First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

TRANSVAAL v AUSTRALIANS Played at Ellis Park, Johannesburg, January 27, 28, 30, 1950. Australians won by seven wickets. TRANSVAAL 1 *E.A.B.Rowan c Langley b Lindwall 28 (7) b Miller 22 2 B.Mitchell c Archer b Miller 7 lbw b Walker 15 3 J.H.M.Pickerill lbw b Walker 7 (1) lbw b Noblet 19 4 J.B.Roothman c Langley b Walker 1 (3) c Langley b Loxton 13 5 D.W.Begbie b Miller 29 lbw b Noblet 37 6 P.L.Winslow b Johnson 31 (8) c Moroney b Lindwall 18 7 †G.M.Fullerton b Noblet 4 (4) run out 1 8 A.W.Keightley-Smith b Miller 0 (6) b Noblet 3 9 M.G.Melle b Miller 0 lbw b McCool 16 10 T.F.Abernethy b Noblet 1 (11) not out 3 11 J.L.Heaney not out 8 (10) run out 6 Extras b 1, lb 4, nb 1 6 b 2, lb 6 8 —— —— 122 161 FoW (1): 1-14 (2), 2-31 (3), 3-33 (4), 4-56 (1), 5-106 (6), 6-110 (5), 7-110 (8), 8-110 (9), 9-111 (10), 10-122 (7) FoW (2): 1-32 (2), 2-36 (1), 3-38 (4), 4-86 (3), 5-91 (6), 6-96 (5), 7-123 (8), 8-152 (9), 9-158 (7), 10-161 (10) AUSTRALIANS 1 *A.R.Morris c and b Begbie 103 not out 35 2 J.Moroney lbw b Keightley-Smith 21 b Melle 0 3 K.A.Archer c Mitchell b Heaney 25 lbw b Heaney 2 4 S.J.E.Loxton c Fullerton b Keightley-Smith 7 run out 20 5 K.R.Miller lbw b Keightley-Smith 28 not out 4 6 C.L.McCool c Winslow b Keightley-Smith 6 7 I.W.G.Johnson lbw b Keightley-Smith 6 8 R.R.Lindwall c Pickerill b Begbie 6 9 †G.R.A.Langley c Fullerton b Keightley-Smith 2 10 A.K.Walker st Fullerton b Begbie 12 11 G.Noblet not out 0 Extras b 5, lb 1, nb 1 7 —— —— 223 (3 wickets) 61 FoW (1): 1-45 (2), 2-110 (3), 3-154 (4), 4-182 (1), 5-197 (6), 6-198 (5), 7-209 (7), 8-209 (8), 9-223 (10), 10-223 (9) FoW (2): 1-3 (2), 2-6 (3), 3-44 (4) Australians Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 11 1 25 1 10 2 31 1 Miller 9 2 27 4 10 1 50 1 Noblet 15.3 5 24 2 18 4 41 3 Walker 9 4 14 2 1nb 10 2 19 1 Johnson 5 1 26 1 Loxton (5) 1 0 2 1 McCool (6) 2.1 0 10 1 Transvaal Bowling O M R W O M R W Melle 14 1 48 0 6 0 35 1 Heaney 20 8 38 1 2 0 6 1 Keightley-Smith 23.3 6 66 6 1nb 4 0 20 0 Abernethy 7 0 31 0 Begbie 8 0 33 3 Umpires: R.L.Greenwood and L.G.Stacey. Toss: Transvaal Close of Play: 1st day: Australians (1) 55-1 (Morris 28*, Archer 1*); 2nd day: Transvaal (2) 86-4 (Begbie 32*, Keightley-Smith 0*). A.R.Morris’s 103 took 241 minutes and included 12 fours. 70