First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

TRANSVAAL v NATAL Played at Old Wanderers, Johannesburg, December 23, 26, 27, 1939. Transvaal won by an innings and 168 runs. NATAL 1 D.R.Fell c Mitchell b Newson 1 c and b Petersen 20 2 R.C.Collins c Mitchell b Gordon 22 c Mitchell b Newson 2 3 R.L.Harvey b Pickerill 3 c and b Newson 1 4 *A.D.Nourse c Langton b Gordon 13 c E.A.B.Rowan b A.M.B.Rowan 57 5 †R.R.Yuill b Gordon 40 b Gordon 4 6 O.C.Dawson b Gordon 4 c Langton b Mitchell 129 7 J.R.Ellis c Mitchell b Gordon 0 c A.M.B.Rowan b Gordon 62 8 R.Howden b Gordon 18 b Gordon 0 9 C.J.Lowell c Langton b Mitchell 25 st Grieveson b Mitchell 3 10 G.B.Law not out 11 c Newson b Mitchell 2 11 N.B.F.Mann b Langton 5 not out 5 Extras lb 5 5 8 —— —— 147 293 FoW (1): 1-10 (1), 2-13 (3), 3-37, 4-42, 5-48, 6-48, 7-72, 8-115, 9-138, 10-147 FoW (2): 1-5 (2), 2-19 (3), 3-31 (1), 4-47 (5), 5-117 (4), 6-267 (7), 7-267 (8), 8-287, 9-288, 10-293 TRANSVAAL 1 S.H.Curnow lbw b Dawson 135 2 E.A.B.Rowan not out 306 3 *B.Mitchell c Collins b Mann 24 4 A.W.Briscoe st Yuill b Law 1 5 †R.E.Grieveson b Mann 43 6 A.C.B.Langton c Fell b Law 52 7 E.S.Newson b Dawson 16 8 A.M.B.Rowan not out 16 9 J.H.M.Pickerill 10 N.Gordon 11 R.N.E.Petersen Extras 15 —— (6 wickets, declared) 608 FoW (1): 1-221 (1), 2-296 (3), 3-299 (4), 4-389 (5), 5-529 (6), 6-548 (7) Transvaal Bowling O M R W O M R W Newson 5 3 8 1 11 1 44 2 Pickerill 6 0 11 1 6 0 19 0 Gordon 15 2 61 6 (5) 22 3 86 3 Langton 9.2 3 27 1 (3) 8 2 18 0 Mitchell 4 0 35 1 (7) 4.2 0 15 3 Petersen (4) 12 2 38 1 A.M.B.Rowan (6) 14 0 65 1 Natal Bowling O M R W Law 33 0 171 2 Dawson 26 4 98 2 Mann 45 14 104 2 Lowell 13 0 96 0 Howden 5 0 27 0 Harvey 11 0 83 0 Ellis 1 0 14 0 Umpires: Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Transvaal (1) 296-2 (E.A.B.Rowan 128*); 2nd day: Natal (2) 198-5 (Dawson 76*, Ellis 31*). S.H.Curnow’s 135 took 189 minutes and included 18 fours and 1 six. E.A.B.Rowan’s 306 took 462 minutes and included 28 fours and 1 six. O.C.Dawson’s 129 took 237 minutes and included 14 fours. 27