South African cricket team in England in 1907
| South Africa in England in 1907 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| India | England | ||
| Dates | 20 May – 11 September 1907 | ||
| Captains | Percy Sherwell | R. E. Foster | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | England won the 3-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Percy Sherwell (154) | C. B. Fry (221) | |
| Most wickets | Bert Vogler (15) | Colin Blythe (26) | |
The South African national cricket team toured England during the 1907 cricket season, playing three Tests and twenty four first-class matches. South Africa's quartet of bowlers, Reggie Schwarz, Aubrey Faulkner, Bert Vogler and Gordon White were praised for the quality of their googly bowling, and two of the four—Schwarz and Vogler—were recognised as Wisden Cricketers of the Year the following year.
Although the tour was the fourth time that the South Africans had playing in England, it was the first to include Test matches; England won the three match series 1–0. Across the whole tour, South Africa won 21 of their 31 matches and drew many plaudits.
Batting first, England batted for the whole of the first day to reach their total of 428. Len Braund was the top-scorer for the hosts, scoring 104 with "the utmost patience and judgement", while Gilbert Jessop scored a quick 93 runs late in the day. Wisden identified Bert Vogler, who took seven wickets, as the best of the bowlers, spinning the ball in both directions and varying his pace effectively. In their reply, only two of the South African batsmen made significant scores—Dave Nourse and Aubrey Faulkner—no other players reached double figures. In a three-day match, Foster asked the South Africans to follow on, as they still trailed by 288 runs at the close of the first innings, but they recovered and batted with more resolve in their second innings. Led by their captain, Percy Sherwell, who scored 115 runs, South Africa finished the second day on 185 for 3, still trailing England by 103 runs. On the third day, it began raining just as the umpires were walking out onto the pitch in the morning, and got heavier later, making it impossible to play any cricket, and the match was accordingly drawn. On each of the first two days over 17,000 people attended the match.
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