First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

FIRST SOUTH AFRICAN DIVISION v THE REST Played at Old Wanderers, Johannesburg, March 13, 14, 1943. Match drawn. FIRST SOUTH AFRICAN DIVISION 1 E.A.B.Rowan b Sturgess 15 c Melville b Heaney 84 2 *P.G.V.van der Bijl lbw b Plimsoll 111 3 B.Mitchell c Melville b Warne 64 (2) c Sturgess b Heaney 20 4 R.S.Martin b Heaney 21 5 O.C.Dawson lbw b Gordon 13 (4) c sub b Sturgess 57 6 †D.M.Ovenstone b Heaney 0 7 R.E.Somers Vine b Warne 25 not out 8 8 H.G.O.Owen-Smith lbw b Gordon 0 (3) b Warne 13 9 A.M.B.Rowan lbw b Gordon 8 10 A.W.Keightley-Smith not out 20 (5) lbw b Warne 21 11 L.S.Brown c Melville b Warne 18 (6) b Plimsoll 12 Extras 16 9 —— —— 311 (6 wickets, declared) 224 FoW (1): 1-25, 2-166, 3-224, 4-229, 5-229, 6- , 7-253, 8-270, 9- , 10-311 FoW (2): 1-43, 2-62, 3-160, 4-200, 5-215, 6-224 THE REST 1 S.H.Curnow st Ovenstone b Mitchell 40 lbw b Dawson 7 2 F.B.Warne b Dawson 21 (8) not out 42 3 †G.M.Larkin c Mitchell b Brown 32 (2) c and b Keightley-Smith 1 4 A.D.Nourse not out 141 b Keightley-Smith 30 5 G.Georgeu b Brown 0 b Keightley-Smith 0 6 F.F.Flanagan b Brown 5 (7) c Mitchell b Brown 31 7 *A.Melville c Somers Vine b Dawson 23 (6) lbw b Keightley-Smith 0 8 E.W.Sturgess c Dawson b Brown 43 (3) b Keightley-Smith 8 9 J.B.Plimsoll b Brown 4 c Ovenstone b Brown 3 10 N.Gordon c Owen-Smith b Mitchell 11 11 L.J.Heaney b Brown 8 (10) c Ovenstone b Brown 18 Extras 11 1 —— —— 339 (9 wickets) 141 FoW (1): 1-30, 2-95, 3-95, 4-95, 5-121, 6-170, 7-274, 8-296, 9-323, 10-339 FoW (2): 1-6, 2-12, 3-40, 4-42, 5-42, 6-47, 7-101, 8-113, 9-141 The Rest Bowling O M R W O M R W Heaney 15 2 56 2 11.3 0 74 2 Sturgess 13 0 53 1 9 0 67 1 Plimsoll 10 1 34 1 4 0 25 1 Gordon 17 1 55 3 2 0 9 0 Warne 18 0 97 3 10 1 40 2 First South African Division Bowling O M R W O M R W Dawson 13 0 82 2 8 0 31 1 Keightley-Smith 13 0 51 0 10 0 32 5 A.M.B.Rowan 23 3 69 0 Brown 20.7 4 78 6 (3) 6.3 0 32 3 Mitchell 4 0 32 2 (4) 4 0 45 0 Owen-Smith 2 0 16 0 Umpires: Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: The Rest (1) 116-4 (Nourse 19*, Flanagan 2*). P.G.V.van der Bijl’s 111 included 6 fours and 1 six. A.D.Nourse’s 141 included 22 fours. P.G.V.van der Bijl was 98* at lunch on the first day. 173