England v South Africa Progressive Test Partnerships
(For England at Durban)

1st Wicket94JB Hobbs (53) W Rhodes (44)1909/10
133JB Hobbs (97) W Rhodes (35)1913/14
160RES Wyatt (54) WR Hammond (136*)1930/31
273ME Trescothick (132) AJ Strauss (136)2004/05
2nd Wicket64P Holmes (70) GE Tyldesley (78)1927/28
102P Holmes (56) GE Tyldesley (62*)1927/28
130H Sutcliffe (51) GE Tyldesley (100)1927/28
280PA Gibb (120) WJ Edrich (219)1938/39
3rd Wicket96JB Hobbs (82) LH Tennyson (52)1913/14
139CAG Russell (140) CP Mead (66)1922/23
242E Paynter (243) WR Hammond (120)1938/39
4th Wicket63WR Hammond (66) RES Wyatt (22)1927/28
74E Paynter (243) LEG Ames (27*)1938/39
164WR Hammond (140) E Paynter (75)1938/39
5th Wicket63CP Mead (41) JWHT Douglas (119)1913/14
154CP Mead (181) PGH Fender (60)1922/23
6th Wicket63GJ Thompson (46*) MC Bird (42)1909/10
65JWHT Douglas (119) FE Woolley (31)1913/14
156CP Mead (181) FT Mann (84)1922/23
206*KF Barrington (148*) JM Parks (108*)1964/65
7th Wicket40GJ Thompson (38) CP Buckenham (16)1909/10
115JWHT Douglas (119) MC Bird (61)1913/14
8th Wicket40GJ Thompson (46*) HDG Leveson-Gower (23)1909/10
43JM Bairstow (79) CR Woakes (23)2015/16
9th Wicket24GJ Thompson (46*) GHT Simpson-Hayward (16)1909/10
42GTS Stevens (69) IAR Peebles (18*)1927/28
10th Wicket92CAG Russell (111) AER Gilligan (39*)1922/23

Matches have been played on two grounds: Lord’s (1909/10 to 1913/14); Kingsmead (1922/23 to 2015/16). The Wanderers Stadium (1956/57 to 2019/20). The records have been combined on this page.

Denis Moore

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