South Africa v England 2nd Test
England tour of South Africa - 1927 (1927/28) · Newlands, Cape Town · 31 December 1927 · South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl
England won by 87 runs
England won by 87 runs. Herbert Sutcliffe top-scored with 99 for England.
England, 122 (10 wkts)
| Percy Holmes | bowled | 9 | 0 |
| Herbert Sutcliffe | caught (Buster Nupen) | 29 | 0 |
| Ernest Tyldesley | bowled | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Hammond | lbw | 43 | 0 |
| Greville Stevens | caught (Jock Cameron) | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Wyatt | lbw | 2 | 0 |
| Ewart Astill | lbw | 25 | 0 |
| Rony Stanyforth | bowled | 4 | 0 |
| George Geary | lbw | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Peebles | not out | 3 | 0 |
| Tich Freeman | stumping (Jock Cameron) | 7 | 0 |
George Bissett 17.00-5-37-5Denys Morkel 9.00-3-20-1Cyril Vincent 15.10-4-22-4Buster Nupen 3.00-0-10-0Henry Promnitz 15.00-5-33-0
South Africa, 246 (10 wkts)
| Herbie Taylor | hitwicket | 68 | 0 |
| Mick Commaille | lbw | 13 | 0 |
| Jock Cameron | caught (George Geary) | 19 | 0 |
| Bob Catterall | bowled | 9 | 0 |
| Denys Morkel | bowled | 36 | 0 |
| Archibald Palm | caught (Greville Stevens) | 2 | 0 |
| Nummy Deane | caught (Rony Stanyforth) | 41 | 0 |
| Cyril Vincent | bowled | 13 | 0 |
| Buster Nupen | not out | 39 | 0 |
| George Bissett | bowled | 3 | 0 |
| Henry Promnitz | run out | 3 | 0 |
George Geary 23.00-2-50-0Wally Hammond 17.00-4-53-3Tich Freeman 29.00-12-58-4Ian Peebles 14.00-3-27-0Greville Stevens 10.00-1-26-1Ewart Astill 8.00-0-32-1
England, 398 (10 wkts)
| Percy Holmes | caught (Cyril Vincent) | 88 | 0 |
| Herbert Sutcliffe | bowled | 99 | 0 |
| Ernest Tyldesley | lbw | 87 | 0 |
| Wally Hammond | caught (Archibald Palm) | 14 | 0 |
| Greville Stevens | caught (Denys Morkel) | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Wyatt | caught (Henry Promnitz) | 91 | 0 |
| Ewart Astill | caught (Jock Cameron) | 9 | 0 |
| Rony Stanyforth | bowled | 1 | 0 |
| George Geary | bowled | 1 | 0 |
| Ian Peebles | caught (Cyril Vincent) | 6 | 0 |
| Tich Freeman | not out | 0 | 0 |
George Bissett 31.50-5-99-3Denys Morkel 21.00-4-60-0Cyril Vincent 40.00-10-93-3Buster Nupen 36.00-8-90-1Henry Promnitz 30.00-10-56-3
South Africa, 212 (10 wkts)
| Herbie Taylor | run out | 71 | 0 |
| Mick Commaille | caught (Ewart Astill) | 47 | 0 |
| Jock Cameron | bowled | 19 | 0 |
| Bob Catterall | lbw | 10 | 0 |
| Denys Morkel | caught (Percy Holmes) | 23 | 0 |
| Nummy Deane | caught (Wally Hammond) | 4 | 0 |
| Archibald Palm | caught (Wally Hammond) | 13 | 0 |
| Cyril Vincent | caught (Wally Hammond) | 11 | 0 |
| Buster Nupen | bowled | 1 | 0 |
| George Bissett | not out | 11 | 0 |
| Henry Promnitz | bowled | 2 | 0 |
Wally Hammond 30.00-13-50-2Tich Freeman 22.00-7-66-3Ian Peebles 12.10-4-26-1Greville Stevens 5.00-0-17-0Ewart Astill 29.00-11-48-3Bob Wyatt 3.00-0-5-0
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