First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

SOUTH AFRICA v ENGLAND Played at Ellis Park, Johannesburg, December 27, 28, 29, 30, 1948. Match drawn. ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton c Wade b McCarthy 158 2 C.Washbrook c Begbie b McCarthy 195 3 J.F.Crapp c and b Mitchell 56 4 D.C.S.Compton c Mitchell b Mann 114 5 A.J.Watkins c Wade b Mann 7 6 *F.G.Mann c McCarthy b Mann 7 7 †T.G.Evans run out 18 8 R.O.Jenkins c Wade b A.M.B.Rowan 4 9 A.V.Bedser b McCarthy 12 10 C.Gladwin lbw b Dawson 23 11 D.V.P.Wright not out 1 Extras b 3, lb 10 13 —— 608 FoW (1): 1-359 (1), 2-366 (2), 3-516 (3), 4-540 (4), 5-549 (5), 6-550 (6), 7-570 (7), 8-576 (8), 9-602 (9), 10-608 (10) SOUTH AFRICA 1 E.A.B.Rowan lbw b Bedser 8 not out 156 2 O.E.Wynne lbw b Wright 4 lbw b Bedser 4 3 B.Mitchell b Gladwin 86 c Hutton b Wright 40 4 *A.D.Nourse lbw b Wright 32 not out 56 5 †W.W.Wade c Evans b Compton 85 6 D.W.Begbie c Watkins b Jenkins 5 7 O.C.Dawson c Watkins b Jenkins 12 8 A.M.B.Rowan b Wright 8 9 L.Tuckett st Evans b Watkins 38 10 N.B.F.Mann st Evans b Jenkins 23 11 C.N.McCarthy not out 1 Extras b 4, lb 7, nb 2 13 b 9, lb 4, nb 1 14 —— —— 315 (2 wickets) 270 FoW (1): 1-12 (1), 2-17 (2), 3-96 (4), 4-191 (3), 5-204 (6), 6-220 (7), 7-235 (8), 8-273 (5), 9-313 (9), 10-315 (10) FoW (2): 1-15 (2), 2-108 (3) South Africa Bowling O M R W McCarthy 26 1 102 3 Dawson 16.5 3 59 1 A.M.B.Rowan 41 4 155 1 Tuckett 12 0 55 0 Mann 30 2 107 3 Begbie 6 0 38 0 Mitchell 18 1 79 1 England Bowling O M R W O M R W Bedser 22 6 42 1 17 4 51 1 Gladwin 20 6 29 1 16 5 37 0 Jenkins 21.4 3 88 3 (5) 19 3 54 0 Wright 26 2 104 3 14 3 35 1 Compton 10 0 34 1 (6) 13 3 31 0 Watkins 5 2 5 1 (3) 12 2 48 0 Umpires: J.V.Hart-Davis and G.L.Sickler. Toss: England Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 387-2 (Crapp 14*, Compton 10*); 2nd day: South Africa (1) 95-2 (Mitchell 47*, Nourse 32*); 3rd day: South Africa (2) 28-1 (E.A.B.Rowan 17*, Mitchell 7*). L.Hutton’s 158 took 290 minutes and included 16 fours. C.Washbrook’s 195 took 297 minutes and included 18 fours. D.C.S.Compton’s 114 took 156 minutes and included 14 fours. E.A.B.Rowan’s 156 took 368 minutes and included 18 fours. 42