wins with 91 runs

Fourth test in Durban

February
14-18 scorecard
Durban South Africa South Africa
170 (68.5) & 305-9d (102)
- England England
163 (75) & 154-5 (80)
draw

Fifth test in Port Elizabeth

February 27th - March 3rd
scorecard
Port Elizabeth South Africa South Africa
193 (65.4) & 228 (95.1)
- England England
411 (144.3) & 11-0 (2.1)
England wins with 10 wickets

Web links