First-Class Cricket Matches 1924

NATAL v ORANGE FREE STATE Played at South African Railways Ground, Johannesburg, December 22, 24, 1923. Natal won by nine wickets. (Points: Natal 5, Orange Free State 0) ORANGE FREE STATE 1 *†T.E.Holmes b Carter 68 (3) lbw b Easterbrook 20 2 D.I.de Villiers b Blanckenberg 47 (1) b Blanckenberg 13 3 J.E.V.Jewell b Carter 3 (6) lbw b Easterbrook 11 4 L.G.Cusworth b Carter 15 b Easterbrook 3 5 K.G.Hill b Blanckenberg 1 (2) b Easterbrook 1 6 E.A.Budgen lbw b Carter 7 (9) b Carter 0 7 C.W.Travers lbw b Carter 1 (5) not out 93 8 E.Wille not out 4 (7) c Blanckenberg b Carter 13 9 L.R.Tuckett b Carter 0 (8) lbw b Carter 30 10 H.Bain b Carter 0 (11) b Carter 7 11 E.Roberts run out 2 (10) lbw b Easterbrook 2 Extras b 2, lb 4 6 b 12, lb 9 21 —— —— 154 214 FoW (1): 1-85, 2-98, 3-128, 4-129, 5-136, 6-147, 7-150, 8-150, 9-150, 10-154 FoW (2): 1-2, 2-26, 3-43, 4-43, 5-52, 6-109, 7-184, 8-186, 9-197, 10-214 NATAL 1 I.J.Siedle c Holmes b Budgen 12 lbw b Tuckett 21 2 C.Woods b Tuckett 25 not out 15 3 V.C.Robbins lbw b Travers 39 4 *A.W.Nourse c and b Tuckett 137 5 J.F.W.Nicolson run out 66 (3) not out 1 6 J.M.Blanckenberg c Jewell b Tuckett 19 7 J.W.Easterbrook not out 18 8 C.P.Carter not out 6 9 M.E.Billing 10 †H.A.Mackrory 11 D.J.Nicol Extras b 2, lb 5 7 b 2, nb 1 3 —— —— (6 wickets, declared) 329 (1 wicket) 40 FoW (1): 1-19, 2-53, 3-138, 4-261, 5-305, 6-306 FoW (2): 1-39 Natal Bowling O M R W O M R W Billing 7 0 28 0 9 5 14 0 Nourse 7 1 18 0 3 0 8 0 Blanckenberg 21 8 39 2 17 3 29 1 Easterbrook 14.1 5 26 0 28 6 63 5 Carter 19 7 37 7 23.1 7 52 4 Nicolson (6) 5 0 27 0 Orange Free State Bowling O M R W O M R W Wille 3 0 15 0 Budgen 25 4 71 1 (1) 6 2 12 0 Tuckett 29 1 119 3 (2) 3.5 1 12 1 1nb Cusworth 7 0 54 0 de Villiers 1 0 3 0 Roberts 4 0 13 0 Travers 9 0 34 1 Jewell 1 0 10 0 (3) 3 0 13 0 Hill 1 0 3 0 Umpires: H.N.Heeley and J.J.Slatem. Toss: Natal Close of Play: 1st day: Natal (1) 329-6 (Easterbrook 18*, Carter 6*).