First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

NATAL v WESTERN PROVINCE Played at Kingsmead, Durban, March 2, 4, 5, 1940. Match drawn. NATAL 1 D.S.Turner c Glantz b Brinkhaus 77 2 D.V.Dyer c Cloete b Brinkhaus 185 3 R.L.Harvey b Brinkhaus 80 4 *A.D.Nourse c Glantz b Brinkhaus 87 5 W.W.Wade c Ralph b Plimsoll 57 6 E.L.Dalton c Manning b Plimsoll 10 7 O.C.Dawson b Brinkhaus 7 8 †R.R.Yuill not out 17 9 L.W.Payn not out 7 10 N.B.F.Mann 11 R.K.Moir Extras 26 —— (7 wickets, declared) 553 FoW (1): 1-183 (1), 2-331, 3-406, 4-475, 5-511, 6-523, 7-539 WESTERN PROVINCE 1 S.Kiel b Dalton 43 b Moir 7 2 G.E.Crighton c Dalton b Mann 40 run out 21 3 L.M.Manning b Dalton 24 b Moir 11 4 G.Georgeu b Dalton 50 c Harvey b Payn 13 5 *A.R.M.Ralph not out 119 (6) c Yuill b Dalton 6 6 T.M.H.van der Spuy run out (Harvey) 52 (5) not out 38 7 P.H.B.Cloete b Payn 6 not out 14 8 †A.Glantz c Payn b Mann 15 9 L.S.Eckard b Dalton 0 10 J.G.B.Brinkhaus b Dalton 0 11 J.B.Plimsoll c Dyer b Mann 5 Extras 4 14 —— —— 358 (5 wickets) 124 FoW (1): 1-76, 2-91, 3-128, 4-180, 5-306, 6-319, 7-348, 8-349, 9-351, 10-358 FoW (2): 1-18 (1), 2-44 (3), 3-46 (2), 4-67 (4), 5-94 (6) Western Province Bowling O M R W Plimsoll 32 3 124 2 Brinkhaus 48 5 180 5 Eckard 21 1 59 0 Cloete 17 0 86 0 van der Spuy 6 0 28 0 Georgeu 2 0 10 0 Crighton 9 2 40 0 Natal Bowling O M R W O M R W Dawson 8 2 21 0 5 0 10 0 Moir 19 4 46 0 10 2 22 2 Dalton 36 8 113 5 8 3 16 1 Payn 33 10 77 1 10 2 23 1 Mann 43.1 15 67 3 5 1 15 0 Harvey 9 2 30 0 8 3 24 0 Umpires: Toss: Natal Close of Play: 1st day: Natal (1) 434-3 (Nourse 57*, Wade 14*); 2nd day: Western Province (1) 177-3 (Georgeu 48*, Ralph 19*). D.V.Dyer’s 185 took 370 minutes. A.R.M.Ralph’s 119 included 6 fours. 60