Blast from the past: Gibbs helps SA chase down record score in iconic ‘438 match’
Today in SA sport history: March 12
12 March 2025 - 04:39
1889 — Slow left-arm bowler Albert Rose-Innes takes 5/43 South Africa bowl out England for 148 at St George’s Park in their first ever cricket Test. The first South African bowler to take a Test wicket was left-arm medium-pacer Gus Kempis, who bowled George Ulyett for four. ..
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