First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

SOUTH AFRICA v AUSTRALIA Played at Newlands, Cape Town, December 31, 1949, January 2, 3, 4, 1950. Australia won by eight wickets. AUSTRALIA 1 A.R.Morris c Watkins b Tayfield 42 c and b Mann 24 2 J.Moroney c Cheetham b Mann 87 lbw b Mann 19 3 K.R.Miller b Watkins 58 (4) not out 16 4 *A.L.Hassett c and b Mann 57 5 R.N.Harvey c Wade b Mann 178 (3) not out 23 6 S.J.E.Loxton b Tayfield 35 7 C.L.McCool not out 49 8 I.W.G.Johnson c Watkins b Mann 0 9 R.R.Lindwall not out 8 10 †R.A.Saggers 11 W.A.Johnston Extras b 8, lb 4 12 b 5 5 —— —— (7 wickets, declared) 526 (2 wickets) 87 FoW (1): 1-68 (1), 2-172 (2), 3-215 (3), 4-276 (4), 5-416 (6), 6-502 (5), 7-502 (8) FoW (2): 1-37 (1), 2-44 (2) SOUTH AFRICA 1 E.A.B.Rowan lbw b McCool 67 c Harvey b Johnston 3 2 O.E.Wynne c Johnson b Miller 13 c Saggers b Johnston 10 3 J.D.Nel lbw b Johnson 38 c McCool b Johnson 19 4 *A.D.Nourse c Johnston b Miller 65 lbw b McCool 114 5 †W.W.Wade c Saggers b Loxton 4 b Johnston 11 6 J.E.Cheetham c McCool b Miller 3 c Saggers b Lindwall 27 7 J.C.Watkins st Saggers b McCool 35 c Saggers b Lindwall 9 8 H.J.Tayfield st Saggers b McCool 15 b Lindwall 75 9 N.B.F.Mann b McCool 16 b Lindwall 46 10 V.I.Smith not out 11 lbw b Lindwall 4 11 C.N.McCarthy st Saggers b McCool 0 not out 0 Extras b 2, lb 8, w 1 11 b 3, lb 10, nb 2 15 —— —— 278 333 FoW (1): 1-33 (2), 2-92 (1), 3-154 (3), 4-169 (5), 5-194 (6), 6-203 (4), 7-241 (8), 8-250 (7), 9-278 (9), 10-278 (11) FoW (2): 1-5 (1), 2-16 (2), 3-61 (3), 4-80 (5), 5-141 (6), 6-159 (7), 7-225 (4), 8-327 (9), 9-332 (8), 10-333 (10) South Africa Bowling O M R W O M R W McCarthy 24 2 98 0 4 1 18 0 Watkins 12 2 59 1 2 0 10 0 Mann 28 3 105 4 8 1 23 2 Tayfield 37 4 141 2 6 1 31 0 Smith 25 0 111 0 Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 12 2 33 0 15.4 2 32 5 Johnston 17 3 53 0 24 2 70 3 2nb Johnson 12 1 61 1 (5) 24 5 91 1 Miller 17 3 54 3 1w (7) 11 0 43 0 Loxton 6 0 25 1 (4) 4 1 6 0 McCool 11.4 1 41 5 (3) 21 3 71 1 Harvey (6) 3 1 5 0 Umpires: R.G.A.Ashman and D.V.Collins. Toss: Australia Close of Play: 1st day: Australia (1) 312-4 (Harvey 55*, Loxton 7*); 2nd day: South Africa (1) 169-3 (Nourse 43*, Wade 4*); 3rd day: South Africa (2) 120-4 (Nourse 55*, Cheetham 16*). R.N.Harvey’s 178 took 237 minutes and included 16 fours. A.D.Nourse’s 114 took 274 minutes and included 9 fours. 51