First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

NATAL v EASTERN PROVINCE Played at City Oval, Pietermaritzburg, January 20, 22, 1940. Natal won by an innings and 297 runs. NATAL 1 D.R.Fell c Marais b Gardner 3 2 D.S.Turner lbw b Gardner 64 3 R.L.Harvey c Marais b Smith 1 4 *A.D.Nourse c Smith b Leibbrandt 136 5 †W.W.Wade c Leibbrandt b Coy 208 6 O.C.Dawson c Coy b Southey 37 7 R.Howden b Southey 64 8 F.J.Smith c Leibbrandt b Coy 23 9 I.D.E.Anderson st Marais b Coy 17 10 N.B.F.Mann not out 15 11 C.D.Lamble c Leibbrandt b Coy 15 Extras lb 4 4 —— 587 FoW (1): 1-5 (1), 2-6 (3), 3-192 (2), 4-225 (4), 5-337 (6), 6-516, 7-518, 8-546, 9-556, 10-587 EASTERN PROVINCE 1 R.W.Robson c Harvey b Smith 25 (2) b Dawson 0 2 †W.Marais c Turner b Harvey 30 (1) lbw b Dawson 10 3 H.J.S.Gardner c Wade b Lamble 1 b Smith 4 4 F.W.R.Southey c Wade b Harvey 1 b Smith 1 5 S.A.Thwaits b Anderson 17 (6) run out 0 6 J.M.Leibbrandt lbw b Smith 1 (5) c Dawson b Harvey 71 7 G.Hartman run out 3 c Dawson b Anderson 16 8 D.R.McAllister run out 1 c and b Mann 5 9 J.M.Buchanan c Turner b Harvey 5 b Mann 1 10 *A.H.Coy not out 47 st Wade b Mann 18 11 B.A.Smith b Lamble 23 not out 1 Extras b 1, lb 6 7 lb 2 2 —— —— 161 129 FoW (1): 1-49 (1), 2-56 (3), 3-57 (4), 4-66, 5-67, 6-71, 7-76, 8-82, 9-98, 10-161 FoW (2): 1-0 (2), 2-5 (3), 3-15 (4), 4-21 (1), 5-31 (6), 6-80 (7), 7-85 (8), 8-91 (9), 9-123 (5), 10-129 (10) Eastern Province Bowling O M R W Smith 18 1 112 1 Gardner 10 0 60 2 Leibbrandt 19 2 101 1 Coy 18 2 87 4 Thwaits 10 0 55 0 Buchanan 7 0 68 0 Southey 12 1 75 2 Hartman 2 0 25 0 Natal Bowling O M R W O M R W Smith 18 7 45 2 7 2 23 2 Dawson 3 1 13 0 8 4 6 2 Harvey 20 5 47 3 (6) 5 0 19 1 Lamble 8 2 24 2 (3) 9 1 21 0 Anderson 7 1 25 1 8 0 28 1 Mann (4) 20.5 7 30 3 Umpires: Toss: Natal Close of Play: 1st day: Eastern Province (1) 57-2 (Marais 30*, Southey 0*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. A.D.Nourse’s 136 included 17 fours. W.W.Wade’s 208 included 25 fours. 47