First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

TRANSVAAL v M.C.C. Played at Ellis Park, Johannesburg, December 10, 11, 13, 1948. Match drawn. M.C.C. 1 L.Hutton c E.A.B.Rowan b Chubb 174 2 C.Washbrook c Loeser b Chubb 2 3 R.T.Simpson b Mitchell 57 4 D.C.S.Compton b Mitchell 84 5 A.J.Watkins run out 61 6 *F.G.Mann run out 8 7 †T.G.Evans not out 77 8 A.V.Bedser c and b A.M.B.Rowan 32 9 C.Gladwin not out 11 10 D.V.P.Wright 11 J.A.Young Extras b 1, lb 5, nb 1 7 —— (7 wickets, declared) 513 FoW (1): 1-23, 2-229, 3-236, 4-385, 5-393, 6-393, 7-474 TRANSVAAL 1 B.Mitchell lbw b Wright 38 2 E.A.B.Rowan c Evans b Bedser 38 3 A.M.B.Rowan st Evans b Young 23 4 D.W.Begbie lbw b Wright 154 5 K.G.Viljoen c Evans b Wright 39 6 T.A.Harris run out 98 7 *A.Melville lbw b Gladwin 92 8 †P.S.Loeser b Gladwin 45 9 G.W.A.Chubb c Compton b Gladwin 2 10 D.A.C.Stewart not out 2 11 N.Gordon lbw b Gladwin 0 Extras b 6, lb 9, nb 14 29 —— 560 FoW (1): 1-83, 2-102, 3-136, 4-206, 5-384, 6-440, 7-552, 8-554, 9-557, 10-560 Transvaal Bowling O M R W Chubb 28 1 163 2 Stewart 14 0 67 0 A.M.B.Rowan 21 2 105 1 Gordon 17 1 69 0 Mitchell 19 3 79 2 Begbie 2 0 23 0 M.C.C. Bowling O M R W Bedser 21 2 70 1 Gladwin 35.4 12 73 4 Wright 31 2 140 3 Compton 14 0 95 0 Young 25 4 108 1 Watkins 12 1 45 0 Umpires: R.G.A.Ashman and L.G.Stacey. Toss: M.C.C. Close of Play: 1st day: M.C.C. (1) 442-6 (Evans 30*, Bedser 19*); 2nd day: Transvaal (1) 221-4 (Begbie 58*, Harris 9*). L.Hutton’s 174 took 180 minutes. D.W.Begbie’s 154 took 347 minutes and included 18 fours. 25