First-Class Cricket Matches 1920

SOUTH AFRICA v AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES Played at Old Wanderers, Johannesburg, November 21, 22, 24, 25, 1919. Australian Imperial Forces won by eight wickets. SOUTH AFRICA 1 *J.W.Zulch c and b Gregory 22 c Oldfield b Collins 135 2 G.A.L.Hearne c Oldfield b Collins 18 c Gregory b Docker 8 3 P.A.M.Hands b Gregory 10 b Winning 21 4 A.W.Nourse not out 46 c Gregory b Docker 22 5 A.H.C.Cooper b Collins 2 c Pellew b Collins 20 6 †T.A.Ward b Collins 5 not out 62 7 J.M.Blanckenberg c Gregory b Collins 0 (9) c Pellew b Winning 15 8 M.S.Davies c Murray b Gregory 1 c Trenerry b Winning 14 9 D.J.Meintjes b Gregory 16 (7) b Gregory 27 10 F.W.Elworthy c Oldfield b Gregory 4 run out 15 11 C.D.Dixon st Oldfield b Collins 0 c Willis b Docker 8 Extras 3 12 —— —— 127 359 FoW (1): 1-36, 2-49, 3-52, 4-63, 5-72, 6-78, 7-85, 8-116, 9-126, 10-127 FoW (2): 1-24, 2-83, 3-132, 4-212, 5-227, 6-273, 7-294, 8-314, 9-334, 10-359 AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES 1 *H.L.Collins c Ward b Blanckenberg 235 2 J.M.Gregory b Davies 32 3 W.L.Trenerry lbw b Elworthy 23 (2) c Nourse b Blanckenberg 23 4 C.E.Pellew lbw b Nourse 35 (1) b Blanckenberg 11 5 C.B.Willis b Blanckenberg 13 (3) not out 11 6 J.M.Taylor b Blanckenberg 5 7 A.W.Lampard st Ward b Nourse 57 (4) not out 1 8 J.T.Murray b Blanckenberg 6 9 C.T.Docker b Blanckenberg 0 10 †W.A.S.Oldfield b Nourse 2 11 C.S.Winning not out 1 Extras 32 1 —— —— 441 (2 wickets) 47 FoW (1): 1-70, 2-112, 3-227, 4-269, 5-275, 6-428, 7-434, 8-438, 9-439, 10-441 FoW (2): 1-33, 2-36 Australian Imperial Forces Bowling O M R W O M R W Gregory 26 3 72 5 22 2 75 1 1nb Collins 25.4 7 52 5 1nb 20 3 35 2 Docker (3) 31.5 6 83 3 1nb Winning (4) 45 11 108 3 Trenerry (5) 6 0 21 0 Lampard (6) 11 1 25 0 South Africa Bowling O M R W O M R W Nourse 19.4 6 38 3 5 0 32 0 Davies 26 2 109 1 1w 1 0 3 0 Blanckenberg 34 4 114 5 2w,2nb 3.4 1 11 2 Cooper 5 0 25 0 1nb Elworthy 12 0 62 1 Dixon 13 0 40 0 Meintjes 3 0 21 0 Umpires: F.W.Grey and S.L.Harris. Toss: South Africa Close of Play: 1st day: South Africa (1) 117-8 (Nourse 39*, Elworthy 1*); 2nd day: Australian Imperial Forces (1) 359-5 (Collins 202*, Lampard 24*); 3rd day: South Africa (2) 227-4 (Cooper 20*, Ward 10*). H.L.Collins’s 235 took 315 minutes and included 23 fours. 8