First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

NATAL v M.C.C. Played at Kingsmead, Durban, February 25, 26, 28, 1949. Match drawn. NATAL 1 D.R.Fell b Bedser 30 run out 6 2 D.S.Turner lbw b Wright 2 lbw b Young 19 3 I.de Gersigny b Young 48 lbw b Wright 3 4 *A.D.Nourse lbw b Wright 0 st Griffith b Wright 0 5 D.F.Dowling lbw b Young 24 c Crapp b Wright 50 6 O.C.Dawson c Mann b Young 46 c Bedser b Wright 4 7 L.W.Payn b Young 2 c and b Wright 48 8 †R.J.Williams c Simpson b Wright 45 c Simpson b Wright 9 9 L.A.Markham lbw b Young 0 c Simpson b Wright 4 10 A.Tayfield not out 9 b Young 1 11 C.N.McCarthy b Wright 0 not out 0 Extras b 2, lb 1, nb 8 11 b 13, lb 5, nb 4 22 —— —— 217 166 FoW (1): 1-22, 2-57, 3-58, 4-98, 5-133, 6-139, 7-176, 8-182, 9-217, 10-217 FoW (2): 1-12, 2-24, 3-24, 4-53, 5-62, 6-133, 7-156, 8-160, 9-165, 10-166 M.C.C. 1 L.Hutton b Payn 43 2 R.T.Simpson not out 119 (1) not out 0 3 C.H.Palmer c de Gersigny b Markham 2 (2) not out 4 4 J.F.Crapp b Tayfield 17 5 *F.G.Mann st Williams b Dowling 0 6 M.F.Tremlett b Dowling 11 7 A.V.Bedser lbw b Payn 24 8 C.Gladwin b Payn 0 9 †S.C.Griffith b Payn 0 10 J.A.Young st Williams b Tayfield 4 11 D.V.P.Wright b Payn 10 Extras b 6, lb 1 7 lb 2 2 —— —— 237 (no wicket) 6 FoW (1): 1-73 (1), 2-82 (3), 3-120 (4), 4-123 (5), 5-151 (6), 6-200 (7), 7-200 (8), 8-200 (9), 9-221 (10), 10-237 (11) M.C.C. Bowling O M R W O M R W Bedser 20 6 34 1 8 2 18 0 Gladwin 10 3 25 0 11 3 13 0 Wright 24 2 92 4 16.1 0 54 7 Tremlett 8 0 24 0 3 0 12 0 Young 20 8 25 5 22 9 47 2 Palmer 3 1 6 0 Natal Bowling O M R W O M R W McCarthy 16 1 44 0 2 2 0 0 Dawson 6 0 17 0 2 0 4 0 Payn 24.3 4 59 5 1 1 0 0 Tayfield 20 0 42 2 Markham 6 0 30 1 Dowling 11 0 38 2 Umpires: D.T.Drew and P.H.Goulding. Toss: Natal Close of Play: 1st day: Natal (1) 200-8 (Williams 37*, Tayfield 1*); 2nd day: M.C.C. (1) 237-9 (Simpson 119*, Wright 10*). R.T.Simpson’s 119 took 282 minutes. 81