First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

SOUTH AFRICA v ENGLAND Played at St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth, March 5, 7, 8, 9, 1949. England won by three wickets. SOUTH AFRICA 1 B.Mitchell c Griffith b Bedser 99 c Griffith b Bedser 56 2 E.A.B.Rowan c Watkins b Gladwin 3 c Jenkins b Young 37 3 K.G.Viljoen b Bedser 2 4 *A.D.Nourse b Bedser 73 not out 30 5 †W.W.Wade c Compton b Jenkins 125 not out 34 6 J.E.Cheetham c and b Bedser 2 (3) c Compton b Young 18 7 O.C.Dawson c Gladwin b Jenkins 20 8 A.M.B.Rowan not out 29 9 L.Tuckett b Jenkins 2 10 N.B.F.Mann c Compton b Gladwin 11 11 C.N.McCarthy b Gladwin 3 Extras b 2, lb 5, nb 3 10 b 6, lb 5, nb 1 12 —— —— 379 (3 wickets, declared) 187 FoW (1): 1-10 (2), 2-13 (3), 3-114 (4), 4-264 (1), 5-282 (6), 6-330 (5), 7-336 (7), 8-338 (9), 9-375 (10), 10-379 (11) FoW (2): 1-101 (1), 2-101 (2), 3-127 (3) ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton c Dawson b A.M.B.Rowan 46 st Wade b A.M.B.Rowan 32 2 C.Washbrook c Dawson b A.M.B.Rowan 36 c A.M.B.Rowan b Mann 40 3 J.F.Crapp b McCarthy 4 (6) not out 26 4 D.C.S.Compton c Wade b Mann 49 (3) c Cheetham b A.M.B.Rowan 42 5 A.J.Watkins c A.M.B.Rowan b Mann 14 (9) not out 5 6 *F.G.Mann not out 136 (4) c Dawson b Mann 2 7 R.O.Jenkins lbw b Mann 29 8 A.V.Bedser c Mitchell b A.M.B.Rowan 33 (5) c Nourse b A.M.B.Rowan 1 9 C.Gladwin c Dawson b A.M.B.Rowan 10 (7) c Tuckett b Mann 15 10 †S.C.Griffith c E.A.B.Rowan b A.M.B.Rowan 5 (8) b Mann 0 11 J.A.Young c Wade b McCarthy 0 Extras b 11, lb 18, nb 4 33 b 3, lb 8 11 —— —— 395 (7 wickets) 174 FoW (1): 1-78 (2), 2-82 (3), 3-96 (1), 4-149 (5), 5-168 (4), 6-268 (7), 7-341 (8), 8-362 (9), 9-390 (10), 10-395 (11) FoW (2): 1-58 (1), 2-104 (2), 3-124 (4), 4-125 (3), 5-125 (5), 6-152 (7), 7-153 (8) England Bowling O M R W O M R W Bedser 38 9 61 4 16 3 43 1 Gladwin 30.5 6 70 3 6 2 14 0 Jenkins 15 2 53 3 (4) 4 0 27 0 Watkins 5 0 24 0 Young 48 9 122 0 (3) 23 9 34 2 Compton 7 0 39 0 (5) 9 0 57 0 South Africa Bowling O M R W O M R W McCarthy 17.4 1 42 2 2 0 20 0 Dawson 3 0 10 0 Tuckett 5 0 22 0 (2) 2 0 13 0 A.M.B.Rowan 60 9 167 5 (3) 10 0 65 3 Mann 51 18 95 3 (4) 9.7 0 65 4 Mitchell 5 0 26 0 Umpires: R.G.A.Ashman and D.V.Collins. Toss: South Africa Close of Play: 1st day: South Africa (1) 219-3 (Mitchell 73*, Wade 63*); 2nd day: England (1) 80-1 (Hutton 37*, Crapp 2*); 3rd day: England (1) 390-9 (Mann 131*). W.W.Wade’s 125 took 290 minutes and included 12 fours. F.G.Mann’s 136 took 247 minutes and included 12 fours and 1 six. 86