Controversies in 1892

3 incidents documented

South Africa's Second Test Series — Walter Read's Tour, March 1892

South Africa v England

1892-03-19

On 19-22 March 1892, Walter Read's privately-organised English XI played South Africa in what was retrospectively granted Test status — only the second Test in South African history after Major Wharton's 1888-89 tour. England won by an innings and 189 runs at Newlands; John Ferris, the Australian-born bowler now qualified for England, took 13 wickets. South Africa's Test cricket had begun fitfully and would not produce a competitive home performance until the next decade.

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First First-Class Match in India — Parsis v Europeans at Bombay, 1892

Parsis v Europeans

1892-08-26

On 26 August 1892, the annual Parsis v Europeans fixture at Bombay Gymkhana was played as a two-innings match — the first first-class match on Indian soil. The match was drawn, but it formalised what would become the Bombay Tournament: the first organised cricket competition in India, founded with the encouragement of Bombay Governor Lord Harris and run continuously until 1946. Mehellasha Pavri, the Parsi fast bowler who had toured England in 1888, took several wickets.

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Walter Read's South Africa Tour — England's Second Test Visit Wins by an Innings, March 1892

South Africa v England

1892-03-19

From December 1891 to March 1892 an English side organised and captained by Surrey's Walter Read toured South Africa. The single Test, played at Newlands from 19 to 22 March 1892, was won by England by an innings and 189 runs. JJ Ferris took 13 wickets in the match (6/54 and 7/37); Henry Wood made 134 — the first Test hundred by a wicketkeeper. The match was retrospectively classified as Test cricket and remains South Africa's second Test.

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