First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

NATAL v WESTERN PROVINCE Played at Kingsmead, Durban, December 16, 17, 18, 1946. Natal won by seven wickets. (Points: Natal 5, Western Province 0) WESTERN PROVINCE 1 S.Kiel b Payn 33 c Dawson b Tayfield 28 2 K.G.Dimbleby lbw b Dawson 2 c Dawson b Payn 11 3 *J.E.Cheetham b Dalton 39 lbw b Smith 28 4 T.M.H.van der Spuy run out 26 c Dawson b Tayfield 2 5 G.Georgeu st Yuill b Dalton 6 c Fell b Smith 31 6 C.B.van Ryneveld lbw b Payn 5 st Yuill b Smith 10 7 A.D.Keen b Payn 11 c Dawson b Tayfield 15 8 †D.M.Ovenstone c Fell b Dalton 1 b Tayfield 5 9 J.B.Plimsoll b Tayfield 19 b Smith 0 10 E.V.Witte not out 23 c and b Smith 3 11 M.A.Hanley c Dalton b Payn 21 not out 2 Extras b 7, lb 3 10 b 4, lb 8 12 —— —— 196 147 FoW (1): 1-6, 2-66, 3-104, 4-104, 5-110, 6-123, 7-129, 8-136, 9-161, 10-196 FoW (2): 1-23, 2-56, 3-60, 4-80, 5-94, 6-133, 7-134, 8-139, 9-143, 10-147 NATAL 1 D.V.Dyer b Plimsoll 21 not out 37 2 D.R.Fell b Plimsoll 0 c and b Plimsoll 17 3 S.H.Martin run out 26 lbw b Plimsoll 0 4 D.F.Dowling c van der Spuy b Hanley 30 5 E.L.Dalton lbw b Witte 27 not out 20 6 *A.D.Nourse b Hanley 11 (4) st Ovenstone b Plimsoll 0 7 †R.R.Yuill st Ovenstone b van Ryneveld 45 8 O.C.Dawson lbw b Witte 67 9 L.W.Payn c Georgeu b Keen 3 10 H.J.Tayfield b Hanley 11 11 V.I.Smith not out 9 Extras b 10, lb 4, nb 3 17 3 —— —— 267 (3 wickets) 77 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-27, 3-68, 4-90, 5-122, 6-128, 7-217, 8-226, 9-250, 10-267 FoW (2): 1-31, 2-31, 3-39 Natal Bowling O M R W O M R W Martin 8 5 4 0 6 1 13 0 Dawson 3 0 9 1 2 0 11 0 Payn 35.3 16 48 4 24 17 16 1 Smith 20 4 55 0 30.2 11 42 5 Tayfield 12 2 23 1 22 12 19 4 Dalton 18 4 29 3 9 1 19 0 Dowling 4 0 18 0 2 0 15 0 Western Province Bowling O M R W O M R W Plimsoll 16 4 39 2 8 0 30 3 Witte 42 18 81 2 7 1 25 0 Hanley 46.5 6 59 3 Keen 12 5 28 1 (3) 5 2 7 0 van Ryneveld 11 0 43 1 (4) 4.4 1 12 0 Umpires: D.G.Draper and A.Williams. Toss: Western Province Close of Play: 1st day: Natal (1) 68-3 (Dowling 16*, Dalton 0*); 2nd day: Western Province (2) 60-3 (Cheetham 16*). 32