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251 & 99
Series badge Won toss. Elected to batENG
145 & 237
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Overs: 77.1 RR: 1.28 vs spin: 0.64
vs seam: 2.00
Overs: 104.0 RR: 2.28 vs spin: 1.71
vs seam: 3.94
Tue 14/02/99 South Africa v England, 1st Test, Old Wanderers, Johannesburg
ENGLAND WIN England won by 32 runs
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England - 1st Inns 145 (77.2; RR: 1.88)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
F Mitchell b Graham 28 0 0 0
PF Warner c & b Llewellyn 21 0 0 0
JT Tyldesley run out 17 0 0 0
CEM Wilson b Middleton 8 0 0 0
WR Cuttell c Llewellyn b Graham 19 0 0 0
AE Trott run out 0 0 0 0
FW Milligan c Graham b Middleton 11 0 0 0
Lord Hawke c Bisset b Llewellyn 0 0 0 0
JH Board c Dower b Rowe 29 0 0 0
HR Bromley-Davenport c Graham b Rowe 4 0 0 0
S Haigh not out 2 0 0 0
Extras (4b, 1lb, 1w, 0nb) 6  
TOTAL 145 all out (77.2 overs; RR: 1.88)

Fall of wickets

51-1 (PF Warner 0.0 ov), 53-2 (F Mitchell 0.0 ov), 77-3 (CEM Wilson 0.0 ov), 77-4 (JT Tyldesley 0.0 ov), 81-5 (AE Trott 0.0 ov), 96-6 (FW Milligan 0.0 ov), 96-7 (Lord Hawke 0.0 ov), 138-8 (WR Cuttell 0.0 ov), 138-9 (JH Board 0.0 ov), 145-10 (HR Bromley-Davenport 77.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
J Middleton 23.0 9 48 2 2.09 0 0
GA Rowe 18.2 6 34 2 1.89 0 0
R Graham 16.0 7 22 2 1.38 0 0
CB Llewellyn 20.0 6 35 2 1.75 0 0

South Africa - 1st Inns 251 (84.1; RR: 2.98)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JH Sinclair run out 86 0 0 0
VM Tancred b Haigh 18 0 0 0
HH Francis lbw b Trott 7 0 0 0
RR Dower b Trott 0 0 0 0
M Bisset b Haigh 35 0 0 0
WRT Solomon c Tyldesley b Haigh 2 0 0 0
GH Shepstone b Cuttell 8 0 0 0
CB Llewellyn st Board b Trott 38 0 0 0
R Graham c Board b Cuttell 4 0 0 0
J Middleton c Mitchell b Trott 22 0 0 0
GA Rowe not out 13 0 0 0
Extras (5b, 11lb, 0w, 2nb) 18  
TOTAL 251 all out (84.1 overs; RR: 2.98)

Fall of wickets

46-1 (VM Tancred 0.0 ov), 55-2 (HH Francis 0.0 ov), 59-3 (RR Dower 0.0 ov), 114-4 (M Bisset 0.0 ov), 118-5 (WRT Solomon 0.0 ov), 143-6 (GH Shepstone 0.0 ov), 169-7 (JH Sinclair 0.0 ov), 183-8 (R Graham 0.0 ov), 224-9 (CB Llewellyn 0.0 ov), 251-10 (J Middleton 84.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AE Trott 30.1 13 61 4 2.03 0 0
S Haigh 30.0 5 101 3 3.37 0 0
WR Cuttell 17.0 5 42 2 2.47 0 0
FW Milligan 7.0 0 29 0 4.14 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 237 (104.0; RR: 2.28)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
F Mitchell lbw b Llewellyn 1 0 0 0
PF Warner not out 132 0 0 0
JT Tyldesley c Shepstone b Middleton 17 0 0 0
CEM Wilson b Middleton 18 0 0 0
WR Cuttell c Dower b Middleton 21 0 0 0
AE Trott c Solomon b Rowe 6 0 0 0
S Haigh c Shepstone b Rowe 1 0 0 0
FW Milligan st Bisset b Llewellyn 8 0 0 0
Lord Hawke b Llewellyn 5 0 0 0
JH Board c & b Middleton 17 0 0 0
HR Bromley-Davenport b Middleton 0 0 0 0
Extras (9b, 0lb, 0w, 2nb) 11  
TOTAL 237 all out (104.0 overs; RR: 2.28)

Fall of wickets

1-1 (F Mitchell 0.0 ov), 41-2 (JT Tyldesley 0.0 ov), 104-3 (CEM Wilson 0.0 ov), 139-4 (WR Cuttell 0.0 ov), 149-5 (AE Trott 0.0 ov), 153-6 (S Haigh 0.0 ov), 171-7 (FW Milligan 0.0 ov), 189-8 (Lord Hawke 0.0 ov), 233-9 (JH Board 0.0 ov), 237-10 (HR Bromley-Davenport 104.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
J Middleton 26.0 8 51 5 1.96 0 0
GA Rowe 28.0 12 40 2 1.43 0 0
R Graham 11.0 2 38 0 3.45 0 0
CB Llewellyn 36.0 11 89 3 2.47 0 0
GH Shepstone 3.0 1 8 0 2.67 0 0

South Africa - 2nd Inns 99 (77.1; RR: 1.28)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JH Sinclair c Cuttell b Haigh 4 0 0 0
VM Tancred c Board b Haigh 7 0 0 0
HH Francis b Cuttell 29 0 0 0
RR Dower c Cuttell b Trott 9 0 0 0
M Bisset not out 21 0 0 0
CB Llewellyn b Trott 0 0 0 0
GH Shepstone lbw b Cuttell 0 0 0 0
WRT Solomon b Cuttell 2 0 0 0
J Middleton c Bromley-Davenport b Trott 14 0 0 0
R Graham c Tyldesley b Trott 0 0 0 0
GA Rowe b Trott 0 0 0 0
Extras (4b, 5lb, 0w, 4nb) 13  
TOTAL 99 all out (77.1 overs; RR: 1.28)

Fall of wickets

13-1 (JH Sinclair 0.0 ov), 21-2 (VM Tancred 0.0 ov), 58-3 (HH Francis 0.0 ov), 62-4 (RR Dower 0.0 ov), 65-5 (CB Llewellyn 0.0 ov), 66-6 (GH Shepstone 0.0 ov), 78-7 (WRT Solomon 0.0 ov), 97-8 (J Middleton 0.0 ov), 99-9 (R Graham 0.0 ov), 99-10 (GA Rowe 77.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AE Trott 33.1 14 49 5 1.48 0 0
S Haigh 12.0 5 20 2 1.67 0 0
WR Cuttell 32.0 24 17 3 0.53 0 0

Match Info

Match

South Africa v England at Johannesburg, 1st Test

Date

Tuesday February 14, 1899

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

9:30am UTC

Venue

Old Wanderers, Johannesburg

Umpires

A White, A Soames

South Africa Team

Playing XI

J Middleton, JH Sinclair, CB Llewellyn, GA Rowe, GH Shepstone, M Bisset, RR Dower, HH Francis, R Graham, WRT Solomon, VM Tancred

England Team

Playing XI

AE Trott, HR Bromley-Davenport, Lord Hawke, JH Board, WR Cuttell, S Haigh, FW Milligan, F Mitchell, JT Tyldesley, PF Warner, CEM Wilson