The South Africa national cricket team toured England between 16 May and 20 August 1901. They played 15 first-class cricket matches, and 10 other matches during their visit. Although a number of matches played by South Africa during the 1880s and 1890s were retrospectively granted Test cricket status, as the 1901 touring side did not play a representative England side, they did not compete in any Test matches. The South Africans were captained by Murray Bisset. The tour went ahead despite the ongoing Boer War, which suspended first-class cricket in South Africa between 1899 and 1902.

During the tour, Maitland Hathorn was the most successful batsman for the South Africans, scoring 827 runs at a batting average of 35.95. George Rowe was the tourists' leading wicket taker, with 70 wickets, but Jimmy Sinclair had the superior bowling average, claiming his 61 wickets at 19.85.

Touring party + Batsmen Name Domestic team Birth date Batting style Bowling style Ref Arthur Bisset Western Province Right-handed Leg break Murray Bisset Western Province Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Bertram Cooley Natal 1874 (aged 26–27) Right-handed Unknown Maitland Hathorn Transvaal Right-handed Unknown James Logan – Unknown Unknown Allan Reid Western Province Right-handed – William Shalders Griqualand West Right-handed Right-arm medium Louis Tancred Transvaal Right-handed Unknown

+ Wicket-keepers Name Domestic team Birth date Batting style Bowling style Ref Ernest Halliwell † Transvaal Right-handed – Charles Prince † Western Province Right-handed – + All-rounders Name Domestic team Birth date Batting style Bowling style Ref Charlie Llewellyn HampshireLlewellyn played for Natal until 1898, and then moved to England, and played for Hampshire for the rest of his career. Left-handed Left-arm slow-medium + Bowlers Name Domestic team Birth date Batting style Bowling style Ref Robert Graham Western Province Right-handed Right-arm medium Johannes Kotze Transvaal Right-handed Right-arm fast George Rowe Western Province Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Jimmy Sinclair Transvaal Right-handed Leg break, Right-arm medium

Tour itinerary Only matches accorded first-class status are numbered: No. Date Opponents Venue Result Ref 1 16–18 May Hampshire County Ground, Southampton Lost by an innings and 51 runs 2 20–22 May London County Crystal Palace Park, London Won by 61 runs 3 23–24 May Kent Foxgrove Road, Beckenham Lost by 7 wickets 4 27–28 May Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester Lost by 9 wickets 5 30–31 May Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham Lost by an innings and 69 runs 6 3–4 June Marylebone Cricket Club Lord's, London Lost by 53 runs 7 6–8 June Derbyshire County Ground, Derby Won by 9 wickets 8 10–12 June Cambridge University Fenner's, Cambridge Won by an innings and 215 runs 9 13–15 June Somerset County Ground, Taunton Lost by 341 runs – 18–19 June Ireland Phoenix Cricket Club Ground, Dublin Won by 5 wickets – 20–21 June Dublin University College Park, Dublin Won by an innings and 42 runs – 24–25 June Liverpool and District Aigburth, Liverpool Won by 5 wickets – 27–29 June Durham Feethams, Darlington Won by 446 runs 10 1–3 July Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester Lost by 8 wickets 11 8–10 July Surrey The Oval, London Lost by 59 runs 12 11–13 July Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottinghamshire Won by 94 runs 13 15–17 July Worcestershire New Road, Worcester Tied – 18–20 July Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton Won by 5 wickets – 22–24 July Staffordshire County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent Drawn – 26–27 July Wiltshire County Ground, Swindon Drawn 14 1–3 August Yorkshire St George's Road, Harrogate Lost by 151 runs – 5–7 August East of Scotland Raeburn Place, Edinburgh Won by an innings and 42 runs – 8–9 August West of Scotland Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow Won by 180 runs 15 15–16 August Gloucestershire Clifton College Close Ground, Bristol Won by an innings and 105 runs – 19–20 August Glamorgan Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Won by 132 runs

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