South African national cricket team in England in the 1935 season

The tour of the South African national cricket team to England in the 1935 season took place from June 15 to August 20, 1935. The international cricket tour was part of the 1935 international cricket season and comprised five tests . South Africa 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 England in the 1929 season .

London (Lord's)

London (oval)

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Headingley Stadium	Leeds	17,000	3rd test
The oval	London	23,500	5th test
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	2nd test
Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	19,000	4th test
Trent Bridge	Nottingham	15,350	1st test

The teams named the following squads.

test
England	South Africa
Les Ames Fred Bakewell Bob Barber Bill Bowes Johnnie Clay George Duckworth Bill Farrimond Wally Hammond Joe Hardstaff Errol Holmes Jack Iddon James Langridge Maurice Leyland Arthur Mitchell Tommy Mitchell Mandy Mitchell-Innes Stan Nichols Hopper Read Walter Robins Jim Sims Denis Smith Herbert Sutcliffe Maurice Tate Hedley Verity Bob Wyatt	Xen Balaskas Sandy Bell Jock Cameron Bob Crisp Eric Dalton Chud Langton Bruce Mitchell Dudley Nourse Eric Rowan Jack Siedle Denis Tomlinson Ken Viljoen Cyril Vincent Billy Wade

June 15-18 scorecard	Nottingham	England 384-7d (132)	-	South Africa 220 (116.5) & 17-1 (9) (f / o)
		draw

June 29th - July 2nd scorecard	London (Lord's)	South Africa 228 (91.3) & 278-7d (121.4)	-	England 198 (80.3) & 151 (67)
		South Africa wins with 157 runs

June 13-16 Scorecard	Leeds	England 216 (93.5) & 294-7d (79.3)	-	South Africa 171 (87.4) & 194-5 (95.2)
		draw

July 27-30 scorecard	Manchester	England 357 (92.1) & 231-6d (67)	-	South Africa 318 (109.3) & 169-2 (83)
		draw

17th - 20th August Scorecard	London (oval)	South Africa 476 (145.4) & 287-6 (73)	-	England 534-6d (132)
		draw