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England Domestic Season, 1927 
MCC South Africa Touring Team v CI Thornton's XI 
North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough 
7,8,9 September 1927 (3-day match) 
Result: Match drawn 
Toss: 
Umpires: D Denton and GH Hirst
 
Close of play:
  Day 1:
 Day 2:
MCC South Africa Touring Team 1st innings
EW Dawson             c Nichols          b Tate                 5
H Sutcliffe                              b Mercer               8
GE Tyldesley          c Nichols          b Tate                 0
WR Hammond            lbw                b Rhodes              57
RES Wyatt             c Holmes           b Tate                61
GR Jackson                               b Tate                26
WE Astill                                b Jupp                 9
G Geary               lbw                b Tate                 0
SJ Staples                               b Nichols             10
IAR Peebles           not out                                  11
+H Elliott                               b Tate                 1
Extras                (b 10, lb 5, w 1, nb 1)                  17
Total                 (all out, 107 overs)                    205
FoW: 1-8, 2-8, 3-26, 4-109, 5-168,
     6-171, 7-173, 8-187, 9-193, 10-205.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                     26      9     42      1
Tate                        31      6     43      6
Mercer                      15      3     40      1
Jupp                        16      6     32      1
Rhodes                      19      6     31      1
CI Thornton's XI 1st innings
JB Hobbs              c Wyatt            b Staples             11
A Sandham                                b Geary               61
P Holmes              lbw                b Wyatt               16
M Leyland                                b Staples             44
VWC Jupp              c Astill           b Peebles             83
MW Tate               c Peebles          b Wyatt               65
MS Nichols                               b Wyatt                9
JWHT Douglas          not out                                  26
W Rhodes                                 b Wyatt                4
J Mercer              c Sutcliffe        b Wyatt                6
+FW Gilligan          not out                                  28
Extras                (b 6, lb 5)                              11
Total                 (9 wickets declared, 107 overs)         364
FoW: 1-28, 2-76, 3-106, 4-185, 5-287, 6-299, 7-303, 8-309, 9-313.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Staples                     25      9     44      2
Hammond                      3      1     12      0
Geary                       24      3     91      1
Astill                      17      3     73      0
Wyatt                       20      0     90      5
Peebles                     18      3     43      1
MCC South Africa Touring Team 2nd innings
EW Dawson             c Hobbs            b Rhodes              62
H Sutcliffe           not out                                  61
GE Tyldesley          not out                                   8
Extras                (b 1, lb 12, w 1)                        14
Total                 (1 wicket, 55 overs)                    145
DNB: WR Hammond, RES Wyatt, GR Jackson, WE Astill, G Geary,
     SJ Staples, IAR Peebles, +H Elliott.
FoW: 1-122.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                     11      1     29      0
Tate                        13      4     22      0
Mercer                      12      2     28      0
Jupp                        12      1     36      0
Rhodes                       7      0     16      1
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