First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

SOUTH AFRICA v ENGLAND Played at Newlands, Cape Town, January 1, 3, 4, 5, 1949. Match drawn. ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton run out 41 b Rowan 87 2 C.Washbrook b Rowan 74 c Mitchell b McCarthy 9 3 J.F.Crapp c Wynne b Mitchell 35 c Wade b McCarthy 54 4 D.C.S.Compton b Rowan 1 not out 51 5 A.J.Watkins c Melville b Dawson 27 not out 64 6 *F.G.Mann c Mitchell b Hanley 44 7 †T.G.Evans b Rowan 27 8 R.O.Jenkins c Wynne b Rowan 1 9 A.V.Bedser b McCarthy 16 10 C.Gladwin not out 17 11 D.V.P.Wright c Dawson b Rowan 11 Extras b 7, lb 7 14 b 8, lb 3 11 —— —— 308 (3 wickets, declared) 276 FoW (1): 1-88 (1), 2-149 (3), 3-151 (4), 4-152 (2), 5-203 (5), 6-249 (7), 7-251 (8), 8-263 (6), 9-281 (9), 10-308 (11) FoW (2): 1-11 (2), 2-145 (1), 3-165 (3) SOUTH AFRICA 1 O.E.Wynne c Crapp b Watkins 50 c Bedser b Jenkins 46 2 A.Melville b Jenkins 15 st Evans b Jenkins 24 3 B.Mitchell b Compton 120 (5) not out 20 4 *A.D.Nourse c and b Compton 112 st Evans b Jenkins 34 5 †W.W.Wade c Watkins b Compton 0 (3) c Evans b Jenkins 11 6 D.W.Begbie run out 18 7 O.C.Dawson c Mann b Compton 25 (6) not out 5 8 A.M.B.Rowan c Hutton b Gladwin 2 9 N.B.F.Mann not out 10 10 M.A.Hanley run out 0 11 C.N.McCarthy st Evans b Compton 1 Extras b 1, nb 2 3 lb 1, nb 1 2 —— —— 356 (4 wickets) 142 FoW (1): 1-30 (2), 2-108 (1), 3-298 (4), 4-298 (5), 5-303 (3), 6-342 (7), 7-344 (8), 8-349 (6), 9-349 (10), 10-356 (11) FoW (2): 1-58 (2), 2-83 (1), 3-83 (3), 4-132 (4) South Africa Bowling O M R W O M R W McCarthy 26 2 95 1 20 2 75 2 Dawson 7 2 35 1 13 3 33 0 Rowan 31.2 3 80 5 (4) 30 5 65 1 Mann 3 0 18 0 (3) 15 5 27 0 Hanley 18 4 57 1 11 3 31 0 Mitchell 6 0 9 1 7 1 34 0 England Bowling O M R W O M R W Bedser 34 5 92 0 7 0 40 0 Gladwin 30 7 51 1 10 2 27 0 Wright 9 0 58 0 (5) 2 0 18 0 Jenkins 11 1 46 1 (3) 9 0 48 4 Watkins 10 0 36 1 Compton 25.2 3 70 5 (4) 3 1 7 0 Umpires: R.G.A.Ashman and J.V.Hart-Davis. Toss: England Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 294-9 (Gladwin 11*, Wright 3*); 2nd day: South Africa (1) 223-2 (Mitchell 93*, Nourse 64*); 3rd day: England (2) 85-1 (Hutton 45*, Crapp 31*). B.Mitchell’s 120 took 344 minutes and included 12 fours. A.D.Nourse’s 112 took 209 minutes and included 11 fours. 49