FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

NATAL v TRANSVAAL Played at Kingsmead, Durban, December 17, 18, 1945. Match drawn. TRANSVAAL 1 *B.Mitchell b Dawson 9 b Smith 19 2 O.E.Wynne lbw b Smith 7 c Williams b Dalton 31 3 D.W.Begbie st Williams b Smith 24 lbw b Mann 16 4 K.G.Viljoen c Mann b Smith 10 (6) lbw b Payn 0 5 T.A.Harris c Williams b McBride 46 (4) b Payn 48 6 †G.M.Fullerton b Dalton 10 (5) c Fell b Dawson 11 7 R.E.Somers Vine run out 16 lbw b Dalton 14 8 G.W.A.Chubb c and b Mann 11 (9) not out 15 9 X.C.Balaskas c Wade b Smith 13 (8) st Williams b Mann 6 10 N.Gordon not out 0 (11) b Dalton 20 11 L.J.Heaney c Nourse b Mann 5 (10) c Smith b Mann 4 Extras 7 9 —— —— 158 193 FoW (1): 1-13, 2-38, 3-49, 4-62, 5-91, 6-123, 7-130, 8-146, 9-157, 10-158 FoW (2): 1-40, 2-67, 3-71, 4-105, 5-107, 6-145, 7-145, 8-154, 9-160, 10-193 NATAL 1 D.R.Fell lbw b Gordon 27 (2) lbw b Chubb 1 2 D.V.Dyer not out 49 (1) b Balaskas 38 3 O.C.Dawson c Harris b Gordon 4 c Harris b Gordon 5 4 W.W.Wade b Balaskas 1 not out 74 5 *A.D.Nourse c Fullerton b Gordon 1 not out 37 6 E.L.Dalton b Gordon 0 7 L.W.Payn b Gordon 0 8 †R.J.Williams c Mitchell b Balaskas 0 9 N.B.F.Mann lbw b Balaskas 0 10 V.I.Smith lbw b Balaskas 4 11 B.J.McBride c Harris b Balaskas 0 Extras 10 5 —— —— 96 (3 wickets) 160 FoW (1): 1-67, 2-75, 3-82, 4-87, 5-89, 6-89, 7-90, 8-90, 9-96, 10-96 FoW (2): 1-2, 2-23, 3-67 Natal Bowling O M R W O M R W McBride 10 1 29 1 9 1 26 0 Dawson 12 5 21 1 6 0 26 1 Payn 21 8 29 0 14 4 23 2 Smith 20 1 56 4 17 6 30 1 Dalton 6 3 8 1 7.2 1 25 3 Mann 4.4 1 8 2 31 12 54 3 Transvaal Bowling O M R W O M R W Heaney 4 1 16 0 6 0 16 0 Chubb 6 0 17 0 8 3 19 1 Gordon 17 8 21 5 12 2 20 1 Balaskas 14.2 0 32 5 13 0 41 1 Somers Vine (5) 10 0 41 0 Mitchell (6) 5 0 18 0 Umpires: D.G.Draper and A.Williams. Toss: Transvaal Close of Play: 1st day: Transvaal (2) 14-0 (Mitchell 7*, Wynne 7*). 22