First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

SOUTH AFRICA v AUSTRALIA Played at Ellis Park, Johannesburg, February 10, 11, 13, 14, 1950. Match drawn. AUSTRALIA 1 A.R.Morris c Fullerton b McCarthy 111 c Mann b McCarthy 19 2 J.Moroney c Fullerton b Melle 118 not out 101 3 K.R.Miller c Fullerton b Melle 84 (4) not out 33 4 R.R.Lindwall b Melle 5 5 *A.L.Hassett b McCarthy 53 6 R.N.Harvey not out 56 (3) b Melle 100 7 S.J.E.Loxton b Melle 6 8 C.L.McCool st Fullerton b Tayfield 8 9 I.W.G.Johnson c sub (J.B.Roothman) b Melle 3 10 †R.A.Saggers not out 5 11 W.A.Johnston Extras b 8, lb 7, nb 1 16 b 5, lb 1 6 —— —— (8 wickets, declared) 465 (2 wickets) 259 FoW (1): 1-214 (1), 2-265 (2), 3-273 (4), 4-382 (5), 5-392 (3), 6-418 (7), 7-437 (8), 8-440 (9) FoW (2): 1-28 (1), 2-198 (3) SOUTH AFRICA 1 E.A.B.Rowan b Lindwall 55 2 J.D.Nel run out 25 3 R.G.Draper c Saggers b Johnston 15 4 *A.D.Nourse c Saggers b Lindwall 5 5 D.W.Begbie c McCool b Miller 24 6 P.L.Winslow c and b Miller 19 7 †G.M.Fullerton c Hassett b McCool 88 8 H.J.Tayfield c Johnson b Miller 40 9 N.B.F.Mann b Lindwall 52 10 M.G.Melle lbw b McCool 14 11 C.N.McCarthy not out 2 Extras b 7, lb 5, nb 1 13 —— 352 FoW (1): 1-84 (1), 2-86 (2), 3-96 (4), 4-115 (3), 5-145 (6), 6-148 (5), 7-213 (8), 8-307 (9), 9-345 (7), 10-352 (10) South Africa Bowling O M R W O M R W McCarthy 31 4 113 2 1nb 13 1 56 1 Melle 33 3 113 5 12 0 58 1 Tayfield 31 4 103 1 14 2 88 0 Mann 25 2 85 0 8 1 32 0 Begbie 7 0 35 0 3 0 19 0 Rowan (6) 1 1 0 0 Nourse (7) 1 1 0 0 Australia Bowling O M R W Lindwall 26 3 82 3 Johnston 29 5 68 1 Miller 28 3 75 3 Loxton 10 2 22 0 1nb Johnson 18 4 52 0 McCool 7 0 29 2 Hassett 1 0 5 0 Harvey 3 0 6 0 Umpires: D.V.Collins and D.T.Drew. Toss: Australia Close of Play: 1st day: Australia (1) 266-2 (Miller 25*, Lindwall 0*); 2nd day: South Africa (1) 77-0 (Rowan 55*, Nel 21*); 3rd day: South Africa (1) 275-7 (Fullerton 45*, Mann 35*). A.R.Morris’s 111 took 267 minutes and included 9 fours and 1 six. J.Moroney’s 118 took 321 minutes and included 13 fours. J.Moroney’s 101 took 225 minutes and included 7 fours. R.N.Harvey’s 100 took 133 minutes and included 13 fours. 78