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{{Short description|International cricket tour}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox cricket tour
| series_name              = England in South Africa in 1927–28
| team1_image              = Flag of England.svg
| team1_name               = England
| team2_image              = Red Ensign of South Africa (1912-1928).svg
| team2_name               = South Africa
| from_date                = 12 November 1927
| to_date                  = 21 February 1928
| team1_captain            = [[Rony Stanyforth|RT Stanyforth]] (1st–4th Test)<br />[[Greville Stevens|GTS Stevens]] (5th Test)
| team2_captain            = [[Nummy Deane|HG Deane]]
| no_of_tests              = 5
| team1_tests_won          = 2
| team2_tests_won          = 2
| team1_tests_most_runs    = [[Ernest Tyldesley|GE Tyldesley]] (520)
| team2_tests_most_runs    = [[Herbie Taylor|HW Taylor]] (412)
| team1_tests_most_wickets = [[Wally Hammond|WR Hammond]] (15)
| team2_tests_most_wickets = [[George Bissett (cricketer)|GF Bissett]] (25)
}}
The [[England cricket team]] toured South Africa during the 1927–28 season, playing five Test matches against the [[South Africa national cricket team|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 cricket team (South Africa)|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 [[Rony Stanyforth|RT Stanyforth]] as the captain and [[Percy Holmes]] as a player.
==Test series==
===1st Test===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 24–27 December 1927
| team1 = {{cr-rt|RSA|1912}}
| team2 = {{cr|ENG}}
| score-team1-inns1 = 196 (78.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Bob Catterall|RH Catterall]] 86
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[George Geary|G Geary]] 7/70 (27.3 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 313 (137.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Ernest Tyldesley|GE Tyldesley]] 122
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Henry Promnitz|HLE Promnitz]] 5/58 (37 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 170 (69.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Cyril Vincent|CL Vincent]] 53
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Wally Hammond|WR Hammond]] 5/36 (21.2 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 57/0 (21 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Herbert Sutcliffe|H Sutcliffe]] 41[[not out|*]]
| wickets-team2-inns2 =
| result = England won by 10 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62554.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Old Wanderers]], [[Johannesburg]]
| umpires = [[A. G. Laver|AG Laver]] (SA) and [[Geoffrey Treadwell|GB Treadwell]] (SA)
| toss = South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
| notes = [[Ewart Astill|WE Astill]], [[Wally Hammond|WR Hammond]], [[Geoffrey Legge|GB Legge]], [[Ian Peebles|IAR Peebles]], [[Rony Stanyforth|RT Stanyforth]], [[Bob Wyatt|RES Wyatt]] (all Eng), [[Jock Cameron|HB Cameron]], [[Shunter Coen|SK Coen]], [[Jacobus Duminy|JP Duminy]], [[Denys Morkel|DPB Morkel]], [[Henry Promnitz|HLE Promnitz]] and [[Cyril Vincent|CL Vincent]] (all SA) made their Test debuts.
}}
===2nd Test===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 31 December 1927 – 4 January 1928
| team1 = {{cr-rt|ENG}}
| team2 = {{cr|RSA|1912}}
| score-team1-inns1 = 133 (59.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Wally Hammond|WR Hammond]] 43
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[George Bissett (cricketer)|GF Bissett]] 5/37 (17 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 250 (101 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Herbie Taylor|HW Taylor]] 68
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Tich Freeman|AP Freeman]] 4/58 (29 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 428 (158.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Herbert Sutcliffe|H Sutcliffe]] 99
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Henry Promnitz|HLE Promnitz]] 3/56 (30 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 224 (101.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Herbie Taylor|HW Taylor]] 71
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Ewart Astill|WE Astill]] 3/48 (29 overs)
| result = England won by 87 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62555.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Newlands Cricket Ground|Newlands]], [[Cape Town]]
| umpires = [[Harry Adams (cricket umpire)|HV Adams]] (SA) and [[Geoffrey Treadwell|GB Treadwell]] (SA)
| toss = South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
| notes = [[George Bissett (cricketer)|GF Bissett]] and [[Archibald Palm|AW Palm]] (both SA) made their Test debuts.<br />
*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.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Frindall |first1=Bill |title=The Wisden Book Of Test Cricket: Volume 1 1877-1970 |date=2000 |publisher=Headline Book Publishing |location=London |isbn=0747272735 |page=171}}</ref>
}}
===3rd Test===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 21–25 January 1928
| team1 = {{cr-rt|RSA|1912}}
| team2 = {{cr|ENG}}
| score-team1-inns1 = 246 (104.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Nummy Deane|HG Deane]] 77
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Bob Wyatt|RES Wyatt]] 3/4 (13 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 430 (139.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Wally Hammond|WR Hammond]] 90
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Cyril Vincent|CL Vincent]] 6/131 (45 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 464/8[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (157 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[John Nicolson (South African cricketer)|JFW Nicolson]] 78
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Tich Freeman|AP Freeman]] 3/122 (33 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 132/2 (42.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Ernest Tyldesley|GE Tyldesley]] 62[[not out|*]]
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Buster Nupen|EP Nupen]] 1/29 (10.2 overs)
| result = Match drawn
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62556.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Kingsmead Cricket Ground|Kingsmead]], [[Durban]]
| umpires = [[A. G. Laver|AG Laver]] (SA) and [[C. Saunders|C Saunders]] (SA)
| toss = South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
| notes = [[Sam Staples|SJ Staples]] (Eng), [[John Nicolson (South African cricketer)|JFW Nicolson]], [[Arthur Lennox Ochse|AL Ochse]] and [[Jack Siedle|IJ Siedle]] (all SA) made their Test debuts.<br />
*This Test match holds the record for the highest aggregate (1272) without a player scoring a century.<ref name="Walmsley">{{cite book|last1=Walmsley|first1=Keith|title=Mosts Without in Test Cricket|date=2003|publisher=Keith Walmsley|location=Reading, England|isbn=0947540067|pages=370}}</ref>
}}
===4th Test===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 28 January – 1 February 1928
| team1 = {{cr-rt|ENG}}
| team2 = {{cr|RSA|1912}}
| score-team1-inns1 = 265 (125.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Bob Wyatt|RES Wyatt]] 58
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Alf Hall|AE Hall]] 6/100 (42.4 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 328 (92.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Herbie Taylor|HW Taylor]] 101
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Wally Hammond|WR Hammond]] 3/62 (22 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 215 (72 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Percy Holmes|P Holmes]] 63
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[George Bissett (cricketer)|GF Bissett]] 4/70 (17 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 156/6 (49.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Denys Morkel|DPB Morkel]] 45
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Sam Staples|SJ Staples]] 3/67 (21 overs)
| result = South Africa won by 4 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62557.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Old Wanderers]], [[Johannesburg]]
| umpires = [[Edward Page (umpire)|ES Page]] and [[Gustave Verheyen|GA Verheyen]]
| toss = South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
}}
===5th Test===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 4–8 February 1928
| team1 = {{cr-rt|ENG}}
| team2 = {{cr|RSA|1912}}
| score-team1-inns1 = 282 (102.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Ernest Tyldesley|GE Tyldesley]] 100
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Buster Nupen|EP Nupen]] 5/83 (33.5 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 332/7[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (113 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Bob Catterall|RH Catterall]] 119
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Sam Staples|SJ Staples]] 3/96 (44 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 118 (55 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Herbert Sutcliffe|H Sutcliffe]] 23
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[George Bissett (cricketer)|GF Bissett]] 7/29 (19 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 69/2 (23.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Herbie Taylor|HW Taylor]] 29
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Wally Hammond|WR Hammond]] 1/25 (10 overs)
| result = South Africa won by 8 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62558.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Kingsmead Cricket Ground|Kingsmead]], [[Durban]]
| umpires = [[A. G. Laver|AG Laver]] and [[Geoffrey Treadwell|GB Treadwell]]
| toss = South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = No play was possible on day 1 due to rain.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/anantha-narayanan-indias-36-all-out-and-other-dramatic-finishes-to-tests-1314541 |title=India's 36 all out, and other dramatic finishes to Tests |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=15 May 2022}}</ref>
| notes = [[Eddie Dawson|EW Dawson]] and [[Harry Elliott (English cricketer)|H Elliott]] (both Eng) made their Test debuts.
}}
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1920S/1927-28/ENG_IN_RSA/ Series archive] at ESPNcricinfo
*[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/61697.html Series home] at ESPNcricinfo
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/2/Marylebone_Cricket_Club_in_South_Africa_1927-28.html Marylebone Cricket Club in South Africa 1927-28] at CricketArchive
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