First-Class Cricket Matches 1924

NATAL v WESTERN PROVINCE Played at Old Wanderers Pirates Lower Back Ground, Johannesburg, December 19, 20, 1923. Match drawn. (Points: Natal 3, Western Province 1) NATAL 1 I.J.Siedle c Palm b Buys 0 2 L.W.Field c MacRae b Buys 0 3 C.Woods b Buys 3 4 *A.W.Nourse c and b Viljoen 186 5 V.C.Robbins b Lovegrove 21 6 J.M.Blanckenberg c Watson b P.A.M.Hands 171 7 J.F.W.Nicolson lbw b MacRae 10 8 C.P.Carter lbw b P.A.M.Hands 8 9 J.W.Easterbrook not out 11 10 M.E.Billing 11 †D.J.Nicol Extras b 10, lb 6 16 —— (8 wickets, declared) 426 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-0, 3-21, 4-67, 5-358, 6-378, 7-397, 8-426 WESTERN PROVINCE 1 V.U.T.Watson c Siedle b Easterbrook 10 c Nicol b Billing 6 2 J.M.M.Commaille c and b Blanckenberg 19 not out 120 3 P.A.M.Hands b Billing 0 lbw b Carter 79 4 K.C.M.Hands c Nicolson b Carter 27 c Robbins b Easterbrook 29 5 A.W.Palm c Billing b Blanckenberg 5 6 F.D.J.Viljoen c Robbins b Blanckenberg 0 7 *F.D.Conry c Nicol b Carter 11 (5) b Nourse 5 8 †L.C.Fox b Blanckenberg 0 (7) not out 3 9 A.R.Lovegrove b Blanckenberg 22 (6) b Billing 36 10 A.S.V.MacRae not out 3 11 I.D.Buys b Carter 8 Extras b 4, lb 10 14 b 13, lb 3, w 1, nb 2 19 —— —— 119 (5 wickets) 297 FoW (1): 1-23, 2-23, 3-46, 4-52, 5-60, 6-73, 7-74, 8-104, 9-108, 10-119 FoW (2): 1-8, 2-123, 3-193, 4-202, 5-290 Western Province Bowling O M R W Buys 24 4 106 3 MacRae 26 4 110 1 Viljoen 13 1 67 1 Lovegrove 13 2 53 1 K.C.M.Hands 8 0 46 0 P.A.M.Hands 6 0 28 2 Natal Bowling O M R W O M R W Billing 10 3 15 1 32 11 64 2 Easterbrook 8 1 23 1 9 3 16 1 Carter 14.5 4 43 3 30 8 76 1 Blanckenberg 13 2 24 5 29 5 89 0 1w,2nb Nourse (5) 22 6 33 1 Umpires: G.B.Treadwell and T.S.Wakeford. Toss: Natal Close of Play: 1st day: Western Province (1) 69-5 (K.C.M.Hands 23*, Conry 1*).