First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

SOUTH AFRICA v AUSTRALIA Played at St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth, March 3, 4, 6, 1950. Australia won by an innings and 259 runs. AUSTRALIA 1 A.R.Morris c Winslow b Melle 157 2 J.Moroney c Nourse b Melle 7 3 K.R.Miller c Nourse b Tayfield 22 4 R.N.Harvey b Begbie 116 5 *A.L.Hassett c McCarthy b Mann 167 6 S.J.E.Loxton c Rowan b Mann 43 7 C.L.McCool c Fullerton b Tayfield 6 8 I.W.G.Johnson not out 26 9 †R.A.Saggers not out 4 10 G.Noblet 11 W.A.Johnston Extras b 1 1 —— (7 wickets, declared) 549 FoW (1): 1-16 (2), 2-49 (3), 3-236 (4), 4-350 (1), 5-449 (6), 6-485 (7), 7-545 (5) SOUTH AFRICA 1 E.A.B.Rowan b Johnson 40 c McCool b Miller 0 2 J.D.Nel b Miller 0 lbw b Johnston 5 3 R.G.Draper c Johnston b Miller 7 b Johnston 3 4 *A.D.Nourse c McCool b Miller 37 b Johnson 55 5 D.W.Begbie c Saggers b Noblet 1 b Johnston 5 6 P.L.Winslow lbw b Noblet 0 (7) st Saggers b Johnson 11 7 †G.M.Fullerton st Saggers b McCool 18 (6) c Saggers b Loxton 24 8 H.J.Tayfield st Saggers b McCool 6 st Saggers b McCool 7 9 M.G.Melle b Miller 1 (10) c Harvey b McCool 6 10 N.B.F.Mann b Noblet 41 (9) lbw b Johnson 6 11 C.N.McCarthy not out 1 not out 4 Extras b 5, nb 1 6 b 3, lb 3 6 —— —— 158 132 FoW (1): 1-3 (2), 2-19 (3), 3-71 (1), 4-84 (5), 5-84 (6), 6-95 (4), 7-104 (8), 8-113 (9), 9-117 (7), 10-158 (10) FoW (2): 1-0 (1), 2-3 (3), 3-12 (2), 4-24 (5), 5-63 (6), 6-88 (7), 7-113 (8), 8-115 (4), 9-126 (9), 10-132 (10) South Africa Bowling O M R W McCarthy 29 3 121 0 Melle 23 2 132 2 Tayfield 25 1 103 2 Mann 36 4 154 2 Begbie 4 0 38 1 Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Miller 14 3 42 4 8 0 24 1 Johnston 3 0 12 0 6 1 10 3 Noblet 17.1 7 21 3 9 2 16 0 Johnson 11 1 48 1 7 1 21 3 McCool 5 1 29 2 1nb 14.2 2 48 2 Loxton (6) 4 2 7 1 Umpires: D.V.Collins and B.V.Malan. Toss: Australia Close of Play: 1st day: Australia (1) 380-4 (Hassett 68*, Loxton 9*); 2nd day: South Africa (1) 104-7 (Fullerton 9*, Melle 0*). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. A.R.Morris’s 157 took 301 minutes and included 15 fours and 1 six. R.N.Harvey’s 116 took 130 minutes and included 14 fours. A.L.Hassett’s 167 took 314 minutes and included 14 fours and 1 six. 89