1. When did SA first play a Test in England?

A. 1907 at Lords

2. Who was the Yorkshireman who captained SA in the Triangular 
Tournament of 1912?

A. Frank Mitchell who played regularly for Yorkshire  around the turn of 
the 19th Century.

3. Which SA fast bowler had a Test record of  4 Tests (all against 
England)  with 25 wickets ave 18.76 ?

A. G Bissett, Extraordinarily, he was playing second division league 
cricket in Cape Town when selected. One of the genuine expresses by 
contemporary accounts.

4. Who scored SA's first Test century?

A J H Sinclair  106 v E 1898/9 Cape Town He took 9-89 in the match as 
well.

5. Who  first took 10 or more wickets in a Test for SA?

A. C B Llewellyn 10-116 v Australia 1902/3  Old Wanderers.
  First v E:  S J Snooke 12-127 Johannesburg 1905/6

6. Who scored the first double century in E v SA matches?

A Jack Hobbs 211 (Lords) in 1924.  It was his only Test double hundred.

7. What is the highest number of wickets taken by a bowler in an E v SA 
Test? .

A. 17-159 by S F Barnes at  Johannesburg during the 1913/14 tour, the 
best until Laker's 19-90.

8. The cheapest ever 30 or more wickets in a Test series  was taken in E 
V SA matches. Who was the bowler?

A. George Lohmann. 35  at a barely credible average of  5.8 in  the 
three matches of the 1895/6 series.

9. When SA returned to Test cricket in 1992 which country did they first 
play?

A.  The West Indies  (Kensington Oval in 1992).

10. On the first tour of England which included Test matches the SA 
bowling was primarily based on no less than four LBG  bowlers who often 
played in the same Test team. Name them.

A.  A Falkner, A E Vogler, G C White and R Schwartz . Contemporary 
descriptions suggest Schwartz bowled in a style akin to that of  Kumble, 
ie, fast and with little turn from leg.

RH
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Robert Henderson
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