English cricket team in South Africa in 1948–49
The England national cricket team toured South Africa in the 1948-49 season. The tour was organised by the Marylebone Cricket Club and the side played five Test matches as England and 16 other first-class matches as "MCC". Two of the first-class matches took place in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). There were also two non-first-class matches.
England won the first and last Test matches; the other three were drawn. Though the margin of victory in both the England wins was small, Wisden was in no doubt that the better team had won: "Much less than justice would have been done if England had not won the rubber," it said. "In all five Tests clearly they were the superior team".[1]
England team
The MCC team was captained by George Mann, with Billy Griffith as vice-captain. The Worcestershire secretary Brigadier Michael Green was the tour manager.
The full team was:
- George Mann; Billy Griffith (wicketkeeper); Alec Bedser; Denis Compton; Jack Crapp; Godfrey Evans (wicketkeeper); Cliff Gladwin; Len Hutton; Roly Jenkins; Charles Palmer; Reg Simpson; Maurice Tremlett; Cyril Washbrook; Allan Watkins; Doug Wright; Jack Young
Test series summary
First Test
16–20 December 1948 (4-day match) Scorecard |
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- 19 December was taken as a rest day.
- OE Wynne, DW Begbie and CN McCarthy (all SA), and RT Simpson, FG Mann and RO Jenkins (all ENG) made their Test debuts.
Second Test
27–30 December 1948 (4-day match) Scorecard |
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
Third Test
1–5 January 1949 (4-day match) Scorecard |
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- 2 January was taken as a rest day.
- MA Hanley (SA) made his Test debut.
Fourth Test
12–16 February 1949 (4-day match) Scorecard |
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- 13 February was taken as a rest day.
- LA Markham (SA) made his Test debut.
Fifth Test
5–9 March 1949 (4-day match) Scorecard |
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- 6 March was taken as a rest day.
- JE Cheetham (SA) made his Test debut.
References
- ^ "M.C.C. Team in South Africa, 1948-49". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1950 ed.). Wisden. p. 758.
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