Old Wanderers

Old Wanderers in numbers

Old Wanderers, in Johannesburg, South Africa, has staged 22 Tests in CricArcade's archives. The first was a Test between England and South Africa in 1896, and the most recent international here was in 1939.

Of the 22 Tests played at Old Wanderers, 7 were drawn (32%), 8 won by the side batting first and 7 by the side batting second. Decided Tests have split close to evenly between the side batting first and the side batting second. South Africa have played 22 of those Tests and won 7, lost 8 and drawn or tied 7, a win rate of 32%. The most frequent visitors have been England (17) and Australia (5). The average first-innings total was 269 in the 1900s (5 Tests) and 253 in the 1930s (6 Tests). Its busiest decade was the 1930s, with 6 Tests, against 5 in the 1900s. Dave Nourse has made more Test runs here than anyone, 850 in 22 innings with 1 hundred, and Buster Nupen has taken the most wickets, 31 in 8 Tests. The highest total is South Africa's 491 in 1935; the lowest completed innings South Africa's 85 in 1902; the highest individual score Dudley Nourse's 231 against Australia in 1935; the best bowling George Lohmann's 9 for 28 in 1896. The heaviest defeat was South Africa's, by an innings and 197 runs against England in 1896. The closest finish: South Africa won by 1 wicket (1906).

Tests at Old Wanderers

22 Tests, 1896 to 1939. The first was England v South Africa on 2 March 1896: England won by an innings and 197 runs.

First-innings totals by decade

Closest finishes

• South Africa won by 1 wicket (1906)

Most recent matches

• England v South Africa (Test, 18 February 1939): Match drawn
• England v South Africa (Test, 24 December 1938): Match drawn
• South Africa v Australia (Test, 15 February 1936): Australia won by an innings and 184 runs
• South Africa v Australia (Test, 24 December 1935): Match drawn
• England v South Africa (Test, 13 February 1931): Match drawn
• South Africa v England (Test, 24 December 1930): South Africa won by 28 runs
• England v South Africa (Test, 28 January 1928): South Africa won by 4 wickets
• South Africa v England (Test, 24 December 1927): England won by 10 wickets
• England v South Africa (Test, 9 February 1923): Match drawn
• South Africa v England (Test, 23 December 1922): South Africa won by 168 runs