First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

WESTERN PROVINCE v NATAL Played at Newlands, Cape Town, January 1, 2, 3, 1948. Match drawn. (Points: Western Province 1, Natal 3) NATAL 1 D.R.Fell st Ovenstone b Hanley 89 b Hanley 10 2 M.H.Lang b Witte 0 c Ovenstone b Plimsoll 95 3 L.A.Markham b Witte 0 4 D.B.G.King c Georgeu b Witte 0 (3) c Hanley b Keen 60 5 *A.D.Nourse c Lofthouse b Keen 124 not out 5 6 †W.W.Wade c Ovenstone b Plimsoll 37 7 D.F.Dowling not out 101 8 H.E.Dalton c K.G.Dimbleby b Hanley 31 (4) st Ovenstone b Lofthouse 4 9 L.W.Payn b Hanley 7 10 V.I.Smith c Cheetham b Witte 11 11 C.N.McCarthy b Hanley 1 Extras b 12, lb 6, nb 1 19 b 1, lb 1, nb 4 6 —— —— 420 (4 wickets, declared) 180 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-3, 3-3, 4-203, 5-227, 6-281, 7-361, 8-372, 9-415, 10-420 FoW (2): 1-34, 2-155, 3-160, 4-180 WESTERN PROVINCE 1 K.G.Dimbleby lbw b McCarthy 2 b McCarthy 6 2 O.E.Wynne c Wade b Markham 70 run out 78 3 D.E.Dimbleby b Markham 58 not out 34 4 G.Georgeu c Wade b Markham 3 c Lang b Markham 8 5 *J.E.Cheetham not out 126 6 †D.M.Ovenstone c Dowling b Markham 12 (5) not out 2 7 A.D.Keen lbw b Smith 77 8 R.Lofthouse b Markham 8 9 J.B.Plimsoll c King b Markham 4 10 E.V.Witte c Dowling b Payn 0 11 M.A.Hanley c Nourse b Markham 0 Extras b 5, lb 9, nb 1 15 b 2, lb 4 6 —— —— 375 (3 wickets) 134 FoW (1): 1-7, 2-120, 3-136, 4-139, 5-161, 6-333, 7-349, 8-362, 9-362, 10-375 FoW (2): 1-31, 2-118, 3-130 Western Province Bowling O M R W O M R W Witte 33 8 105 4 9 1 37 0 Plimsoll 34 8 77 1 11.6 1 35 1 Hanley 37 4 146 4 11 1 34 1 Lofthouse 3 1 14 0 9 0 34 1 Keen 14 3 59 1 9 0 34 1 Natal Bowling O M R W O M R W McCarthy 24 2 53 1 7 0 32 1 Dalton 12 2 39 0 8 1 33 0 Payn 37 10 71 1 8 1 23 0 Smith 30 6 80 1 6 1 30 0 Markham 28.2 5 106 7 1 0 7 1 King 3 0 11 0 Nourse (6) 1 0 2 0 Fell (7) 1 0 1 0 Umpires: D.V.Collins and G.L.Sickler. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Natal (1) 380-8 (Dowling not out, Smith not out); 2nd day: Western Province (1) 317-5 (Cheetham 86*, Keen 74*). 55