First-Class Cricket Matches 1924

ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA Played at Edgbaston, Birmingham, June 14, 16, 17, 1924. England won by an innings and 18 runs. ENGLAND 1 J.B.Hobbs lbw b Blanckenberg 76 2 H.Sutcliffe b Parker 64 3 F.E.Woolley c Ward b Parker 64 4 E.H.Hendren c Nourse b Parker 74 5 A.P.F.Chapman b Parker 8 6 P.G.H.Fender c Taylor b Blanckenberg 36 7 R.Kilner c and b Pegler 59 8 M.W.Tate c Taylor b Parker 19 9 *A.E.R.Gilligan b Pegler 13 10 †G.E.C.Wood b Parker 1 11 C.H.Parkin not out 8 Extras b 4, lb 11, nb 1 16 —— 438 FoW (1): 1-136 (2), 2-164 (1), 3-247 (3), 4-255 (5), 5-315 (4), 6-356 (6), 7-386 (8), 8-407 (9), 9-410 (10), 10-438 (7) SOUTH AFRICA 1 *H.W.Taylor b Tate 7 c and b Tate 34 2 R.H.Catterall b Gilligan 0 (5) c Hobbs b Tate 120 3 M.J.Susskind c Kilner b Tate 3 b Gilligan 51 4 A.W.Nourse lbw b Gilligan 1 c Wood b Gilligan 34 5 J.M.M.Commaille not out 1 (2) c Hendren b Tate 29 6 J.M.Blanckenberg b Tate 4 c Chapman b Gilligan 56 7 H.G.Deane b Gilligan 2 run out 5 8 E.P.Nupen b Gilligan 0 lbw b Tate 5 9 S.J.Pegler b Tate 0 (10) c Hobbs b Gilligan 6 10 †T.A.Ward b Gilligan 1 (9) b Gilligan 19 11 G.M.Parker lbw b Gilligan 0 not out 2 Extras b 1, lb 7, nb 3 11 b 4, lb 18, w 1, nb 6 29 —— —— 30 390 FoW (1): 1-1 (2), 2-4 (3), 3-6 (4), 4-14 (1), 5-20 (6), 6-23 (7), 7-23 (8), 8-24 (9), 9-30 (10), 10-30 (11) FoW (2): 1-54 (1), 2-101 (2), 3-152 (3), 4-161 (4), 5-275 (6), 6-284 (7), 7-295 (8), 8-350 (9), 9-372 (10), 10-390 (5) South Africa Bowling O M R W Parker 37 2 152 6 1nb Pegler 36 8 106 2 Blanckenberg 32 5 95 2 Nupen 18 2 66 0 Nourse 1 0 3 0 England Bowling O M R W O M R W Gilligan 6.3 4 7 6 3nb 28 6 83 5 1w,5nb Tate 6 1 12 4 50.4 19 103 4 Parkin (3) 16 5 38 0 Kilner (4) 22 10 40 0 Fender (5) 17 5 56 0 Woolley (6) 10 2 41 0 1nb Umpires: H.R.Butt and W.Reeves. Toss: South Africa Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 398-7 (Kilner 40*, Gilligan 4*); 2nd day: South Africa (2) 274-4 (Catterall 52*, Blanckenberg 56*). R.H.Catterall’s 120 took 195 minutes and included 15 fours and 2 sixes.