First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

SOUTH AFRICA v ENGLAND Played at Ellis Park, Johannesburg, February 12, 14, 15, 16, 1949. Match drawn. ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton b Tuckett 2 b A.M.B.Rowan 123 2 C.Washbrook c E.A.B.Rowan b McCarthy 97 lbw b A.M.B.Rowan 31 3 J.F.Crapp b A.M.B.Rowan 51 (5) hit wkt b McCarthy 5 4 D.C.S.Compton c A.M.B.Rowan b Tuckett 24 (3) b Markham 25 5 A.J.Watkins hit wkt b McCarthy 111 (6) b A.M.B.Rowan 10 6 *F.G.Mann c Wade b McCarthy 17 (4) lbw b A.M.B.Rowan 16 7 R.O.Jenkins lbw b Mitchell 25 8 A.V.Bedser lbw b Tuckett 1 (7) b McCarthy 19 9 C.Gladwin b McCarthy 19 (8) not out 7 10 †S.C.Griffith c Mitchell b McCarthy 8 11 J.A.Young not out 10 Extras b 2, lb 12 14 b 5, lb 11, nb 1 17 —— —— 379 (7 wickets, declared) 253 FoW (1): 1-3 (1), 2-123 (3), 3-172 (4), 4-180 (2), 5-213 (6), 6-282 (7), 7-287 (8), 8-316 (9), 9-346 (10), 10-379 (5) FoW (2): 1-77 (2), 2-151 (3), 3-186 (4), 4-204 (5), 5-222 (1), 6-237 (6), 7-253 (7) SOUTH AFRICA 1 B.Mitchell c Griffith b Bedser 2 c Compton b Gladwin 6 2 E.A.B.Rowan run out 6 not out 86 3 K.G.Viljoen run out 0 b Watkins 63 4 *A.D.Nourse not out 129 b Watkins 1 5 †W.W.Wade lbw b Young 54 lbw b Bedser 27 6 T.A.Harris b Bedser 6 not out 1 7 A.M.B.Rowan b Gladwin 12 8 L.Tuckett b Young 0 9 L.A.Markham c Griffith b Jenkins 20 10 N.B.F.Mann c Griffith b Gladwin 14 11 C.N.McCarthy not out 0 Extras b 4, lb 10 14 b 7, lb 1, nb 2 10 —— —— (9 wickets, declared) 257 (4 wickets) 194 FoW (1): 1-4 (1), 2-4 (3), 3-19 (2), 4-125 (5), 5-137 (6), 6-156 (7), 7-161 (8), 8-192 (9), 9-236 (10) FoW (2): 1-23 (1), 2-136 (3), 3-140 (4), 4-182 (5) South Africa Bowling O M R W O M R W McCarthy 35.7 3 114 5 12.2 2 50 2 Tuckett 29 2 109 3 10 0 43 0 A.M.B.Rowan 23 1 70 1 34 10 69 4 Markham 5 1 38 0 (5) 8 0 34 1 Mann 10 3 26 0 (4) 7 0 20 0 Mitchell 3 0 8 1 7 1 20 0 England Bowling O M R W O M R W Bedser 24 3 81 2 17 0 54 1 Gladwin 24 7 43 2 16 6 39 1 Jenkins 8 1 39 1 9 2 26 0 Young 23 6 52 2 (5) 11 6 14 0 Watkins 2 0 9 0 (6) 3 0 16 2 Compton 4 0 19 0 (4) 9 2 35 0 Umpires: R.G.A.Ashman and J.V.Hart-Davis. Toss: England Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 290-7 (Watkins 64*, Gladwin 1*); 2nd day: South Africa (1) 161-7 (Nourse 75*); 3rd day: England (2) 196-3 (Hutton 111*, Crapp 1*). A.J.Watkins’s 111 took 220 minutes and included 15 fours. A.D.Nourse’s 129 took 319 minutes and included 11 fours. L.Hutton’s 123 took 249 minutes and included 13 fours. 75