First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

BORDER v AUSTRALIANS Played at Jan Smuts Ground, East London, January 14, 16, 1950. Australians won by an innings and 293 runs. AUSTRALIANS 1 K.A.Archer c Wakeford b Thorne 93 2 A.R.Morris b Beesly 106 3 R.N.Harvey c Wakeford b Woods 29 4 *A.L.Hassett not out 106 5 S.J.E.Loxton lbw b Beesly 81 6 C.L.McCool not out 6 7 R.R.Lindwall 8 †R.A.Saggers 9 A.K.Walker 10 G.Noblet 11 W.A.Johnston Extras b 4 4 —— (4 wickets, declared) 425 FoW (1): 1-197 (2), 2-203 (1), 3-240 (3), 4-407 (5) BORDER 1 C.D.White b Walker 16 c Saggers b Johnston 9 2 H.S.Lacey lbw b Walker 15 lbw b McCool 12 3 D.Fenner b Noblet 4 st Saggers b Johnston 3 4 R.R.Phillips b McCool 13 b Johnston 0 5 W.M.Tainton b Noblet 4 lbw b Johnston 15 6 †B.R.Wakeford b Noblet 8 c Lindwall b Johnston 0 7 *A.W.Hicks b McCool 3 c Hassett b Johnston 1 8 R.K.Thorne b Noblet 5 c Noblet b McCool 11 9 W.B.Treadaway c Morris b McCool 0 st Saggers b McCool 2 10 D.A.C.Woods lbw b McCool 0 st Saggers b McCool 0 11 R.Beesly not out 2 not out 0 Extras b 1, lb 1 2 b 7 7 —— —— 72 60 FoW (1): 1-22 (1), 2-35 (2), 3-50 (4), 4-50 (3), 5-62 (6), 6-63 (5), 7-65 (7), 8-67 (9), 9-70 (10), 10-72 (8) FoW (2): 1-18 (1), 2-22 (2), 3-24 (3), 4-25 (4), 5-25 (6), 6-35 (7), 7-56 (8), 8-60 (9), 9-60 (10), 10-60 (5) Border Bowling O M R W Beesly 25 0 122 2 Hicks 10 1 37 0 Woods 28 2 139 1 Thorne 8 1 14 1 Fenner 7 0 43 0 Tainton 4 0 43 0 Treadaway 3 0 23 0 Australians Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 4 1 10 0 2 0 8 0 Johnston 3 0 9 0 9.4 3 20 6 McCool 12 1 32 4 8 2 19 4 Walker 6 1 8 2 Noblet 6 1 11 4 (4) 3 0 6 0 Umpires: R.J.Capstick and A.L.Haiden. Toss: Australians Close of Play: 1st day: Australians (1) 425-4 (Hassett 106*, McCool 6*, 85 overs). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. A.R.Morris’s 106 took 180 minutes and included 11 fours. A.L.Hassett’s 106 took 127 minutes and included 9 fours. 60