English cricket team in South Africa in 1922–23
International cricket tour
An England national cricket team, organised by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), toured South Africa from November 1922 to March 1923 and played a five-match Test series against the South Africa national cricket team. England won the Test series 2–1. South Africa were captained by Herbie Taylor and England by Frank Mann. The England team was well below full strength.[1]
Test series summary
First Test
23–28 December 1922 (4-day match) Scorecard |
v | ![]() | |
148 (55.4 overs) RH Catterall 39 AS Kennedy 4/37 (20.4 overs) | 182 (56.5 overs) AS Kennedy 41* JM Blanckenberg 6/76 (22.5 overs) | |
420 (124.3 overs) HW Taylor 176 AS Kennedy 4/132 (41.3 overs) | 218 (100 overs) CP Mead 49 EP Nupen 5/53 (30 overs) |
- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- 24 and 25 December were taken as rest days.
- RH Catterall, GAL Hearne, WH Brann, CM Francois and ID Buys (all SA), and FT Mann, AW Carr, GTS Stevens, AS Kennedy and AER Gilligan (all ENG) made their Test debuts.
Second Test
1 – 4 January 1923 (4-day match) Scorecard |
v | ||
- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- AE Hall (SA), and GG Macaulay (ENG) made their Test debuts.
Third Test
18–22 January 1923 (4-day match) Scorecard |
v | ||
- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- 21 January was taken as a rest day.
- There was no play on the third day.
- GB Street (ENG) made his Test debut.
- WV Ling was summoned home to Kimberley where his mother was seriously ill. He was recorded as 'absent' in the South African innings - this was his final Test.[2]
Fourth Test
9 – 13 February 1923 (4-day match) Scorecard |
v | ||
- England won the toss and elected to field.
- 11 February was taken as a rest day.
- DJ Meintjes and LE Tapscott (both SA) made their Test debuts.
Fifth Test
v | ||
- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- 18 February was taken as a rest day.
- DP Conyngham (SA) made his Test debut.
References
External links
- Marylebone Cricket Club in South Africa 1922-23 at CricketArchive
- Test Cricket Tours – England to South Africa 1922-23
- v
- t
- e
International cricket tours of South Africa
Test and LOI tours
Tournaments hosted
Other tours
Note: during the isolation of South Africa from international cricket between 1970 and 1991, there were seven unofficial tours (italicised below) by various teams, collectively known as the South African rebel tours.
- 2000–01
- 2011–12
- 2016–17
- 1995–96
- 1992–93
- 1993–94
- 1991–92
- 1992–93
- 2012–13
![]() | This article about an international cricket tour of South Africa is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e