South African cricket team in England in 1907

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.

Only three batsmen reached double figures—Tom Hayward, Johnny Tyldesley and George Hirst—as Faulkner took six wickets for the tourists, getting prodigious turn in both directions with his spin bowling.

England were weakened due to their decision to pick a pace bowler, Neville Knox, over a spinner, Jack Crawford, who would have been better suited to the conditions.

Although England made a respectable total, their batting was criticised for being inconsistent, and the South African bowling praised as being difficult.

When South Africa came in to bat, the conditions were difficult as the pitch was drying, but partially due to some inaccurate bowling from Blythe, the batsmen were able to score runs.

[4] England lost three early wickets in their second innings, but their middle order rallied, and they reached 138, despite both Schwarz and Vogler getting a lot of movement with their bowling.

Their captain, Sherwell, announced that they would give it a go, and the opening batsmen, Sinclair and Faulkner began well, moving the score to 61 runs after 35 minutes.