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Test no. 58

England in South Africa Test Series - 1st Test
South Africa v England

1898/99 season

Played at Old Wanderers, Johannesburg, on 14,15,16 February 1899 (3-day match)

Result England won by 32 runs


England 1st innings			R	4s	6s
	F Mitchell	b Graham	28		0
	PF Warner	c & b Llewellyn	21		0
	JT Tyldesley	run out	17		0
	CEM Wilson	b Middleton	8		0
	WR Cuttell	c Llewellyn b Graham	19		0
	AE Trott	run out	0	0	0
	FW Milligan	c Graham b Middleton	11		0
	Lord Hawke	c Bisset b Llewellyn	0	0	0
	JH Board	c Dower b Rowe	29		0
	HR Bromley-Davenport	c Graham b Rowe	4		0
	S Haigh	not out	2	0	0
	Extras	(b 4, lb 1, w 1)	6

	Total	(all out; 77.2 overs)	145	(2.24 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-51 (Warner), 2-53 (Mitchell), 3-77 (Wilson), 4-77 (Tyldesley), 5-81 (Trott), 6-96 (Milligan), 7-96 (Hawke), 8-138 (Cuttell), 9-138 (Board), 10-145 (Bromley-Davenport)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
J Middleton	23	9	48	2	2.50
GA Rowe	18.2	6	34	2	2.21
R Graham	16	7	22	2	1.65
CB Llewellyn	20	6	35	2	2.10


South Africa 1st innings			R	4s	6s
	JH Sinclair	run out	86		0
	VM Tancred	b Haigh	18		0
	HH Francis	lbw b Trott	7		0
	RR Dower	b Trott	0	0	0
	M Bisset	b Haigh	35		0
	WRT Solomon	c Tyldesley b Haigh	2	0	0
	GH Shepstone	b Cuttell	8		0
	CB Llewellyn	st Board b Trott	38		0
	R Graham	c Board b Cuttell	4		0
	J Middleton	c Mitchell b Trott	22		0
	GA Rowe	not out	13		0
	Extras	(b 5, lb 11, nb 2)	18

	Total	(all out; 84.1 overs)	251	(3.57 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-46 (Tancred), 2-55 (Francis), 3-59 (Dower), 4-114 (Bisset), 5-118 (Solomon), 6-143 (Shepstone), 7-169 (Sinclair), 8-183 (Graham), 9-224 (Llewellyn), 10-251 (Middleton)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
AE Trott	30.1	13	61	4	2.42
S Haigh	30	5	101	3	4.04
WR Cuttell	17	5	42	2	2.96
FW Milligan	7	0	29	0	4.97


England 2nd innings			R	4s	6s
	F Mitchell	lbw b Llewellyn	1	0	0
	PF Warner	not out	132		0
	JT Tyldesley	c Shepstone b Middleton	17		0
	CEM Wilson	b Middleton	18		0
	WR Cuttell	c Dower b Middleton	21		0
	AE Trott	c Solomon b Rowe	6		0
	S Haigh	c Shepstone b Rowe	1	0	0
	FW Milligan	st Bisset b Llewellyn	8		0
	Lord Hawke	b Llewellyn	5		0
	JH Board	c & b Middleton	17		0
	HR Bromley-Davenport	b Middleton	0	0	0
	Extras	(b 9, nb 2)	11

	Total	(all out; 104 overs)	237	(2.73 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-1 (Mitchell), 2-41 (Tyldesley), 3-104 (Wilson), 4-139 (Cuttell), 5-149 (Trott), 6-153 (Haigh), 7-171 (Milligan), 8-189 (Hawke), 9-233 (Board), 10-237 (Bromley-Davenport)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
J Middleton	26	8	51	5	2.35
GA Rowe	28	12	40	2	1.71
R Graham	11	2	38	0	4.14
CB Llewellyn	36	11	89	3	2.96
GH Shepstone	3	1	8	0	3.20


South Africa 2nd innings (target: 132 runs)			R	4s	6s
	JH Sinclair	c Cuttell b Haigh	4		0
	VM Tancred	c Board b Haigh	7		0
	HH Francis	b Cuttell	29		0
	RR Dower	c Cuttell b Trott	9		0
	M Bisset	not out	21		0
	CB Llewellyn	b Trott	0	0	0
	GH Shepstone	lbw b Cuttell	0	0	0
	WRT Solomon	b Cuttell	2	0	0
	J Middleton	c Bromley-Davenport b Trott	14		0
	R Graham	c Tyldesley b Trott	0	0	0
	GA Rowe	b Trott	0	0	0
	Extras	(b 4, lb 5, nb 4)	13

	Total	(all out; 77.1 overs)	99	(1.53 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-13 (Sinclair), 2-21 (Tancred), 3-58 (Francis), 4-62 (Dower), 5-65 (Llewellyn), 6-66 (Shepstone), 7-78 (Solomon), 8-97 (Middleton), 9-99 (Graham), 10-99 (Rowe)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
AE Trott	33.1	14	49	5	1.77
S Haigh	12	5	20	2	2.00
WR Cuttell	32	24	17	3	0.63

Balls per over 5

Toss England, who chose to bat first
Series England led the 2-match series 1-0

Test debuts JH Board, WR Cuttell, S Haigh, FW Milligan, F Mitchell, JT Tyldesley, PF Warner and CEM Wilson (England); M Bisset, RR Dower, HH Francis, R Graham, WRT Solomon and VM Tancred (South Africa)

Umpires A Soames and A White (England)

Close of play
14 Feb day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 86/3 (JH Sinclair 38*, M Bisset 21*)
15 Feb day 2 - England 2nd innings 171/7 (PF Warner 97*)
16 Feb day 3 - South Africa 2nd innings 99 (77.1 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Warner was the first to carry his bat through a completed innings on debut for England.
AE Trott was making his debut for England after appearing in three Tests for Australia .

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