FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

NATAL v WESTERN PROVINCE Played at Kingsmead, Durban, March 15, 16, 18, 1946. Natal won by nine wickets. NATAL 1 D.V.Dyer c Eckard b Plimsoll 23 not out 15 2 D.R.Fell c Owen-Smith b Middleton 9 c Cheetham b Middleton 20 3 S.H.Martin lbw b Middleton 0 not out 0 4 *A.D.Nourse b Plimsoll 81 5 †W.W.Wade c and b Keen 15 6 O.C.Dawson c and b Eckard 126 7 E.L.Dalton c Keen b Lofthouse 42 8 E.Eaglestone not out 87 9 L.W.Payn lbw b Lofthouse 7 10 V.I.Smith b Lofthouse 31 11 H.J.Tayfield Extras 17 3 —— —— (9 wickets, declared) 438 (1 wicket) 38 FoW (1): 1-30, 2-30, 3-34, 4-80, 5-190, 6-257, 7-336, 8-346, 9-438 FoW (2): 1-36 WESTERN PROVINCE 1 R.Lofthouse c Dalton b Tayfield 12 lbw b Payn 3 2 S.Kiel c Nourse b Martin 2 c Dyer b Dalton 77 3 K.G.Dimbleby c Dawson b Smith 56 lbw b Martin 9 4 G.Georgeu lbw b Payn 34 (5) c Wade b Payn 64 5 J.E.Cheetham not out 62 (4) b Tayfield 48 6 *H.G.O.Owen-Smith b Payn 10 (7) c and b Dawson 6 7 A.D.Keen b Smith 3 (6) c Wade b Martin 22 8 J.B.Plimsoll b Dalton 4 b Dawson 4 9 L.S.Eckard run out 0 (10) not out 22 10 †D.K.Graham b Smith 5 (9) b Dalton 1 11 R.E.Middleton lbw b Martin 8 b Dalton 3 Extras 10 10 —— —— 206 269 FoW (1): 1-5, 2-23, 3-82, 4-126, 5-134, 6-170, 7-179, 8-196, 9-197, 10-206 FoW (2): 1-9, 2-30, 3-127, 4-164, 5-221, 6-230, 7-238, 8-243, 9-257, 10-269 Western Province Bowling O M R W O M R W Plimsoll 26 8 73 2 6 0 18 0 Middleton 19 2 74 2 6 0 17 1 Owen-Smith 17 0 78 0 Keen 18 2 48 1 Eckard 19 1 61 1 Lofthouse 17.3 3 63 3 Cheetham 2 0 9 0 Georgeu 3 0 15 0 Natal Bowling O M R W O M R W Martin 27.5 14 30 2 26 9 57 2 Dawson 7 3 15 0 12 3 26 2 Smith 29 7 56 3 22 2 52 0 Payn 16 4 27 2 27 10 44 2 Tayfield 14 2 30 1 16 1 35 1 Dalton 11 3 38 1 13.3 2 45 3 Umpires: Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Natal (1) 438-9 (Eaglestone 87*); 2nd day: Western Province (2) 18-1 (Kiel 8*, Dimbleby 0*). 82