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Test No. 58

England tour of South Africa 1899
1898-99 season
South Africa vs England - 1st Test
14-16 February, 1899

England led the 2-match series 1-0

Venue : Old Wanderers, Johannesburg
Toss : England won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : England won by 32 runs


England 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Frank Mitchell b Graham
28 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Sir Pelham Warner c & b Llewellyn
21 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Johnny Tyldesley run out
17 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Clem Wilson b Middleton
8 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Willis Cuttell c Llewellyn b Graham
19 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Albert Trott run out
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Frank Milligan c Graham b Middleton
11 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Lord Hawke c Bisset b Llewellyn
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Jack Board c Dower b Rowe
29 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Hugh Bromley-Davenport c Graham b Rowe
4 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Schofield Haigh Not Out
2 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 4, LB 1, W 1
6
Total : (all out in 77.2 overs)
145
 RR : 2.25

Fall of wickets : 1-51 (PF Warner), 2-53 (F Mitchell), 3-77 (CEM Wilson), 4-77 (JT Tyldesley), 5-81 (AE Trott), 6-96 (FW Milligan), 7-96 (Lord Hawke), 8-138 (WR Cuttell), 9-138 (JH Board), 10-145 (HR Bromley-Davenport, 77.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Bonnor Middleton
23
9 
48 
2
2.50
0
0
»
 George Rowe
18
 .2
6 
34 
2
2.22
0
0
»
 Robert Graham
16
7 
22 
2
1.65
0
0
»
 Charlie Llewellyn
20
6 
35 
2
2.10
0
0

South Africa 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Jimmy Sinclair run out
86 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Vincent Tancred b Haigh
18 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Howard Francis lbw b Trott
7 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Robert Dower b Trott
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Murray Bisset b Haigh
35 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 William Solomon c Tyldesley b Haigh
2 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 George Shepstone b Cuttell
8 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Charlie Llewellyn st Board b Trott
38 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Robert Graham c Board b Cuttell
4 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Bonnor Middleton c Mitchell b Trott
22 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 George Rowe Not Out
13 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 5, LB 11, N 2
18
Total : (all out in 84.1 overs)
251
 RR : 3.58

Fall of wickets : 1-46 (VM Tancred), 2-55 (HH Francis), 3-59 (RR Dower), 4-114 (M Bisset), 5-118 (WRT Solomon), 6-143 (GH Shepstone), 7-169 (JH Sinclair), 8-183 (R Graham), 9-224 (CB Llewellyn), 10-251 (J Middleton, 84.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Albert Trott
30
 .1
13 
61 
4
2.42
0
0
»
 Schofield Haigh
30
5 
101 
3
4.04
0
0
»
 Willis Cuttell
17
5 
42 
2
2.96
0
0
»
 Frank Milligan
7
0 
29 
0
4.97
0
0

England 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Frank Mitchell lbw b Llewellyn
1 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Sir Pelham Warner Not Out
132 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Johnny Tyldesley c Shepstone b Middleton
17 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Clem Wilson b Middleton
18 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Willis Cuttell c Dower b Middleton
21 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Albert Trott c Solomon b Rowe
6 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Schofield Haigh c Shepstone b Rowe
1 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Frank Milligan st Bisset b Llewellyn
8 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Lord Hawke b Llewellyn
5 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Jack Board c & b Middleton
17 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Hugh Bromley-Davenport b Middleton
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 9, N 2
11
Total : (all out in 104.0 overs)
237
 RR : 2.73

Fall of wickets : 1-1 (F Mitchell), 2-41 (JT Tyldesley), 3-104 (CEM Wilson), 4-139 (WR Cuttell), 5-149 (AE Trott), 6-153 (S Haigh), 7-171 (FW Milligan), 8-189 (Lord Hawke), 9-233 (JH Board), 10-237 (HR Bromley-Davenport, 103.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Bonnor Middleton
26
8 
51 
5
2.35
0
0
»
 George Rowe
28
12 
40 
2
1.71
0
0
»
 Robert Graham
11
2 
38 
0
4.15
0
0
»
 Charlie Llewellyn
36
11 
89 
3
2.97
0
0
»
 George Shepstone
3
1 
8 
0
3.20
0
0

South Africa 2nd Innings
(Target: 132 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Jimmy Sinclair c Cuttell b Haigh
4 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Vincent Tancred c Board b Haigh
7 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Howard Francis b Cuttell
29 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Robert Dower c Cuttell b Trott
9 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Murray Bisset Not Out
21 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Charlie Llewellyn b Trott
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 George Shepstone lbw b Cuttell
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 William Solomon b Cuttell
2 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Bonnor Middleton c Bromley-Davenport b Trott
14 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Robert Graham c Tyldesley b Trott
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 George Rowe b Trott
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 4, LB 5, N 4
13
Total : (all out in 77.1 overs)
99
 RR : 1.54

Fall of wickets : 1-13 (JH Sinclair), 2-21 (VM Tancred), 3-58 (HH Francis), 4-62 (RR Dower), 5-65 (CB Llewellyn), 6-66 (GH Shepstone), 7-78 (WRT Solomon), 8-97 (J Middleton), 9-99 (R Graham), 10-99 (GA Rowe, 77.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Albert Trott
33
 .1
14 
49 
5
1.77
0
0
»
 Schofield Haigh
12
5 
20 
2
2.00
0
0
»
 Willis Cuttell
32
24 
17 
3
0.64
0
0

Match details
Balls per over : 5
Debuts: VM Tancred, HH Francis, RR Dower, M Bisset, WRT Solomon and R Graham (South Africa); F Mitchell, PF Warner, JT Tyldesley, CEM Wilson, WR Cuttell, FW Milligan, JH Board and S Haigh (England)
Umpires : A. Soames (South Africa) and Archibald White (England)
Close of Play
Day 1 : 14 Feb - South Africa 1st innings 86/3 (JH Sinclair 38*, M Bisset 21*)
Day 2 : 15 Feb - England 2nd innings 171/7 (PF Warner 97*)
Day 3 : 16 Feb - South Africa 2nd innings 99 (M Bisset 21*, 77.1 ov) - end of match

Pelham Warner was the first to carry his bat through a completed innings on debut for England.

Teams:
South Africa Bonnor Middleton, Charlie Llewellyn, George Rowe, George Shepstone, Howard Francis, Jimmy Sinclair, Murray Bisset (Capt. & wk), Robert Dower, Robert Graham, Vincent Tancred, William Solomon
England Albert Trott, Clem Wilson, Frank Milligan, Frank Mitchell, Hugh Bromley-Davenport, Jack Board (wk), Johnny Tyldesley, Lord Hawke (Capt.), Schofield Haigh, Sir Pelham Warner, Willis Cuttell
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