International cricket tour
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]
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
Tour itinerary
Only matches accorded first-class status are numbered:
No.
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Ref
1
16–18 May
Hampshire
County Ground , Southampton
Lost by an innings and 51 runs
[ 19]
2
20–22 May
London County
Crystal Palace Park , London
Won by 61 runs
[ 20]
3
23–24 May
Kent
Foxgrove Road , Beckenham
Lost by 7 wickets
[ 21]
4
27–28 May
Leicestershire
Aylestone Road , Leicester
Lost by 9 wickets
[ 22]
5
30–31 May
Warwickshire
Edgbaston , Birmingham
Lost by an innings and 69 runs
[ 23]
6
3–4 June
Marylebone Cricket Club
Lord's , London
Lost by 53 runs
[ 24]
7
6–8 June
Derbyshire
County Ground , Derby
Won by 9 wickets
[ 25]
8
10–12 June
Cambridge University
Fenner's , Cambridge
Won by an innings and 215 runs
[ 26]
9
13–15 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]
10
1–3 July
Lancashire
Old Trafford , Manchester
Lost by 8 wickets
[ 32]
11
8–10 July
Surrey
The Oval , London
Lost by 59 runs
[ 33]
12
11–13 July
Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge , Nottinghamshire
Won by 94 runs
[ 34]
13
15–17 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]
14
1–3 August
Yorkshire
St George's Road , Harrogate
Lost by 151 runs
[ 39]
–
5–7 August
East of Scotland
Raeburn Place , Edinburgh
Won by an innings and 42 runs
[ 40]
–
8–9 August
West of Scotland
Hamilton Crescent , Glasgow
Won by 180 runs
[ 41]
15
15–16 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
^ Llewellyn played for Natal until 1898, and then moved to England, and played for Hampshire for the rest of his career.
References
External links
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