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South Africa v England @ Newlands, Cape Town
1, 2, 3, 5 January 1931 (four-day match)
Toss: South Africa (bat)
Umpires: JC Collings, WB Ryan
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Bruce Mitchell | b Maurice Tate | 123 | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Jack Siedle | c Percy Chapman b Jack White | 141 | - | 300 | 13 | - |
| 3. Buster Nupen | b Maurice Tate | 12 | - | - | - | - |
| 4. Herbie Taylor | c Jack White b Maurice Leyland | 117 | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Bob Catterall | b Maurice Tate | 56 | - | - | - | - |
| +6. Jock Cameron | c Ian Peebles b Jack White | 26 | - | - | - | 1 |
| 7. Xen Balaskas | c Maurice Turnbull b Maurice Leyland | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| *8. Nummy Deane | b Maurice Leyland | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Quintin McMillan | not out | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Cyril Vincent | not out | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Sandy Bell |
| FOW | 1-260 (Jack Siedle), 2-280 (Buster Nupen), 3-299 (Bruce Mitchell), 4-447 (Bob Catterall), 5-473 (Herbie Taylor), 6-479 (Xen Balaskas), 7-502 (Nummy Deane), 8-506 (Jock Cameron). |
| Extras | 8b, 12lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 21 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 192 ovs) 513 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Maurice Tate | 43 | 13 | 79 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Wally Hammond | 10 | 2 | 27 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bill Voce | 33 | 11 | 95 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Peebles | 28 | 2 | 95 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jack White | 46 | 15 | 101 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Maurice Leyland | 30 | 6 | 91 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Wyatt | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Bob Wyatt | b Quintin McMillan | 40 | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Wally Hammond | c & b Quintin McMillan | 57 | - | - | - | - |
| 3. Maurice Leyland | b Sandy Bell | 52 | - | - | - | - |
| 4. Patsy Hendren | b Xen Balaskas | 93 | - | - | 6 | - |
| 5. Maurice Turnbull | b Sandy Bell | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| *6. Percy Chapman | b Sandy Bell | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 7. Jack White | lbw b Xen Balaskas | 23 | - | - | - | - |
| 8. Maurice Tate | c Herbie Taylor b Quintin McMillan | 15 | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Bill Voce | c & b Cyril Vincent | 30 | - | - | - | 2 |
| 10. Ian Peebles | not out | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| +11. George Duckworth | lbw b Cyril Vincent | 0 | 2 | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-75 (Bob Wyatt), 2-120 (Wally Hammond), 3-202 (Maurice Leyland), 4-214 (Maurice Turnbull), 5-214 (Percy Chapman), 6-288 (Patsy Hendren), 7-293 (Jack White), 8-312 (Maurice Tate), 9-350 (Bill Voce), 350 (George Duckworth). |
| Extras | 9b, 16lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 26 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 120.4 ovs) 350 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Sandy Bell | 27 | 9 | 53 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Catterall | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Buster Nupen | 22 | 7 | 43 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Xen Balaskas | 16 | 0 | 75 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Cyril Vincent | 17.4 | 4 | 40 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Quintin McMillan | 33 | 6 | 111 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Bob Wyatt | b Sandy Bell | 29 | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Wally Hammond | c Nummy Deane b Cyril Vincent | 65 | - | 210 | - | - |
| 3. Maurice Leyland | c Bruce Mitchell b Quintin McMillan | 28 | - | - | - | - |
| 4. Patsy Hendren | b Cyril Vincent | 86 | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Maurice Turnbull | b Quintin McMillan | 14 | - | - | - | - |
| 6. Jack White | lbw b Bob Catterall | 8 | - | - | - | - |
| 7. Ian Peebles | b Bob Catterall | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| *8. Percy Chapman | b Bob Catterall | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Maurice Tate | lbw b Buster Nupen | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Bill Voce | not out | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| +11. George Duckworth | absent hurt | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-58 (Bob Wyatt), 2-105 (Maurice Leyland), 3-152 (Wally Hammond), 4-184 (Maurice Turnbull), 5-225 (Jack White), 6-225 (Ian Peebles), 7-235 (Percy Chapman), 8-250 (Maurice Tate), 9-252 (Patsy Hendren). |
| Extras | 9b, 4lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 124 ovs) 252 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Sandy Bell | 29 | 8 | 58 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Catterall | 12 | 2 | 15 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Buster Nupen | 17 | 2 | 26 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Xen Balaskas | 9 | 1 | 29 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Cyril Vincent | 17 | 6 | 26 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Quintin McMillan | 32 | 7 | 64 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bruce Mitchell | 8 | 0 | 20 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
South Africa:
Bruce Mitchell, Jack Siedle, Buster Nupen, Herbie Taylor, Bob Catterall, Jock Cameron, Xen Balaskas, Nummy Deane, Quintin McMillan, Cyril Vincent, Sandy Bell