They chose the Surrey amateur Errol Holmes to captain the team, and instructed him to ensure the players' demeanour was "cheerful and pleasant" and that they would play the game "in the proper spirit".
[2] In order to limit the expense of the tour, only six professionals (Barber, Hardstaff, Langridge, Parks, Sims and Smith) were chosen, and there was no manager.
As the Australian Test team was touring South Africa, this match was effectively between the two national second elevens.
[12] In assessing the tour, Holmes believed the team had "carried out [its] mission": Not a single member of the side had put a foot wrong, and our cricket had been more than adequate.
I genuinely believe that we had contributed not a little towards healing the wounds which undoubtedly existed, in the cricket world, between Australia and ourselves before our arrival.