English cricket team in South Africa in 1909-10
- English cricket team in South Africa in 1909-10
The tour by the English cricket team in South Africa in 1909-10 was organised by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). The team played as MCC in the non-Test fixtures and as England in the five Test matches. They played 14 first-class matches including the Tests, winning 7 times with 3 draws and 4 defeats [Roy Webber, "The Playfair Book of Cricket Records", Playfair Books, 1951] .]England was captained by HDG Leveson Gower. South Africa's captain in the Test series was Tip Snooke.
Test series
South Africa won the Test series 3-2:
The scheduled length of each Test was 5 days with no play on Sundays. Six balls were bowled per over.
The Reef v MCC
The tour included [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/8/8042.html The Reef v MCC] at Boksburg. It was scheduled as a four-day match but play only took place on two because of bad weather. Although the two teams consisted of recognised players, the South African Board of Control decided as late as 1930 that it had not been a first-class match. Wisden 1931 reproduced a letter from the SABC which outlined its case. Wisden has ignored the ruling and includes the match in the career figures of all the players who took part, including record-breaking players such as Wilfred Rhodes, Jack Hobbs and Frank Woolley.
It is possible that the SABC thought it was a 2 day match, but Wisden 1911 clearly states that "not a ball could be bowled on the first and fourth days" so it was actually planned as a 4 day match [Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1911] .
For more information about this curious affair, see: Variations in First-Class Cricket Statistics.
References
External sources
* [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154057.html Wisden Online 1911]
Annual reviews
* Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1911
Further reading
* Bill Frindall, "The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978", Wisden, 1979
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