Australian_cricket_team_in_South_Africa_in_1902–03

Australian cricket team in South Africa in 1902–03

Australian cricket team in South Africa in 1902–03

International cricket tour

The Australian cricket team in South Africa in 1902–03 played six matches including three Tests. Australia won two of the Tests and one other match, and the other three matches were drawn.[3] The opening Test was the first one between the two sides.[4]

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Australia was captained by Joe Darling. The team was the same one that had toured England in 1902; they made a one-month stopover from their home voyage via the Cape of Good Hope.

Test series summary

Australia won the Test series 2–0 with one match drawn.

Match length: 3 days (excluding Sundays). Balls per over: 6.

First Test

11–14 October 1902
Scorecard
v
454 (95 overs)
LJ Tancred 97
AJY Hopkins 3/59 (12 overs)
296 (51 overs)
RA Duff 82
CB Llewellyn 6/92 (22 overs)
101/4 (32 overs)
CMH Hathorn 31
WW Armstrong 2/24 (7 overs)
372/7d (f/o) (78 overs)
C Hill 142
CB Llewellyn 3/124 (26 overs)
Match drawn
Old Wanderers, Johannesburg
Umpires: F Hearne and A Soames

Second Test

18–21 October 1902
Scorecard
v
175 (55.1 overs)
WW Armstrong 49
CB Llewellyn 5/43 (18.1 overs)
240 (53 overs)
JH Sinclair 101
VT Trumper 3/60 (12 overs)
309 (81.4 overs)
WW Armstrong 159*
CB Llewellyn 5/73 (31.4 overs)
85 (22 overs)
LJ Tancred 29
JV Saunders 7/34 (11 overs)
Australia won by 159 runs
Old Wanderers, Johannesburg
Umpires: F Hearne and FE Smith
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 19 October was taken as a rest day
  • JH Anderson and JJ Kotze (both SA) made their Test debuts.

Third Test

8–11 November 1902
Scorecard
v
252 (70.5 overs)
C Hill 91*
CB Llewellyn 6/97 (30.5 overs)
85 (33.2 overs)
CMH Hathorn 19
WP Howell 4/18 (17 overs)
59/0 (9.5 overs)
VT Trumper 38*
225 (f/o) (63.1 overs)
JH Sinclair 104
WP Howell 5/81 (26 overs)
Australia won by 10 wickets
Newlands, Cape Town
Umpires: WH Creese and F Hearne
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 9 November was taken as a rest day
  • PS Twentyman-Jones (SA) made his Test debut.

Tour matches

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References

  1. [1]
    "Records–Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1902/03–Most Runs". Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Records–Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1902/03–Most Wickets". Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  3. [3]
    Roy Webber, The Playfair Book of Cricket Records, Playfair Books, 1951.
  4. [4]
    "An insomniac's dream". ESPN Cricinfo. 11 October 2005. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  5. [5]
    South Africa v Australia (1st Test), 1902/03 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  6. [6]
    Transvaal v Australians, 1902/03 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
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    South Africa v Australia (2nd Test), 1902/03 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
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    Natal v Australians, 1902/03 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
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    Western Province v Australians, 1902/03 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
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    South Africa v Australia (3rd Test), 1902/03 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2017.

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Further reading

  • Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979


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