First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

EASTERN PROVINCE v AUSTRALIANS Played at St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth, January 7, 9, 10, 1950. Australians won by an innings and 39 runs. AUSTRALIANS 1 K.A.Archer c Waite b du Toit 0 2 J.Moroney b Mann 43 3 K.R.Miller c Young b du Toit 131 4 R.N.Harvey st Waite b Birrell 64 5 *A.L.Hassett c du Toit b Liddle 50 6 †G.R.A.Langley c Curnick b Birrell 58 7 I.W.G.Johnson lbw b Liddle 17 8 R.R.Lindwall c D.E.Dimbleby b Liddle 18 9 A.K.Walker c and b Mann 4 10 G.Noblet c Waite b Birrell 26 11 W.A.Johnston not out 1 Extras b 1, lb 3, w 2 6 —— 418 FoW (1): 1-1 (1), 2-87 (2), 3-171 (4), 4-280 (3), 5-296 (5), 6-345 (7), 7-371 (8), 8-379 (9), 9-417 (6), 10-418 (10) EASTERN PROVINCE 1 G.R.Connell b Johnston 0 (8) c Hassett b Johnson 23 2 K.G.Dimbleby c Noblet b Lindwall 54 c Langley b Noblet 42 3 R.G.Draper b Lindwall 12 (1) c Johnson b Walker 86 4 †J.H.B.Waite c Langley b Johnston 11 (3) c Langley b Walker 23 5 D.E.Dimbleby c Langley b Johnston 1 (4) c Hassett b Noblet 3 6 H.B.Birrell b Johnston 3 (5) c Miller b Lindwall 1 7 A.J.Curnick b Johnson 4 (6) b Noblet 9 8 S.D.du Toit not out 30 (7) c Langley b Johnston 3 9 *J.O.Young c Miller b Lindwall 0 not out 18 10 N.B.F.Mann b Lindwall 1 c Noblet b Johnson 18 11 J.R.Liddle c Langley b Lindwall 5 b Noblet 2 Extras b 5, lb 7, nb 4 16 b 1, lb 9, nb 4 14 —— —— 137 242 FoW (1): 1-17 (3), 2-39 (4), 3-53 (5), 4-57 (6), 5-57 (1), 6-75 (7), 7-127 (2), 8-127 (9), 9-129 (10), 10-137 (11) FoW (2): 1-91 (2), 2-150 (3), 3-155 (4), 4-164 (5), 5-164 (1), 6-169 (7), 7-203 (8), 8-209 (6), 9-230 (10), 10-242 (11) Eastern Province Bowling O M R W du Toit 13 0 82 2 1w Birrell 13.5 1 71 3 1w Mann 26 2 105 2 Liddle 20 0 97 3 Young 10 0 57 0 Australians Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 12.3 4 25 5 10 2 27 1 Walker 10 1 16 0 2nb (4) 13 4 38 2 2nb Noblet 11 2 21 0 (5) 13.7 2 31 4 Johnson 11 1 24 1 (3) 17 1 72 2 Johnston 10 2 16 4 2nb (2) 17 2 55 1 2nb Archer 4 0 19 0 Harvey (6) 2 0 4 0 Hassett (7) 2 1 1 0 Umpires: C.E.Miller and E.W.Prynn. Toss: Eastern Province Close of Play: 1st day: Eastern Province (1) 12-0 (K.G.Dimbleby 1*, Draper 11*); 2nd day: Eastern Province (2) 94-1 (Draper 46*, Waite 2*). K.R.Miller’s 131 took 163 minutes and included 7 fours and 6 sixes. G.R.Connell retired hurt in the Eastern Province first innings having scored 0 (team score 0-0) - he returned when the score was 57-4. 55