English cricket team in South Africa in 1891–92

An English cricket team, organised and led by the Surrey amateur Walter Read, toured South Africa from December 1891 to March 1892. There is uncertainty about the status of South African cricket as a whole in the late nineteenth century and so Read's matches against the main provincial teams, such as Transvaal and Western Province, are not rated first-class. The only first-class match on the tour is one in March against a South African national team which was retrospectively awarded Test status. Read's XI is therefore designated England for this match and they won the Test by an innings and 189 runs. The South African Test team was captained by William Henry Milton.^[1]

Test series summary

1st Test at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town – England won by an innings and 189 runs^[2]

The match was retrospectively granted Test status. At the time it was known as a South African XI versus W. W. Read's XI. South Africa won the toss and batted first. They were soon all out for 97, with John Ferris taking 6 for 54. In reply, an innings of 134 from Henry Wood saw Read's side total 369, a lead of 272 that South Africa were never likely to catch. Ferris's 7 for 37 helped dismiss the South Africans for 83 in their second innings.

The game is more interesting for some historical oddities:

Billy Murdoch and Ferris, who had both previously played for Australia, played for England due to residence.
Frank Hearne, who played for South Africa in this game, had previously played for England. Finally, the game gives the second instance of three brothers playing in the same Test match, as Frank Hearne's brothers, Alec Hearne and George Hearne played for England. A cousin, John Thomas Hearne also played for the tourists.
The tour was simultaneous to the English cricket team in Australia in 1891–92, both teams deemed to have "Test status".

References

↑ "W. W. Read's XI in South Africa in 1891–92". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
↑ "South Africa v England, First Test 1892". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 August 2014.

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