First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

SOUTH AFRICA v AUSTRALIA Played at Kingsmead, Durban, January 20, 21, 23, 24, 1950. Australia won by five wickets. SOUTH AFRICA 1 E.A.B.Rowan c Johnston b Miller 143 c Saggers b Lindwall 4 2 O.E.Wynne b Johnston 18 b Johnson 29 3 J.D.Nel c and b Johnson 14 lbw b Johnston 20 4 *A.D.Nourse c Saggers b Johnston 66 c McCool b Johnson 27 5 †W.W.Wade b Lindwall 24 b Johnston 0 6 N.B.F.Mann b Johnston 9 (9) lbw b Johnson 0 7 J.E.Cheetham c Hassett b Johnston 4 (6) c Hassett b Johnson 1 8 J.C.Watkins b Lindwall 5 (7) st Saggers b Johnson 2 9 H.J.Tayfield run out 15 (8) b Johnston 3 10 V.I.Smith b Lindwall 1 b Johnston 4 11 C.N.McCarthy not out 0 not out 2 Extras b 3, lb 7, nb 2 12 b 5, lb 1, nb 1 7 —— —— 311 99 FoW (1): 1-32 (2), 2-75 (3), 3-242 (4), 4-264 (1), 5-283 (6), 6-289 (7), 7-293 (5), 8-304 (8), 9-308 (10), 10-311 (9) FoW (2): 1-9 (1), 2-51 (2), 3-85 (3), 4-85 (5), 5-88 (6), 6-90 (7), 7-93 (4), 8-93 (8), 9-93 (9), 10-99 (10) AUSTRALIA 1 A.R.Morris c Smith b Tayfield 25 hit wkt b Tayfield 44 2 J.Moroney b Tayfield 10 lbw b Tayfield 10 3 I.W.G.Johnson lbw b Tayfield 2 4 K.R.Miller b Tayfield 2 (3) lbw b Mann 10 5 *A.L.Hassett lbw b Tayfield 2 (4) lbw b Mann 11 6 †R.A.Saggers c Cheetham b Mann 2 7 C.L.McCool lbw b Mann 1 not out 39 8 R.R.Lindwall b Mann 7 9 R.N.Harvey c and b Tayfield 2 (5) not out 151 10 S.J.E.Loxton c Cheetham b Tayfield 16 (6) b Mann 54 11 W.A.Johnston not out 2 Extras b 3, lb 1 4 b 7, lb 9, nb 1 17 —— —— 75 (5 wickets) 336 FoW (1): 1-31 (2), 2-35 (3), 3-37 (4), 4-39 (5), 5-42 (1), 6-45 (7), 7-46 (6), 8-53 (9), 9-63 (8), 10-75 (10) FoW (2): 1-14 (2), 2-33 (3), 3-59 (4), 4-95 (1), 5-230 (6) Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 19 3 47 3 4 1 7 1 Miller 24 5 73 1 (3) 7 0 12 0 McCool 13 3 35 0 Johnston 31.2 5 75 4 1nb (2) 18.2 6 39 4 1nb Loxton 6 1 31 0 Johnson 16 5 38 1 1nb (4) 17 2 34 5 South Africa Bowling O M R W O M R W McCarthy 6 2 8 0 12 3 32 0 1nb Watkins 4 1 9 0 6 2 10 0 Mann 10 1 31 3 (4) 51.6 13 101 3 Tayfield 8.4 1 23 7 (3) 49 5 144 2 Smith (5) 5 0 32 0 Umpires: J.V.Hart-Davis and B.V.Malan. Toss: South Africa Close of Play: 1st day: South Africa (1) 240-2 (Rowan 133*, Nourse 64*); 2nd day: Australia (1) 75 all out; 3rd day: Australia (2) 80-3 (Morris 35*, Harvey 12*). E.A.B.Rowan’s 143 took 388 minutes and included 14 fours. R.N.Harvey’s 151 took 325 minutes and included 14 fours. 62