First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

NATAL v BORDER Played at City Oval, Pietermaritzburg, December 7, 9, 10, 1946. Natal won by ten wickets. (Points: Natal 5, Border 0) NATAL 1 D.V.Dyer c Hayidakis b Woods 75 not out 12 2 D.R.Fell run out 110 not out 38 3 S.H.Martin run out 59 4 *A.D.Nourse c Phillips b Woods 135 5 O.C.Dawson lbw b Woods 2 6 D.F.Dowling not out 54 7 D.A.Bestall c White b Hubbard 0 8 †R.R.Yuill c and b Preston 33 9 L.W.Payn 10 V.I.Smith 11 K.R.Orchard Extras b 7, lb 3 10 b 2, lb 1 3 —— —— (7 wickets, declared) 478 (no wicket) 53 FoW (1): 1-169, 2-191, 3-321, 4-347, 5-417, 6-418, 7-478 BORDER 1 C.D.White c Dowling b Payn 16 lbw b Smith 49 2 A.J.Bauer lbw b Smith 24 b Payn 13 3 R.R.Phillips c Yuill b Dawson 93 (5) c Dowling b Smith 33 4 M.A.Adey c Orchard b Payn 69 c Yuill b Smith 54 5 *H.V.L.Whitfield b Payn 3 (6) c Dyer b Smith 5 6 J.B.Preston b Smith 12 (9) st Yuill b Smith 31 7 D.Hayidakis b Martin 10 st Yuill b Smith 0 8 †A.J.Curnick c Yuill b Martin 41 (3) c Dowling b Smith 8 9 D.A.C.Woods c Dyer b Smith 4 (8) b Smith 0 10 P.S.Hubbard c Smith b Payn 5 c Yuill b Smith 21 11 R.Beesly not out 13 not out 1 Extras 12 b 11, lb 2 13 —— —— 302 228 FoW (1): 1-34, 2-40, 3-179, 4-182, 5-213, 6-228, 7-257, 8-277, 9-290, 10-302 FoW (2): 1-19, 2-42, 3-123, 4-138, 5-147, 6-172, 7-172, 8-172, 9- , 10-228 Border Bowling O M R W O M R W Beesly 27 4 76 0 5.6 1 17 0 Whitfield 16 2 104 0 1 0 12 0 Woods 32 7 92 3 4 0 21 0 Hubbard 14 1 77 1 Phillips 11 1 91 0 Preston 8 1 28 1 Natal Bowling O M R W O M R W Dawson 12 1 44 1 5 1 13 0 Martin 18.5 4 37 2 17 6 28 0 Payn 26 5 72 4 25 6 48 1 Smith 18 0 106 3 29.4 4 88 9 Orchard 4 1 17 0 4 1 16 0 Dowling 2 0 14 0 4 0 22 0 Umpires: J.V.Hart-Davis and B.V.Malan. Toss: Natal Close of Play: 1st day: Natal (1) 478-7 (Dowling 54*); 2nd day: Border (2) 113-2 (White 39*, Adey 45*). V.I.Smith took a hat-trick in the Border second innings. 26