First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

NATAL v AUSTRALIANS Played at City Oval, Pietermaritzburg, February 24, 25, 27, 1950. Match drawn. AUSTRALIANS 1 K.A.Archer c Yuill b Watkins 0 not out 50 2 J.Moroney c McLean b A.Tayfield 133 c Dawson b Payn 24 3 K.R.Miller c Watkins b H.J.Tayfield 54 4 R.N.Harvey st Yuill b H.J.Tayfield 56 5 *A.L.Hassett c and b H.J.Tayfield 8 6 S.J.E.Loxton c Yuill b A.Tayfield 10 (3) not out 30 7 I.W.G.Johnson c Watkins b A.Tayfield 37 8 †R.A.Saggers c de Gersigny b A.Tayfield 2 9 G.Noblet c Watkins b A.Tayfield 0 10 A.K.Walker c H.J.Tayfield b A.Tayfield 5 11 W.A.Johnston not out 0 Extras b 5, lb 1, w 1 7 b 2 2 —— —— 312 (1 wicket) 106 FoW (1): 1-0 (1), 2-89 (3), 3-229 (4), 4-245 (2), 5-256 (5), 6-265 (6), 7-283 (8), 8-283 (9), 9-312 (7), 10-312 (10) FoW (2): 1-34 (2) NATAL 1 D.J.McGlew c Saggers b Miller 3 2 D.B.G.King b Miller 0 3 O.C.Dawson c Johnston b Miller 58 4 *A.D.Nourse c Hassett b Johnston 24 5 R.A.McLean c Saggers b Walker 26 6 J.C.Watkins b Miller 4 7 I.de Gersigny c Johnson b Miller 13 8 H.J.Tayfield c Saggers b Miller 0 9 †R.R.Yuill c Noblet b Johnson 9 10 A.Tayfield c Harvey b Johnson 4 11 L.W.Payn not out 0 Extras b 1, lb 3 4 —— 145 FoW (1): 1-1 (2), 2-4 (1), 3-60 (4), 4-109 (5), 5-116 (6), 6-121 (3), 7-121 (8), 8-136 (7), 9-140 (9), 10-145 (10) Natal Bowling O M R W O M R W Watkins 6 0 22 1 1w 5 0 13 0 Dawson 3 1 8 0 2 0 6 0 Payn 10 1 59 0 13 2 40 1 H.J.Tayfield 21 3 96 3 A.Tayfield 23.4 5 105 6 (4) 9 2 22 0 de Gersigny 2 0 15 0 (5) 4 0 23 0 Australians Bowling O M R W Miller 13 1 35 6 Johnston 9 2 15 1 Noblet 14 4 21 0 Walker 7 2 13 1 Loxton 4 1 8 0 Johnson 15.5 4 46 2 Hassett 1 0 3 0 Umpires: J.Davey and R.W.Rein. Toss: Australians Close of Play: 1st day: Natal (1) 34-2 (Dawson 16*, Nourse 14*); 2nd day: No play. J.Moroney’s 133 took 187 minutes and included 18 fours and 3 sixes. 85