First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

NATAL v RHODESIA Played at Kingsmead, Durban, January 17, 18, 1948. Natal won by an innings and 43 runs. (Points: Natal 5, Rhodesia 0) NATAL 1 D.V.Dyer lbw b Leibbrandt 7 2 D.R.Fell b Martin 2 3 M.H.Lang b Singleton 41 4 *A.D.Nourse c Harris b Singleton 58 5 †W.W.Wade b Tayfield 107 6 D.F.Dowling c Pretorius b Singleton 71 7 H.E.Dalton b Singleton 13 8 L.W.Payn lbw b Singleton 0 9 L.A.Markham lbw b Tayfield 20 10 V.I.Smith c Tomlinson b Tayfield 15 11 C.N.McCarthy not out 4 Extras 15 —— 353 FoW (1): 1-5, 2-17, 3-111, 4-174, 5-249, 6-307, 7-307, 8-314, 9-339, 10-353 RHODESIA 1 *A.P.Singleton b McCarthy 8 st Wade b Smith 43 2 †C.Harris lbw b McCarthy 1 c Wade b Dalton 7 3 S.H.Martin c McCarthy b Markham 25 lbw b Smith 55 4 F.McDonald b McCarthy 0 lbw b Payn 22 5 C.J.Pretorius b Payn 6 c Lang b Smith 7 6 J.H.F.Fuller lbw b Markham 25 run out 2 7 M.Napier lbw b Markham 0 c Dalton b Payn 7 8 D.S.Tomlinson not out 28 b Payn 0 9 H.J.Tayfield b Markham 7 lbw b Payn 0 10 L.S.Brown c Smith b Markham 16 run out 19 11 J.M.Leibbrandt b Payn 2 not out 13 Extras 11 6 —— —— 129 181 FoW (1): 1-7, 2-17, 3-17, 4-30, 5-62, 6-62, 7-80, 8-96, 9-124, 10-129 FoW (2): 1-30, 2-74, 3-125, 4-134, 5-141, 6-143, 7-144, 8-144, 9-157, 10-181 Rhodesia Bowling O M R W Martin 17 2 51 1 Leibbrandt 13 0 53 1 Brown 19 5 60 0 Tomlinson 11 1 50 0 Tayfield 29.4 11 66 3 Singleton 19 4 58 5 Natal Bowling O M R W O M R W McCarthy 11 0 31 3 8 2 41 0 Dalton 10 4 9 0 7 4 12 1 Payn 18.3 7 24 2 18 4 42 4 Smith 6 1 14 0 15 2 54 3 Markham 13 3 40 5 10 2 26 0 Umpires: P.H.Goulding and J.V.Hart-Davis. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Rhodesia (1) 2-0 (Singleton 2*, Harris 0*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. 70