First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

NATAL v EASTERN PROVINCE Played at Kingsmead, Durban, December 20, 21, 23, 1946. Match drawn. NATAL 1 D.V.Dyer c Reynolds b Mann 26 2 D.R.Fell b Mann 75 3 S.H.Martin c Norton b Thwaits 68 4 *A.D.Nourse lbw b Young 54 5 E.L.Dalton c and b Thwaits 9 6 O.C.Dawson b Mann 32 7 D.F.Dowling st Riemer b Mann 1 8 †R.J.Williams b Thwaits 13 9 L.W.Payn c and b Mann 8 10 H.J.Tayfield st Riemer b Mann 25 11 V.I.Smith not out 11 Extras b 7, lb 7, nb 6 20 —— 342 FoW (1): 1-59, 2-128, 3-221, 4-237, 5-258, 6-259, 7-288, 8-296, 9-305, 10-342 EASTERN PROVINCE 1 A.W.Hicks st Williams b Smith 16 2 R.G.Draper c Williams b Payn 11 3 J.O.Young lbw b Smith 30 4 H.V.Feltham not out 46 5 *S.F.Hird c Payn b Smith 9 6 E.B.Norton run out 0 7 G.D.Pringle b Dalton 2 8 S.A.Thwaits b Tayfield 8 9 †D.G.Riemer lbw b Tayfield 0 10 O.G.R.Reynolds not out 0 11 N.B.F.Mann Extras b 2 2 —— (8 wickets) 124 FoW (1): 1-17, 2-33, 3-76, 4-86, 5-94, 6-103, 7-118, 8-124 Eastern Province Bowling O M R W Young 23 2 63 1 Thwaits 27 2 64 3 Mann 52.3 15 126 6 Hird 7 4 8 0 Reynolds 12 2 48 0 Pringle 3 0 13 0 Natal Bowling O M R W Martin 3 1 8 0 Dawson 5 2 5 0 Payn 16 8 18 1 Smith 21 7 43 3 Dalton 7 2 26 1 Tayfield 13.4 5 22 2 Umpires: Toss: Eastern Province Close of Play: 1st day: Natal (1) 52-0 (Dyer 24*, Fell 23*); 2nd day: Eastern Province (1) 49-2 (Young 10*, Feltham 11*). 38