f10886 t153	England v South Africa
	South Africa in British Isles 1924 (1st Test)
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 14th, 16th, 17th June 1924 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Africa won the toss and decided to field
Result	England won by an innings and 18 runs
Umpires	HR Butt, W Reeves
Close of play day 1	England (1) 398/7 (Kilner 40*, Gilligan 4*)
Close of play day 2	South Africa (2) 274/4 (Catterall 52*, Blanckenberg 56*)

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Hobbs	lbw b Blanckenberg	76
H Sutcliffe	b Parker	64		130		1
FE Woolley	c Ward b Parker	64			8	1
EH Hendren	c Nourse b Parker	74		165		-
APF Chapman	b Parker	8
PGH Fender	c Taylor b Blanckenberg	36
R Kilner	c and b Pegler	59
MW Tate	c Taylor b Parker	19
*AER Gilligan	b Pegler	13
+GEC Wood	b Parker	1
CH Parkin	not out	8
Extras	(4 b, 11 lb, 1 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 124 overs)	438
Fall of wickets:
1-136 (Sutcliffe), 2-164 (Hobbs), 3-247 (Woolley), 4-255 (Chapman), 5-315 (Hendren), 6-356 (Fender), 7-386 (Tate), 8-407 (Gilligan), 9-410 (Wood), 10-438 (Kilner, 124 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Parker	37	2	152	6	-	1
Pegler	36	8	106	2	-	-
Blanckenberg	32	5	95	2	-	-
Nupen	18	2	66	0	-	-
Nourse	1	0	3	0	-	-

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South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HW Taylor	b Tate	7
RH Catterall	b Gilligan	0			-	-
MJ Susskind	c Kilner b Tate	3			-	-
AW Nourse	lbw b Gilligan	1			-	-
JMM Commaille	not out	1			-	-
JM Blanckenberg	b Tate	4
HG Deane	b Gilligan	2			-	-
EP Nupen	b Gilligan	0			-	-
SJ Pegler	b Tate	0			-	-
+TA Ward	b Gilligan	1			-	-
GM Parker	lbw b Gilligan	0			-	-
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 3 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 12.3 overs)	30
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Catterall), 2-4 (Susskind), 3-6 (Nourse), 4-14 (Taylor), 5-20 (Blanckenberg), 6-23 (Deane), 7-23 (Nupen), 8-24 (Pegler), 9-30 (Ward), 10-30 (Parker, 12.3 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gilligan	6.3	4	7	6	-	3
Tate	6	1	12	4	-	-

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South Africa second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HW Taylor	c and b Tate	34
JMM Commaille	c Hendren b Tate	29
MJ Susskind	b Gilligan	51
AW Nourse	c Wood b Gilligan	34
RH Catterall	c Hobbs b Tate	120		195	15	2
JM Blanckenberg	c Chapman b Gilligan	56
HG Deane	run out	5
EP Nupen	lbw b Tate	5
+TA Ward	b Gilligan	19
SJ Pegler	c Hobbs b Gilligan	6
GM Parker	not out	2
Extras	(4 b, 18 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	29
Total	(all out, 143.4 overs)	390
Fall of wickets:
1-54 (Taylor), 2-101 (Commaille), 3-152 (Susskind), 4-161 (Nourse), 5-275 (Blanckenberg), 6-284 (Deane), 7-295 (Nupen), 8-350 (Ward), 9-372 (Pegler), 10-390 (Catterall, 143.4 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gilligan	28	6	83	5	1	5
Tate	50.4	19	103	4	-	-
Parkin	16	5	38	0	-	-
Kilner	22	10	40	0	-	-
Fender	17	5	56	0	-	-
Woolley	10	2	41	0	-	1

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Notes
--> JB Hobbs (1) passed 3000 runs in Test matches when he reached 30
--> H Sutcliffe made his debut in Test matches
--> EH Hendren (1) passed his previous highest score of 67 in Test matches
--> APF Chapman made his debut in Test matches
--> R Kilner made his debut in Test matches
--> MW Tate made his debut in Test matches
--> GEC Wood made his debut in Test matches
--> MJ Susskind made his debut in Test matches
--> HG Deane made his debut in Test matches
--> GM Parker made his debut in Test matches
--> HW Taylor (2) passed 1500 runs in Test matches when he reached 9
--> RH Catterall (2) passed his previous highest score of 76 in Test matches
--> GM Parker achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches when he dismissed MW Tate in the England first innings (previous best was 4-34)
--> AER Gilligan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed EP Nupen in the South Africa first innings (previous best was 3-35)
--> AER Gilligan reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when he dismissed EP Nupen, his 4th wicket in the South Africa first innings
--> MW Tate took a wicket with his first ball in Test matches

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