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South AfricaTest ground1910 to 1921

Lord's

Durban, South Africa

4
Internationals
4
Tests
0
ODIs
1910
First
1921
Latest
25%
Home win %
1 of 4

Lord's in numbers

Lord's, in Durban, South Africa, has staged 4 Tests in CricArcade's archives. The first was a Test between South Africa and England in 1910, and the most recent international here was in 1921.

Of the 4 Tests played at Lord's, 2 were drawn (50%), 1 won by the side batting first and 1 by the side batting second. South Africa have played 4 of those Tests and won 1, lost 1 and drawn or tied 2, a win rate of 25%. The most frequent visitors have been England (3). Jack Hobbs has made more Test runs here than anyone, 366 in 5 innings, and Sydney Barnes has taken the most wickets, 24 in 2 Tests. The highest total is England's 450 in 1913; the highest individual score Johnny Douglas's 119 against South Africa in 1913; the best bowling Sydney Barnes's 7 for 56 in 1914. The heaviest defeat was South Africa's, by an innings and 157 runs against England in 1913.

Tests at Lord's

4 Tests, 1910 to 1921. The first was South Africa v England on 21 January 1910: South Africa won by 95 runs.

Tests by decade, and who won them
  • Won batting first
  • Won batting second
  • Drawn / tied
00.81.62.40000000000000043.21910s: 1 won batting second of 31910s: 1 drawn / tied of 31910s: 1 won batting first of 3310s1920s: 1 drawn / tied of 1120s
Every Test at Lord's in CricArcade's archive, by decade: won by the side batting first, won by the side batting second, or drawn or tied.

First-innings totals by decade

Completed first innings only; Test totals the archive can only bound are left out.
DecadeTestsAverage first-innings total
1910s3184
1920s1299

Most runs

BatterTeamInnsRuns100s
Jack HobbsEngland53660
Herbie TaylorSouth Africa62561
Dave NourseSouth Africa82510
Charles MacartneyAustralia21751
Wilfred RhodesEngland51360

Most wickets

BowlerTeamTestsWkts
Sydney BarnesEngland224
Jimmy BlanckenbergSouth Africa313
Claude CarterSouth Africa213
Aubrey FaulknerSouth Africa18
Jack GregoryAustralia18

Test records

Highest total
450
Lowest completed total
111
Biggest innings win
Inns & 157
Biggest win by runs
95 runs

Most recent matches

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