First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

ORANGE FREE STATE v AUSTRALIANS Played at Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein, November 26, 28, 29, 1949. Australians won by an innings and 139 runs. AUSTRALIANS 1 *A.L.Hassett c Wright b Hawkins 96 2 A.R.Morris run out 33 3 K.A.Archer c Kirby b Hawkins 43 4 R.N.Harvey not out 145 5 S.J.E.Loxton not out 76 6 †G.R.A.Langley 7 R.R.Lindwall 8 I.W.G.Johnson 9 R.A.Saggers 10 A.K.Walker 11 G.Noblet Extras b 5, lb 4, nb 3 12 —— (3 wickets, declared) 405 FoW (1): 1-72 (2), 2-177 (3), 3-184 (1) ORANGE FREE STATE 1 L.B.Koch c Johnson b Loxton 64 b Noblet 20 2 E.W.Warner lbw b Lindwall 12 b Loxton 12 3 †I.E.F.Kirby c Johnson b Noblet 4 c and b Loxton 2 4 R.C.le Sueur b Johnson 6 b Noblet 53 5 C.J.Kaplan c Lindwall b Johnson 6 run out 1 6 G.F.K.Jackson lbw b Lindwall 2 c Langley b Johnson 16 7 L.S.Matthews st Langley b Johnson 5 run out 1 8 *H.F.Wright b Loxton 23 st Saggers b Johnson 3 9 N.K.Cowan lbw b Noblet 1 not out 2 10 E.H.Hawkins not out 2 b Johnson 0 11 D.A.J.Walters c Langley b Noblet 2 st Saggers b Johnson 13 Extras lb 5, nb 3 8 b 4, lb 3, nb 1 8 —— —— 135 131 FoW (1): 1-13 (2), 2-30 (3), 3-43 (4), 4-54 (5), 5-57 (6), 6-78 (7), 7-125 (1), 8-130 (8), 9-130 (9), 10-135 (11) FoW (2): 1-30 (1), 2-34 (2), 3-37 (3), 4-42 (5), 5-98 (6), 6-107 (7), 7-113 (4), 8-117 (8), 9-117 (10), 10-131 (11) Orange Free State Bowling O M R W Hawkins 16 0 97 2 Wright 13 1 87 0 Walters 13 0 111 0 Cowan 8 0 63 0 Jackson 3 0 35 0 Australians Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 8 2 21 2 8 2 29 0 Walker 7 1 36 0 4 0 11 0 Noblet 9.7 3 16 3 14 4 31 2 Johnson 12 2 47 3 13.7 3 49 4 Loxton 2 0 7 2 4 2 3 2 Umpires: E.B.Parsons and C.V.Tarbox. Toss: Orange Free State Close of Play: 1st day: Australians (1) 306-3 (Harvey 79*, Loxton 12*); 2nd day: Orange Free State (2) 47-4 (le Sueur 10*, Jackson 1*). R.N.Harvey’s 145 took 112 minutes and included 21 fours and 1 six. 20