Controversies in 1924

2 incidents documented

Maurice Tate Devastates South Africa at Edgbaston — 1924 Tour

England v South Africa

1924-06-16

On a cloudy Edgbaston morning in June 1924, the new Sussex pair of Arthur Gilligan and Maurice Tate skittled South Africa for 30 — the lowest Test innings total ever made by a side that had won the toss. Tate took 4 for 12 and Gilligan 6 for 7, and the partnership with the new ball that would carry England through the mid-1920s was christened.

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Aubrey Faulkner Opens Cricket School in London — 1924

Aubrey Faulkner / Faulkner School of Cricket

1924-04-15

In April 1924 the South African all-rounder Aubrey Faulkner opened the Faulkner School of Cricket in Walham Green, London — the first dedicated indoor coaching school in cricket, and the institutional model for every coaching academy that followed across the 20th century.

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