First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

SOUTH AFRICA v AUSTRALIA Played at Ellis Park, Johannesburg, December 24, 26, 27, 28, 1949. Australia won by an innings and 85 runs. AUSTRALIA 1 A.R.Morris c Tayfield b McCarthy 0 2 J.Moroney run out 0 3 K.R.Miller b Mann 21 4 *A.L.Hassett b Watkins 112 5 R.N.Harvey b Watkins 34 6 S.J.E.Loxton st Wade b Tayfield 101 7 C.L.McCool b Tayfield 31 8 I.W.G.Johnson c Cheetham b Mann 66 9 †R.A.Saggers lbw b McCarthy 14 10 R.R.Lindwall c Nel b Tayfield 21 11 W.A.Johnston not out 1 Extras b 5, lb 5, w 2 12 —— 413 FoW (1): 1-0 (1), 2-2 (2), 3-71 (3), 4-163 (5), 5-200 (4), 6-283 (7), 7-320 (6), 8-372 (9), 9-408 (10), 10-413 (8) SOUTH AFRICA 1 E.A.B.Rowan b Miller 60 lbw b McCool 32 2 O.E.Wynne lbw b Johnston 3 c Saggers b Johnston 33 3 J.D.Nel b Johnson 4 c Saggers b Johnston 14 4 *A.D.Nourse c Hassett b Johnson 0 c Saggers b Johnson 36 5 †W.W.Wade b Miller 2 b Johnston 11 6 J.E.Cheetham lbw b Johnston 10 c Hassett b Johnston 35 7 J.C.Watkins c Hassett b Miller 36 c Miller b Johnson 0 8 H.J.Tayfield lbw b Miller 6 c Miller b Johnson 0 9 N.B.F.Mann b Miller 0 lbw b Johnston 13 10 V.I.Smith not out 1 c McCool b Johnston 1 11 C.N.McCarthy b Johnson 0 not out 1 Extras lb 14, nb 1 15 b 9, lb 3, w 1, nb 2 15 —— —— 137 191 FoW (1): 1-14 (2), 2-32 (3), 3-40 (4), 4-47 (5), 5-82 (6), 6-112 (1), 7-122 (8), 8-122 (9), 9-133 (7), 10-137 (11) FoW (2): 1-50 (1), 2-81 (2), 3-113 (3), 4-133 (4), 5-141 (5), 6-142 (7), 7-142 (8), 8-184 (9), 9-186 (10), 10-191 (6) South Africa Bowling O M R W McCarthy 25 2 90 2 Watkins 19 3 56 2 2w Smith 13 0 70 0 Tayfield 28 3 93 3 Mann 28.4 4 92 2 Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 10 1 22 0 8 1 25 0 Johnston 12 4 21 2 1nb 20.1 5 44 6 2nb Miller 15 3 40 5 (6) 11 1 27 0 Johnson 18.2 6 37 3 14 0 54 3 Loxton 1 0 2 0 (3) 3 0 11 0 1w McCool (5) 9 3 15 1 Umpires: R.G.A.Ashman and D.V.Collins. Toss: Australia Close of Play: 1st day: Australia (1) 190-4 (Hassett 109*, Loxton 16*); 2nd day: South Africa (1) 70-4 (Rowan 48*, Cheetham 5*); 3rd day: South Africa (2) 84-2 (Nel 6*, Nourse 2*). A.L.Hassett’s 112 took 261 minutes and included 7 fours. S.J.E.Loxton’s 101 took 159 minutes and included 14 fours. 41