First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

SOUTH AFRICA v ENGLAND Played at Old Wanderers, Johannesburg, December 23, 26, 27, 28, 1922. South Africa won by 168 runs. SOUTH AFRICA 1 R.H.Catterall c and b Kennedy 39 c Woolley b Gilligan 17 2 G.A.L.Hearne b Jupp 28 c Kennedy b Gilligan 27 3 *H.W.Taylor c Brown b Fender 21 c Gilligan b Kennedy 176 4 A.W.Nourse c Brown b Kennedy 14 c Fender b Jupp 20 5 W.V.S.Ling b Kennedy 0 b Kennedy 38 6 W.H.Brann lbw b Kennedy 1 c Fender b Gilligan 50 7 C.M.Francois c Fender b Jupp 19 (8) c Mann b Jupp 9 8 J.M.Blanckenberg lbw b Jupp 1 (9) b Kennedy 30 9 E.P.Nupen c Kennedy b Jupp 0 (10) st Brown b Kennedy 23 10 †T.A.Ward not out 13 (7) b Jupp 10 11 I.D.Buys run out 0 not out 4 Extras b 5, lb 2, nb 5 12 b 14, lb 1, w 1 16 —— —— 148 420 FoW (1): 1-55 (2), 2-92 (3), 3-97 (1), 4-97 (5), 5-111 (6), 6-120 (4), 7-121 (8), 8-121 (9), 9-145 (7), 10-148 (11) FoW (2): 1-33 (1), 2-52 (2), 3-91 (4), 4-202 (5), 5-300 (6), 6-326 (7), 7-352 (8), 8-380 (3), 9-393 (9), 10-420 (10) ENGLAND 1 A.Sandham b Blanckenberg 26 lbw b Blanckenberg 25 2 *F.T.Mann c Francois b Nupen 4 (6) not out 28 3 F.E.Woolley lbw b Francois 26 (4) c Nupen b Francois 15 4 A.W.Carr b Francois 27 (3) c Taylor b Nupen 27 5 C.P.Mead b Blanckenberg 1 (2) b Nupen 49 6 P.G.H.Fender c Brann b Blanckenberg 0 (7) run out 9 7 V.W.C.Jupp c and b Blanckenberg 1 (9) st Ward b Blanckenberg 33 8 G.T.S.Stevens b Francois 11 (10) c Nourse b Nupen 2 9 †G.Brown b Blanckenberg 22 (8) b Blanckenberg 1 10 A.S.Kennedy not out 41 (5) c Blanckenberg b Nupen 0 11 A.E.R.Gilligan b Blanckenberg 18 b Nupen 7 Extras b 3, lb 1, w 1 5 b 14, lb 6, nb 2 22 —— —— 182 218 FoW (1): 1-15 (2), 2-45 (1), 3-79 (3), 4-84 (5), 5-84 (6), 6-85 (7), 7-93 (4), 8-100 (8), 9-152 (9), 10-182 (11) FoW (2): 1-56 (1), 2-99 (2), 3-114 (3), 4-114 (5), 5-124 (4), 6-147 (7), 7-161 (8), 8-207 (9), 9-210 (10), 10-218 (11) England Bowling O M R W O M R W Gilligan 7 1 23 0 20 3 69 3 Kennedy 20.4 5 37 4 41.3 9 132 4 1w Jupp 21 6 59 4 (4) 31 7 87 3 Fender 7 1 17 1 (3) 12 0 64 0 Woolley (5) 16 4 33 0 Stevens (6) 4 0 19 0 South Africa Bowling O M R W O M R W Buys 7 1 20 0 17 3 32 0 Nupen 17 3 58 1 1w 30 11 53 5 Blanckenberg 22.5 5 76 6 (4) 24 3 59 3 2nb Francois 10 1 23 3 (3) 29 9 52 1 Umpires: F.W.Grey and A.G.Laver. Toss: South Africa Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 132-8 (Brown 13*, Kennedy 19*); 2nd day: South Africa (2) 270-4 (Taylor 121*, Brann 35*); 3rd day: England (2) 123-4 (Woolley 15*, Mann 0*). H.W.Taylor’s 176 took 308 minutes and included 25 fours. 24