English cricket team in South Africa in 1927–28
# English cricket team in South Africa in 1927–28

The England cricket team toured South Africa during the 1927–28 season, playing five Test matches against the South Africa national team and 13 tour matches under the banner of the Marylebone Cricket Club against local sides. The tour began on 12 November 1927 with a match against Western Province and ended on 21 February 1928 at the conclusion of another match against the same side. The five Tests were played between 24 December 1927 and 8 February 1928. The Test series was drawn 2–2, with England winning the first two and South Africa the last two, with a drawn Test in the middle.

Guy Jackson was selected as the captain of the touring side in July 1927. He withdrew in October owing to illness. He was replaced by RT Stanyforth as the captain and Percy Holmes as a player.

## Test series

### 1st Test

* 24–27 December 1927 Scorecard
* England won by 10 wickets Old Wanderers, Johannesburg Umpires: AG Laver (SA) and GB Treadwell (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
* WE Astill, WR Hammond, GB Legge, IAR Peebles, RT Stanyforth, RES Wyatt (all Eng), HB Cameron, SK Coen, JP Duminy, DPB Morkel, HLE Promnitz and CL Vincent (all SA) made their Test debuts.

### 2nd Test

* 31 December 1927 – 4 January 1928 Scorecard
* England won by 87 runs Newlands, Cape Town Umpires: HV Adams (SA) and GB Treadwell (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
* GF Bissett and AW Palm (both SA) made their Test debuts.
* An appeal against the dark colour of the ball by the batsman in the opening over was turned down as the ball had been chosen by both captains.

### 3rd Test

* 21–25 January 1928 Scorecard
* Match drawn Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: AG Laver (SA) and C Saunders (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
* SJ Staples (Eng), JFW Nicolson, AL Ochse and IJ Siedle (all SA) made their Test debuts.
* This Test match holds the record for the highest aggregate (1272) without a player scoring a century.

### 4th Test

* 28 January – 1 February 1928 Scorecard
* South Africa won by 4 wickets Old Wanderers, Johannesburg Umpires: ES Page and GA Verheyen
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

### 5th Test

* 4–8 February 1928 Scorecard
* South Africa won by 8 wickets Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: AG Laver and GB Treadwell
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
* No play was possible on day 1 due to rain.
* EW Dawson and H Elliott (both Eng) made their Test debuts.
