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Test No. 32

England tour of South Africa 1889
1888-89 season
South Africa vs England - 2nd Test
25-26 March, 1889 (timeless match)

England won the 2-match series 2-0

Venue : Newlands, Cape Town
Toss : England won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : England won by an innings and 202 runs


England 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Bobby Abel b Ashley
120 
241 
11 
0
49.79 
»
 George Ulyett b Ashley
22 
37 
3 
0
59.46 
»
 Johnny Briggs b Vintcent
6 
17 
0 
0
35.29 
»
 Maurice Read c Hutchinson b Ashley
12 
22 
2 
0
54.55 
»
 Frank Hearne b Vintcent
20 
24 
2 
0
83.33 
»
 Henry Wood c Rose-Innes b Vintcent
59 
89 
11 
0
66.29 
»
 Monty Bowden c Hutchinson b Ashley
25 
16 
5 
0
156.25 
»
 Basil Grieve c Tancred b Ashley
14 
36 
2 
0
38.89 
»
 Emile McMaster c Rose-Innes b Ashley
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 The Hon. Charles Coventry Not Out
1 
5 
0 
0
20.00 
»
 Arnold Fothergill b Ashley
1 
5 
0 
0
20.00 
Extras B 12
12
Total : (all out in 123.1 overs)
292
 RR : 3.55

Fall of wickets : 1-54 (G Ulyett), 2-62 (J Briggs), 3-79 (JM Read), 4-110 (F Hearne), 5-215 (H Wood), 6-257 (MP Bowden), 7-287 (R Abel), 8-287 (JEP McMaster), 9-288 (BAF Grieve), 10-292 (AJ Fothergill)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Nicolaas Theunissen
20
5 
51 
0
3.83
0
0
»
 Albert Rose-Innes
12
3 
30 
0
3.75
0
0
»
 Gobo Ashley
43
 .1
18 
95 
7
3.29
0
0
»
 Charles Vintcent
42
9 
88 
3
3.14
0
0
»
 William Milton
6
2 
16 
0
4.00
0
0

South Africa 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Albert Rose-Innes lbw b Fothergill
1 
23 
0 
0
4.35 
»
 Bernard Tancred Not Out
26 
91 
4 
0
28.57 
»
 Arthur Ochse run out
1 
2 
0 
0
50.00 
»
 Philip Hutchinson b Briggs
3 
16 
0 
0
18.75 
»
 Owen Dunell b Briggs
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 William Milton b Briggs
7 
20 
1 
0
35.00 
»
 Dicky Richards c Abel b Fothergill
0 
14 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Charles Vintcent b Briggs
4 
11 
1 
0
36.36 
»
 Fred Smith b Briggs
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Nicolaas Theunissen lbw b Briggs
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Gobo Ashley b Briggs
1 
8 
0 
0
12.50 
Extras B 2, N 2
4
Total : (all out in 47.1 overs)
47
 RR : 1.49

Fall of wickets : 1-2 (A Rose-Innes), 2-3 (AE Ochse), 3-11 (P Hutchinson), 4-19 (OR Dunell), 5-31 (WH Milton), 6-32 (WHM Richards), 7-41 (CH Vintcent), 8-41 (FW Smith), 9-41 (NHCD Theunissen), 10-47 (WH Ashley)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Arnold Fothergill
24
12 
26 
2
1.63
2
0
»
 George Ulyett
4
4 
0 
0
0.00
0
0
»
 Johnny Briggs
19
 .1
11 
17 
7
1.32
0
0

South Africa 2nd Innings (f/o)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Bernard Tancred b Briggs
3 
21 
0 
0
14.29 
»
 Albert Rose-Innes run out
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Arthur Ochse b Briggs
3 
5 
0 
0
60.00 
»
 Philip Hutchinson b Briggs
0 
8 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Owen Dunell b Fothergill
5 
13 
1 
0
38.46 
»
 William Milton b Briggs
4 
6 
0 
0
66.67 
»
 Dicky Richards b Briggs
4 
4 
0 
0
100.00 
»
 Charles Vintcent b Briggs
9 
27 
0 
0
33.33 
»
 Fred Smith b Briggs
11 
28 
0 
0
39.29 
»
 Nicolaas Theunissen Not Out
2 
3 
0 
0
66.67 
»
 Gobo Ashley b Briggs
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 2
2
Total : (all out in 28.2 overs)
43
 RR : 2.26

Fall of wickets : 1-1 (A Rose-Innes), 2-4 (AE Ochse), 3-6 (P Hutchinson), 4-12 (AB Tancred), 5-16 (OR Dunell), 6-20 (WH Milton), 7-20 (WHM Richards), 8-37 (CH Vintcent), 9-43 (FW Smith), 10-43 (WH Ashley)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Johnny Briggs
14
 .2
5 
11 
8
1.14
0
0
»
 Arnold Fothergill
14
4 
30 
1
3.21
0
0

Match details
Balls per over : 4
Debuts: WHM Richards, NHCD Theunissen and WH Ashley (South Africa); JEP McMaster (England)
Umpires : John Hickson (England) and Robert Warton (England)

Johnny Briggs set a new Test record by taking 8 for 11 (all bowled) in the second innings and 15 for 28 in the match.

Teams:
South Africa Albert Rose-Innes, Arthur Ochse, Bernard Tancred, Charles Vintcent, Dicky Richards, Fred Smith (wk), Gobo Ashley, Nicolaas Theunissen, Owen Dunell, Philip Hutchinson, William Milton (Capt.)
England Arnold Fothergill, Basil Grieve, Bobby Abel, Emile McMaster, Frank Hearne, George Ulyett, Henry Wood (wk), Johnny Briggs, Monty Bowden (Capt.), The Hon. Charles Coventry, Maurice Read
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