First-Class Cricket Matches 1924

COMBINED SERVICES v SOUTH AFRICANS Played at United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth, August 9, 11, 12, 1924. Match drawn. SOUTH AFRICANS 1 G.A.L.Hearne c Wilkinson b Fowler 68 b Jameson 34 2 †T.A.Ward b Burrows 0 b Jameson 8 3 M.J.Susskind c Bartley b Burrows 8 b Jameson 29 4 A.W.Nourse c Bartley b Gore 3 lbw b Burrows 21 5 *H.W.Taylor b Gore 62 c Fowler b Jameson 118 6 R.H.Catterall lbw b Jameson 36 c Bartley b Burrows 137 7 P.A.M.Hands lbw b Jameson 0 lbw b Jameson 1 8 H.G.Deane b Jameson 0 not out 41 9 J.M.Blanckenberg lbw b Jameson 0 c Gore b Jameson 3 10 D.J.Meintjes b Gore 0 lbw b Jameson 19 11 S.J.Pegler not out 5 c Bartley b Burrows 1 Extras b 6, w 1, nb 1 8 —— —— 182 420 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-28, 3-31, 4-106, 5-170, 6-170, 7-170, 8-170, 9-171, 10-182 FoW (2): 1-35, 2-60, 3-93, 4-99, 5-331, 6-332, 7-359, 8-375, 9-419, 10-420 COMBINED SERVICES 1 W.A.C.Wilkinson b Pegler 31 b Blanckenberg 29 2 R.A.D.Brooks c Pegler b Blanckenberg 26 not out 35 3 C.H.B.Blount b Nourse 61 4 G.J.Bryan c sub b Blanckenberg 229 5 T.O.Jameson c Ward b Meintjes 3 6 F.G.Rogers c Ward b Pegler 22 (4) not out 3 7 E.S.B.Williams run out 3 (3) c Catterall b Pegler 14 8 R.S.Fowler st Ward b Pegler 0 9 M.B.Burrows b Blanckenberg 15 10 †E.L.D.Bartley c sub b Blanckenberg 14 11 A.C.Gore not out 1 Extras b 8, lb 5 13 b 4, lb 3 7 —— —— 418 (2 wickets) 88 FoW (1): 1-52, 2-68, 3-240, 4-261, 5-344, 6-357, 7-367, 8-395, 9-417, 10-418 FoW (2): 1-53, 2-76 Combined Services Bowling O M R W O M R W Burrows 16 2 55 2 34.5 5 111 3 1w Gore 17.1 5 47 3 27 5 80 0 Bryan 3 0 13 0 Jameson 11 2 33 4 (3) 51 8 152 7 Fowler 13 4 34 1 (4) 16 3 52 0 Brooks (5) 6 2 17 0 1nb South Africans Bowling O M R W O M R W Meintjes 18 0 88 1 (2) 6 1 13 0 Catterall 7 1 18 0 Pegler 42 13 109 3 15 3 37 1 Blanckenberg 27 2 92 4 13 4 28 1 Nourse 26 8 68 1 (1) 5 4 3 0 Deane 5 0 30 0 Umpires: J.Moss and G.H.Watts. Toss: South Africans Close of Play: 1st day: Combined Services (1) 145-2 (Blount 35*, Bryan 51*); 2nd day: South Africans (2) 148-4 (Taylor 33*, Catterall 22*). G.J.Bryan’s 229 took 240 minutes and included 29 fours. H.W.Taylor’s 118 took 210 minutes and included 13 fours. R.H.Catterall’s 137 took 180 minutes and included 14 fours.