Quick photo then off to the bar... Trevor Bailey films Colin Cowdrey, Frank Tyson and Denis Compton as England set off for their winter tour in 1956. The series was tied 2-2
Come on man - uncross your arms. The touring party, most of whom helped retain the Ashes during the summer, line-up for posterity on the Edinburgh Castle liner
England skipper Peter May and star off-spinner Jim Laker win the fancy dress competition on the voyage. You don't need us to tell you they are Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Captain Ted Dexter falls to Graeme Pollock during the 1964 tour
Well played sir - England captain Mike Smith congratulates South Africa's Trevor Goddard on reaching his first Test century in the fourth Test at Johannesburg
Basil D'Oliveira, denied the chance to play for South Africa on race grounds, emigrates to England in 1960 and finds himself at the centre of a political row after he is left out of the squad for the 1968-69 tour
D'Oliveira is called into the squad following an injury but the tour is called off after South Africa bar him from entering the country. The sporting boycott of South Africa follows and D'Oliveira is awarded an OBE in 1969
England play a world XI in 1970, but the inclusion of South African players leads to protests over the country's policy of apartheid
With South Africa excluded from international sport, Mike Gatting leads a rebel tour by an England team in 1990, but the tour is hugely controversial. The players are banned from international cricket for three years
Devon Malcolm comes into the Test side as a result of rebel players not being considered for selection. By 1995 he is an established international as England return to South Africa for the first official tour since 1964
England captain Michael Atherton hits a career-defining unbeaten 185 in an innings lasting 643 minutes and 492 balls to save the second Test in Johannesburg. Jack Russell weighs in with 29 from 235 balls
South-African born Robin Smith, qualified to play for England through his parents, takes evasive action during the third Test which, like the two before, finished in a draw
Dominic Cork is clean bowled by Allan Donald as the tourists are dismissed twice for a combined total of 310 in the fifth Test, which South Africa win by 10 wickets to take the series 1-0
Chris Silverwood and Alex Tudor are among the fast bowlers chosen for the 1999 tour - the first under Zimbabwe-born coach Duncan Fletcher
Michael Vaughan makes his debut in the first Test in Johannesburg with the score 2-4. He makes a calm 33 but England are all out for 122 and lose by an innings as Allan Donald takes 11-127
England force South Africa to follow on in the third Test, but although a young Andrew Flintoff bowls Hansie Cronje, the home side dig in to save the Test and the series remains 1-0 to the hosts
Batsman Darren Maddy only plays two Test innings on the tour for a combined total of 27 runs, but at least he left with some impressive holiday snaps
Captain Nasser Hussain has plenty to ponder after a dismal performance in the fourth Test. England are bowled out for 126 in their second innings to lose by an innings
Darren Gough bowls in the fifth Test. Both teams forfeit an innings and England eventually chase down 249 to win. The match will later become notorious for Cronje admitting he took inducements to force a result
England, under the captaincy of Vaughan, celebrate winning the 2005 series, though South Africa will regain the trophy on English soil in 2008
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