TheEnglish cricket team in South Africa in 1913–14 was organised byMarylebone Cricket Club (MCC). The team played as MCC in the non-Test fixtures and as England in the five Test matches. They played 18first-class matches including the Tests, winning 9 times with 8 draws and 1 defeat.[1]
England was captained byJohnny Douglas. South Africa's captain in the Test series wasHerbie Taylor. The series is notable for the exceptional bowling of England's Sydney Barnes, and the determined batting of South Africa skipper Herbie Taylor. It would be the last Test series to be played until afterWorld War I, when Englandtoured Australia in December 1920.[2]
After taking 49 wickets at an average of 10.93 in the first four Tests,SF Barnes declined to play due to a "difference of opinion" with the England team management.[3]
Note: during the isolation of South Africa from international cricket between 1970 and 1991, there were seven unofficial tours (italicised below) by various teams, collectively known as theSouth African rebel tours.