South Africa v England 5th Test
England tour of South Africa - 1927 (1927/28) · Kingsmead, Durban · 4 February 1928 · South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl
South Africa won by 8 wickets
South Africa won by 8 wickets. Bob Catterall top-scored with 119 for South Africa.
England, 270 (10 wkts)
| Percy Holmes | caught (Jock Cameron) | 0 | 0 |
| Herbert Sutcliffe | caught (Jock Cameron) | 51 | 0 |
| Ernest Tyldesley | caught (Denys Morkel) | 100 | 0 |
| Wally Hammond | caught (Bob Catterall) | 66 | 0 |
| Bob Wyatt | caught (Bob Catterall) | 22 | 0 |
| Greville Stevens | caught (Herbie Taylor) | 13 | 0 |
| Eddie Dawson | lbw | 14 | 0 |
| Ewart Astill | lbw | 1 | 0 |
| Sam Staples | bowled | 2 | 0 |
| Harry Elliott | caught (Bob Catterall) | 1 | 0 |
| Tich Freeman | not out | 0 | 0 |
George Bissett 16.00-1-61-2Alf Hall 18.00-0-48-0Buster Nupen 33.50-9-83-5Cyril Vincent 31.00-4-63-3Denys Morkel 2.00-0-3-0John Nicolson 2.00-0-12-0
South Africa, 320 (7 wkts)
| Herbie Taylor | lbw | 36 | 0 |
| Shunter Coen | bowled | 28 | 0 |
| Denys Morkel | caught (Wally Hammond) | 2 | 0 |
| John Nicolson | bowled | 21 | 0 |
| Bob Catterall | caught (Percy Holmes) | 119 | 0 |
| Jock Cameron | caught (Percy Holmes) | 53 | 0 |
| Nummy Deane | bowled | 23 | 0 |
| Buster Nupen | not out | 19 | 0 |
| Cyril Vincent | not out | 19 | 0 |
| George Bissett | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Alf Hall | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
Wally Hammond 12.00-2-41-0Sam Staples 44.00-13-96-3Bob Wyatt 3.00-0-16-0Tich Freeman 16.00-2-57-1Ewart Astill 36.00-10-99-3Greville Stevens 2.00-0-11-0
England, 105 (10 wkts)
| Herbert Sutcliffe | lbw | 23 | 0 |
| Percy Holmes | lbw | 0 | 0 |
| Ernest Tyldesley | caught (Nummy Deane) | 21 | 0 |
| Wally Hammond | caught (Cyril Vincent) | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Wyatt | not out | 20 | 0 |
| Greville Stevens | caught (Nummy Deane) | 18 | 0 |
| Eddie Dawson | caught (Cyril Vincent) | 9 | 0 |
| Ewart Astill | caught (Shunter Coen) | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Staples | bowled | 7 | 0 |
| Harry Elliott | bowled | 3 | 0 |
| Tich Freeman | caught (Alf Hall) | 1 | 0 |
George Bissett 19.00-5-29-7Alf Hall 10.00-3-18-0Buster Nupen 9.00-2-14-1Cyril Vincent 17.00-3-44-2
South Africa, 66 (2 wkts)
| Herbie Taylor | caught (Bob Wyatt) | 29 | 0 |
| Shunter Coen | not out | 25 | 0 |
| Buster Nupen | caught (Tich Freeman) | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Catterall | not out | 2 | 0 |
| Denys Morkel | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| John Nicolson | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Jock Cameron | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Nummy Deane | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Cyril Vincent | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| George Bissett | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Alf Hall | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
Wally Hammond 10.00-2-25-1Sam Staples 11.00-3-30-1Ewart Astill 2.00-0-9-0Ernest Tyldesley 0.30-0-2-0
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