First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

AIR FORCE XI v THE REST Played at Old Wanderers, Johannesburg, December 26, 27, 1942. The Rest won by five wickets. AIR FORCE XI 1 †G.M.Larkin lbw b Heaney 24 c Fullerton b Gordon 38 2 O.W.Grinaker c Georgeu b Gordon 15 c Somers Vine b Petersen 73 3 A.F.Townsend b Gordon 14 lbw b Gordon 0 4 E.W.Sturgess b Heaney 0 c Heaney b Warne 45 5 *W.R.Hammond lbw b Gordon 60 c Georgeu b Petersen 18 6 E.V.Witte not out 38 b Petersen 9 7 T.A.Harris b Gordon 2 b Heaney 41 8 W.A.Sime c Fullerton b Gordon 1 not out 39 9 C.L.Vincent lbw b Warne 4 not out 1 10 W.N.Mercer hit wkt b Warne 0 11 J.Sant st Fullerton b Warne 1 Extras 13 2 —— —— 172 (7 wickets, declared) 266 FoW (1): 1-39, 2-39, 3-39, 4-77, 5-137, 6- , 7-147, 8- , 9- , 10-172 FoW (2): 1-58 (1), 2-58 (3), 3-153, 4-175, 5-175, 6-195, 7-263 THE REST 1 S.H.Curnow c Hammond b Sturgess 117 b Sturgess 30 2 F.B.Warne b Vincent 108 c Harris b Sturgess 2 3 †G.M.Fullerton c and b Mercer 9 b Sturgess 13 4 E.D.Jenkins c Hammond b Vincent 23 not out 41 5 *R.E.Somers Vine lbw b Sturgess 3 b Vincent 8 6 G.Georgeu not out 42 b Vincent 8 7 F.F.Flanagan b Sturgess 0 not out 15 8 S.F.Viljoen b Vincent 12 9 R.N.E.Petersen c Mercer b Sime 5 10 L.J.Heaney b Mercer 1 11 N.Gordon st Larkin b Mercer 0 Extras 3 —— —— 323 (5 wickets) 117 FoW (1): 1-206 (2), 2-227 (1), 3-240 (3), 4-260, 5-262, 6-267, 7-305, 8-319, 9-323, 10-323 FoW (2): 1-22 (2), 2-45, 3-46, 4-66, 5-84 The Rest Bowling O M R W O M R W Viljoen 5 2 13 0 3 0 13 0 Petersen 4 1 16 0 (7) 7 0 39 3 Heaney 11 0 33 2 (2) 14 2 48 1 Gordon 16 2 61 5 (3) 16.3 2 50 2 Warne 8.1 1 25 3 (4) 13 0 84 1 Jenkins 3 0 11 0 4 0 18 0 Somers Vine (5) 3 0 12 0 Air Force XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Sime 13 1 74 1 Sturgess 19 1 82 3 6 0 39 3 Hammond 2 1 5 0 Vincent 20 4 79 3 (3) 3 0 34 2 Witte 12 1 36 0 (1) 9.3 1 44 0 Mercer 4.4 0 31 3 Harris 3 0 13 0 Umpires: Toss: Air Force XI Close of Play: 1st day: The Rest (1) 249-3 (Jenkins not out, Somers Vine not out). S.H.Curnow’s 117 included 18 fours and 1 six. F.B.Warne’s 108 took 145 minutes and included 15 fours. 160