First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

EASTERN PROVINCE v RHODESIA Played at St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth, December 30, 1950, January 1, 2, 1951. Eastern Province won by nine wickets. (Points: Eastern Province 6, Rhodesia 0) RHODESIA 1 J.P.Sierra lbw b Murray 62 (2) lbw b Mann 10 2 J.M.S.Baldwin st Waite b Birrell 15 (1) b Mann 8 3 †C.Harris b Mann 13 (6) c Waite b du Toit 4 4 R.W.J.Ashburner lbw b du Toit 19 (3) b Mann 0 5 *P.N.F.Mansell lbw b Mann 3 c Murray b Mann 18 6 C.J.Pretorius c Connell b Mann 0 (4) b Young 22 7 D.W.Rees st Waite b Mann 9 c Murray b Mann 45 8 J.M.Leibbrandt b Young 22 c du Toit b Mann 0 9 P.E.Johnson c Norton b Mann 16 c and b Mann 1 10 D.Murray c Norton b Young 3 (11) not out 5 11 A.S.Carew not out 1 (10) lbw b Young 28 Extras b 4, lb 9, nb 2 15 b 5 5 —— —— 178 146 FoW (1): 1-31, 2-66, 3-109, 4-125, 5-125, 6-131, 7-140, 8-173, 9-177, 10-178 FoW (2): 1-18, 2-18, 3-21, 4-52, 5-59, 6-63, 7-63, 8-65, 9-128, 10-146 EASTERN PROVINCE 1 K.H.Johnson c Ashburner b Johnson 52 not out 15 2 D.C.W.Hicken c Sierra b Johnson 15 b Leibbrandt 2 3 †J.H.B.Waite b Johnson 1 4 H.B.Birrell b Carew 9 5 A.R.A.Murray c Harris b Leibbrandt 41 6 G.R.Connell c Carew b Mansell 24 (3) not out 15 7 E.B.Norton st Harris b Carew 47 8 S.D.du Toit b Carew 65 9 C.J.Lowell not out 9 10 N.B.F.Mann b Leibbrandt 7 11 *J.O.Young not out 12 Extras b 3, lb 1, nb 3 7 b 1, lb 1, nb 2 4 —— —— (9 wickets, declared) 289 (1 wicket) 36 FoW (1): 1-66, 2-67, 3-68, 4-94, 5-141, 6-143, 7-252, 8-257, 9-268 FoW (2): 1-10 (2) Eastern Province Bowling O M R W O M R W du Toit 14 5 25 1 8 2 23 1 Young 12 6 15 2 5 0 21 2 Mann 28.6 10 55 5 21.7 6 47 7 Birrell 18 5 41 1 11 2 42 0 Lowell 6 0 21 0 Murray 5 1 6 1 (5) 3 1 8 0 Rhodesia Bowling O M R W O M R W Murray 9 1 33 0 2 0 6 0 Leibbrandt 30 3 81 2 4 0 19 1 Carew 17 3 57 3 2 0 7 0 Mansell 23 3 58 1 Johnson 15 4 43 3 Pretorius 1 0 10 0 Umpires: J.Lewin and C.E.Miller. Toss: Eastern Province Close of Play: 1st day: No play; 2nd day: Eastern Province (1) 130-4 (Murray not out, Connell not out). 68