1924 English cricket season
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Yorkshire secured a hat-trick of titles in the 1924 English cricket season, while England, in its first home series since 1921, proved too strong for South Africa.

Honours

  • County Championship - Yorkshire
  • Minor Counties Championship - Berkshire
  • Wisden - Robert Catterall
    Robert Catterall
    Robert Hector Catterall was a South African cricketer who played in 24 Tests from 1922 to 1931....

    , Jack MacBryan
    Jack MacBryan
    John "Jack" Crawford William MacBryan was an English cricketer who played for Cambridge University and Somerset and made one almost imperceptible appearance in a Test match for England...

    , Herbie Taylor
    Herbie Taylor
    Herbert Wilfred Taylor MC was a South African cricketer who played 42 Tests for his country including 18 as captain of the side. Specifically a batsman, he was an expert on the matting pitches which were prevalent in South Africa at the time and scored six of his seven centuries at home...

    , Dick Tyldesley
    Dick Tyldesley
    Dick Tyldesley was a Lancashire cricketer who was one of the most important figures in Lancashire breaking Yorkshire's stronghold on the County Championship between 1926 and 1930.He was the youngest of four brothers who all played for Lancashire, but were unrelated...

    , Dodger Whysall
    Dodger Whysall
    William Wilfrid "Dodger" Whysall was a cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire and England....


Test series

England defeated South Africa 3-0 with two matches drawn. There was a sensational start to the series when the visitors were bowled out in their first innings in the First Test at Edgbaston for 30, in just 12.3 overs, after England had made over 400. Arthur Gilligan
Arthur Gilligan
Arthur Edward Robert Gilligan was an English cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Sussex, Surrey and England....

, the Sussex and England captain, and his county colleague Maurice Tate
Maurice Tate
Maurice William Tate was a Sussex and England cricketer of the 1920s and 1930s and the leader of England's Test bowling attack for a long time during this period...

, making his Test debut, bowled unchanged, with the former taking 6/7 and the latter 4/12.

External sources


Annual reviews

  • Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1925
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