First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

SOUTH AFRICA v ENGLAND Played at Kingsmead, Durban, February 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 1923. England won by 109 runs. ENGLAND 1 C.A.G.Russell c Catterall b Blanckenberg 140 (6) c Francois b Blanckenberg 111 2 A.Sandham c Ward b Snooke 1 (4) b Francois 40 3 F.E.Woolley c and b Meintjes 2 c Nourse b Snooke 8 4 C.P.Mead lbw b Francois 66 (5) c Conyngham b Meintjes 5 5 A.W.Carr lbw b Conyngham 14 (7) b Blanckenberg 5 6 P.G.H.Fender b Hall 1 (8) b Blanckenberg 0 7 *F.T.Mann b Nourse 8 (9) lbw b Conyngham 15 8 A.S.Kennedy c Nourse b Snooke 14 (2) c Taylor b Hall 1 9 G.G.Macaulay lbw b Snooke 0 (10) b Hall 1 10 †G.Brown not out 15 (1) lbw b Snooke 1 11 A.E.R.Gilligan c Taylor b Hall 4 not out 39 Extras b 12, lb 3, nb 1 16 b 13, lb 1, nb 1 15 —— —— 281 241 FoW (1): 1-14 (2), 2-17 (3), 3-156 (4), 4-191 (5), 5-194 (6), 6-224 (7), 7-253 (8), 8-253 (9), 9-268 (1), 10-281 (11) FoW (2): 1-2 (1), 2-10 (2), 3-14 (3), 4-26 (5), 5-102 (4), 6-111 (7), 7-111 (8), 8-148 (9), 9-149 (10), 10-241 (6) SOUTH AFRICA 1 R.H.Catterall b Macaulay 17 c Macaulay b Gilligan 22 2 *H.W.Taylor c Russell b Gilligan 3 (4) c Fender b Kennedy 102 3 †T.A.Ward c Macaulay b Gilligan 1 b Macaulay 10 4 A.W.Nourse c Mann b Fender 44 (5) c Brown b Kennedy 25 5 S.J.Snooke c Woolley b Kennedy 4 (7) lbw b Kennedy 1 6 C.M.Francois c Fender b Gilligan 43 b Gilligan 18 7 L.E.Tapscott c Brown b Macaulay 2 (8) b Macaulay 6 8 D.J.Meintjes run out 19 (2) lbw b Kennedy 21 9 J.M.Blanckenberg c Mead b Kennedy 21 b Gilligan 9 10 D.P.Conyngham not out 3 not out 3 11 A.E.Hall c Fender b Macaulay 0 c Woolley b Kennedy 0 Extras b 14, lb 2, nb 6 22 b 11, lb 3, nb 3 17 —— —— 179 234 FoW (1): 1-7 (2), 2-13 (3), 3-41 (1), 4-58 (5), 5-97 (4), 6-107 (7), 7-135 (6), 8-169 (9), 9-178 (8), 10-179 (11) FoW (2): 1-42 (1), 2-48 (2), 3-64 (3), 4-122 (5), 5-149 (6), 6-150 (7), 7-175 (8), 8-204 (9), 9-232 (4), 10-234 (11) South Africa Bowling O M R W O M R W Meintjes 13 1 33 1 9 2 13 1 Snooke 12 3 17 3 (3) 23 6 41 2 Conyngham 31 10 63 1 (4) 30 12 40 1 Blanckenberg 24 5 65 1 1nb (6) 25.4 7 50 3 1nb Hall 24.5 9 31 2 (2) 27 10 55 2 Francois 11 1 33 1 (8) 8 2 15 1 Nourse 11 4 23 1 (5) 6 2 10 0 Tapscott (7) 2 1 2 0 England Bowling O M R W O M R W Gilligan 23 7 35 3 36 10 78 3 Kennedy 25 9 46 2 49.1 19 76 5 Macaulay 20 5 42 3 2nb 18 6 39 2 Fender 11 3 25 1 3nb 11 3 21 0 3nb Woolley 6 3 9 0 1nb 3 2 3 0 Umpires: A.G.Laver and J.Reid. Toss: England Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 261-8 (Russell 136*, Brown 3*); 2nd day: England (2) 0-0 (Brown 0*, Kennedy 0*); 3rd day: England (2) 201-9 (Russell 90*, Gilligan 20*); 4th day: South Africa (2) 111-3 (Taylor 28*, Nourse 17*); 5th day: South Africa (2) 203-7 (Taylor 76*, Blanckenberg 9*). C.A.G.Russell’s 140 took 330 minutes and included 11 fours. C.A.G.Russell’s 111 took 270 minutes. H.W.Taylor’s 102 took 270 minutes and included 1 six. 46