South African cricket team in England in 1901

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The South Africa national cricket team toured England between 16 May and 20 August 1901. They played 15 first-class cricket matches, and 10 other matches during their visit. Although a number of matches played by South Africa during the 1880s and 1890s were retrospectively granted Test cricket status, as the 1901 touring side did not play a representative England side, they did not compete in any Test matches. The South Africans were captained by Murray Bisset. The tour went ahead despite the ongoing Boer War, which suspended first-class cricket in South Africa between 1899 and 1902. [1]

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During the tour, Maitland Hathorn was the most successful batsman for the South Africans, scoring 827 runs at a batting average of 35.95. [2] George Rowe was the tourists' leading wicket taker, with 70 wickets, but Jimmy Sinclair had the superior bowling average, claiming his 61 wickets at 19.85. [3]

Touring party

Batsmen
NameDomestic teamBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleRef
Arthur Bisset Western Province 15 January 1879 (aged 22)Right-handed Leg break [4]
Murray Bisset Western Province 14 April 1876 (aged 25)Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox [5]
Bertram Cooley Natal 1874 (aged 26–27)Right-handedUnknown [6]
Maitland Hathorn Transvaal 7 April 1878 (aged 23)Right-handedUnknown [7]
James Logan –24 June 1880 (aged 20)UnknownUnknown [8]
Allan Reid Western Province 1 October 1877 (aged 23)Right-handed– [9]
William Shalders Griqualand West 12 February 1880 (aged 21)Right-handedRight-arm medium [10]
Louis Tancred Transvaal 7 October 1876 (aged 24)Right-handedUnknown [11]
Wicket-keepers
NameDomestic teamBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleRef
Ernest Halliwell † Transvaal 7 September 1864 (aged 36)Right-handed– [12]
Charles Prince † Western Province 11 September 1874 (aged 26)Right-handed– [13]
All-rounders
NameDomestic teamBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleRef
Charlie Llewellyn Hampshire [note 1] 26 September 1876 (aged 24)Left-handedLeft-arm slow-medium [14]
Bowlers
NameDomestic teamBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleRef
Robert Graham Western Province 16 September 1877 (aged 23)Right-handedRight-arm medium [15]
Johannes Kotze Transvaal 7 August 1879 (aged 21)Right-handedRight-arm fast [16]
George Rowe Western Province 15 June 1874 (aged 26)Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox [17]
Jimmy Sinclair Transvaal 16 October 1876 (aged 24)Right-handed Leg break, Right-arm medium [18]

Tour itinerary

Only matches accorded first-class status are numbered:

No.DateOpponentsVenueResultRef
116–18 May Hampshire County Ground, Southampton Lost by an innings and 51 runs [19]
220–22 May London County Crystal Palace Park, London Won by 61 runs [20]
323–24 May Kent Foxgrove Road, Beckenham Lost by 7 wickets [21]
427–28 May Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester Lost by 9 wickets [22]
530–31 May Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham Lost by an innings and 69 runs [23]
63–4 June Marylebone Cricket Club Lord's, London Lost by 53 runs [24]
76–8 June Derbyshire County Ground, Derby Won by 9 wickets [25]
810–12 June Cambridge University Fenner's, Cambridge Won by an innings and 215 runs [26]
913–15 June Somerset County Ground, Taunton Lost by 341 runs [27]
–18–19 June Ireland Phoenix Cricket Club Ground, Dublin Won by 5 wickets [28]
–20–21 June Dublin University College Park, Dublin Won by an innings and 42 runs [29]
–24–25 June Liverpool and District Aigburth, Liverpool Won by 5 wickets [30]
–27–29 June Durham Feethams, Darlington Won by 446 runs [31]
101–3 July Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester Lost by 8 wickets [32]
118–10 July Surrey The Oval, London Lost by 59 runs [33]
1211–13 July Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottinghamshire Won by 94 runs [34]
1315–17 July Worcestershire New Road, Worcester Tied [35]
–18–20 July Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton Won by 5 wickets [36]
–22–24 July Staffordshire County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent Drawn [37]
–26–27 July Wiltshire County Ground, Swindon Drawn [38]
141–3 August Yorkshire St George's Road, Harrogate Lost by 151 runs [39]
–5–7 AugustEast of Scotland Raeburn Place, Edinburgh Won by an innings and 42 runs [40]
–8–9 AugustWest of Scotland Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow Won by 180 runs [41]
1515–16 August Gloucestershire Clifton College Close Ground, Bristol Won by an innings and 105 runs [42]
–19–20 August Glamorgan Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Won by 132 runs [43]

Notes

  1. ↑ Llewellyn played for Natal until 1898, and then moved to England, and played for Hampshire for the rest of his career.

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  3. ↑ "First-class Bowling for South Africans: South Africa in British Isles 1901". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
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  16. ↑ "Player Profile: Johannes Kotze". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
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  30. ↑ "Liverpool and District v South Africans". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
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  36. ↑ "Northamptonshire v South Africans". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
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