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Hugh Tayfield 9 for 113 — South Africa Beat England at the Wanderers, 1957

South Africa vs England

1957-02-20

On 20 February 1957 at the New Wanderers in Johannesburg, Hugh Tayfield bowled unchanged through the final day to take 9 for 113 — South Africa's only nine-wicket Test innings haul to date. England, set 232 to win, fell 17 short. Tayfield's match figures of 13 for 192 levelled the series 2-2 and confirmed him as the finest off-spinner of his era.

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S.F. Barnes Takes 49 Wickets in 4 Tests — South Africa 1913-14

South Africa vs England

1914-02-27

Sydney Barnes took 49 wickets in four Tests on the 1913-14 tour of South Africa — the most by any bowler in any series in Test history. He missed the fifth Test in a pay dispute. The figure has stood for more than a century and remains the great unbroken individual bowling record of Test cricket.

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Barnes Takes 17 for 159 at Johannesburg — Test Match Record, December 1913

South Africa vs England

1913-12-26

Sydney Barnes took 8 for 56 and 9 for 103 — match figures of 17 for 159 — at the Old Wanderers in Johannesburg in the second Test of the 1913-14 series. The figures were the best in any Test match for the next 42 years, only surpassed by Jim Laker's 19 for 90 at Old Trafford in 1956.

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South Africa's First Test Win — One Wicket at Johannesburg, 1906

South Africa, England

1906-01-04

On 4 January 1906 at the Old Wanderers, Johannesburg, South Africa beat England by one wicket in the first Test of a five-match series — their first Test victory at the 12th attempt. Dave Nourse's 93 not out and Gordon White's 81 carried the home side past 284 in the fourth innings; the South African googly quartet, all on debut in the same match, took 11 wickets between them.

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George Lohmann's 9 for 28 — South Africa Bowled Out at Old Wanderers, 1896

South Africa v England

1896-03-02

On 2 March 1896 at the Old Wanderers in Johannesburg, Surrey's George Lohmann took 9 for 28 in 14.2 four-ball overs as South Africa were bowled out for 197 in their first innings. It was the first nine-wicket innings haul in Test cricket and stood as the best Test bowling figures in the world for sixty years until Jim Laker's 10 for 53 at Old Trafford in 1956. Lohmann would finish the series with 35 wickets at 5.80, still the highest tally in any three-Test series.

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