First-Class Cricket Matches 1914

SOUTH AFRICA v ENGLAND Played at St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth, February 27, 28, March 2, 3, 1914. England won by ten wickets. SOUTH AFRICA 1 *H.W.Taylor c Strudwick b Woolley 42 c Rhodes b Bird 87 2 J.W.Zulch c Strudwick b Booth 11 c Rhodes b Booth 60 3 D.Taylor b Relf 12 b Bird 1 4 A.W.Nourse b Hearne 26 c Relf b Bird 0 5 P.A.M.Hands c Bird b Douglas 83 c Woolley b Booth 49 6 R.H.M.Hands st Strudwick b Woolley 0 st Strudwick b Douglas 7 7 C.Newberry b Woolley 11 (8) c Hearne b Relf 1 8 †T.A.Ward c Bird b Douglas 3 (7) c Woolley b Booth 1 9 C.P.Carter c Bird b Douglas 0 b Booth 5 10 J.M.Blanckenberg b Douglas 0 not out 6 11 E.B.Lundie not out 0 c Strudwick b Relf 1 Extras b 2, lb 2, nb 1 5 b 6, lb 3, nb 1 10 —— —— 193 228 FoW (1): 1-19 (2), 2-36 (3), 3-95 (1), 4-116 (4), 5-116 (6), 6-167 (7), 7-176 (8), 8-176 (9), 9-180 (10), 10-193 (5) FoW (2): 1-129 (1), 2-133 (3), 3-133 (4), 4-173 (2), 5-204 (6), 6-213 (5), 7-215 (8), 8-215 (7), 9-223 (9), 10-228 (11) ENGLAND 1 J.B.Hobbs c Nourse b Lundie 33 not out 11 2 W.Rhodes b Carter 27 not out 0 3 †H.Strudwick b Carter 3 4 J.W.Hearne c H.W.Taylor b Blanckenberg 32 5 C.P.Mead c and b Blanckenberg 117 6 F.E.Woolley lbw b Newberry 54 7 *J.W.H.T.Douglas c Blanckenberg b Lundie 30 8 L.H.Tennyson lbw b Lundie 23 9 M.C.Bird run out 4 10 M.W.Booth b Lundie 32 11 A.E.Relf not out 23 Extras b 20, lb 6, nb 7 33 —— —— 411 (no wicket) 11 FoW (1): 1-48 (1), 2-52 (3), 3-90 (2), 4-134 (4), 5-238 (6), 6-317 (7), 7-329 (5), 8-353 (9), 9-361 (8), 10-411 (10) England Bowling O M R W O M R W Relf 11 5 26 1 23.1 11 29 2 Booth 18 3 43 1 24 5 49 4 Woolley 22 4 71 3 (6) 5 2 23 0 Hearne 9 2 34 1 (7) 12 4 30 0 Douglas 5.4 2 14 4 9 1 34 1 Bird (3) 11 1 38 3 Tennyson (4) 1 0 1 0 Rhodes (8) 10 4 14 0 South Africa Bowling O M R W O M R W Lundie 46.3 9 101 4 2nb 1.1 0 6 0 Nourse 9 1 31 0 Carter 41 9 111 2 Blanckenberg 34 7 101 2 4nb Newberry 14 2 34 1 1nb H.W.Taylor (2) 1 0 5 0 Umpires: F.W.Grey and D.J.Smith. Toss: South Africa Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 48-1 (Rhodes 7*, Strudwick 0*); 2nd day: England (1) 357-8 (Tennyson 23*, Booth 1*); 3rd day: South Africa (2) 204-5 (P.A.M.Hands 44*). C.P.Mead’s 117 took 225 minutes and included 8 fours. 50