First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

NATAL v M.C.C. Played at Kingsmead, Durban, November 26, 27, 29, 1948. Match drawn. M.C.C. 1 L.Hutton b Dawson 61 b Smith 78 2 C.Washbrook b Dawson 15 c Wade b Dawson 8 3 J.F.Crapp b McCarthy 62 (5) c Dawson b Payn 17 4 D.C.S.Compton b McCarthy 106 c Dawson b Payn 9 5 C.H.Palmer lbw b McCarthy 13 (3) lbw b McCarthy 0 6 *F.G.Mann b McCarthy 37 c Lang b Tayfield 7 7 †T.G.Evans lbw b Payn 40 not out 5 8 A.V.Bedser c Tayfield b Smith 2 not out 0 9 C.Gladwin b McCarthy 14 10 D.V.P.Wright not out 25 11 J.A.Young not out 3 Extras b 5, lb 8 13 lb 5 5 —— —— (9 wickets, declared) 391 (6 wickets) 129 FoW (1): 1-16, 2-104, 3-187, 4-247, 5-266, 6-321, 7-339, 8-354, 9-381 FoW (2): 1-18, 2-21, 3-51, 4-91, 5-108, 6-129 NATAL 1 D.V.Dyer b Young 17 2 D.J.McGlew lbw b Wright 10 3 M.H.Lang b Bedser 1 4 *A.D.Nourse lbw b Bedser 72 5 †W.W.Wade lbw b Young 34 6 O.C.Dawson b Gladwin 83 7 D.F.Dowling b Compton 41 8 L.W.Payn st Evans b Gladwin 82 9 A.Tayfield c Washbrook b Gladwin 9 10 V.I.Smith not out 1 11 C.N.McCarthy lbw b Gladwin 0 Extras b 19, lb 1, nb 3 23 —— 373 FoW (1): 1-25, 2-30, 3-50, 4-135, 5-160, 6-255, 7-337, 8-372, 9-373, 10-373 Natal Bowling O M R W O M R W McCarthy 32 5 110 5 8 0 47 1 Dawson 16 1 55 2 8 2 14 1 Tayfield 17 3 53 0 7 0 19 1 Payn 16 2 56 1 9.1 0 39 2 Smith 24 2 104 1 2 0 5 1 M.C.C. Bowling O M R W Bedser 26 6 68 2 Gladwin 23.7 5 72 4 Wright 25 4 102 1 Young 22 3 58 2 Compton 10 1 50 1 Umpires: J.V.Hart-Davis and A.N.McCabe. Toss: M.C.C. Close of Play: 1st day: M.C.C. (1) 310-5 (Mann 31*, Evans 14*); 2nd day: Natal (1) 203-5 (Dawson 26*, Dowling 22*). D.C.S.Compton’s 106 took 165 minutes. 17