First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

EASTERN PROVINCE v NATAL Played at St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth, January 4, 5, 6, 1951. Match drawn. (Points: Eastern Province 1, Natal 3) EASTERN PROVINCE 1 K.H.Johnson b Tayfield 52 c Nourse b Keith 4 2 G.R.Connell b McCarthy 17 c de Gersigny b Tayfield 42 3 †J.H.B.Waite c de Gersigny b Smith 46 b Tayfield 2 4 H.B.Birrell c Williams b Smith 1 c McLean b Dowling 42 5 A.R.A.Murray lbw b Tayfield 20 not out 42 6 E.B.Norton st Williams b Smith 34 not out 12 7 S.D.du Toit c Keith b Watkins 23 8 L.E.Davis c McLean b Smith 17 9 C.J.Lowell not out 20 10 N.B.F.Mann c McLean b Tayfield 30 11 *J.O.Young b Tayfield 6 Extras b 1 1 lb 2 2 —— —— 267 (4 wickets) 146 FoW (1): 1-29, 2-111, 3-116, 4-119, 5-143, 6-178, 7-210, 8-212, 9-259, 10-267 FoW (2): 1-15, 2-28, 3-63, 4-127 NATAL 1 I.de Gersigny b Young 90 2 D.J.McGlew st Waite b Mann 43 3 J.C.Watkins b Lowell 20 4 *A.D.Nourse c du Toit b Mann 100 5 R.A.McLean c Murray b du Toit 26 6 D.F.Dowling b du Toit 0 7 H.J.Keith c Lowell b du Toit 1 8 H.J.Tayfield st Waite b Mann 42 9 †R.J.Williams not out 37 10 V.I.Smith c Norton b Lowell 19 11 C.N.McCarthy run out 7 Extras lb 4, w 1, nb 2 7 —— 392 FoW (1): 1-75, 2-135, 3-192, 4-238, 5-238, 6-248, 7-327, 8-328, 9-372, 10-392 Natal Bowling O M R W O M R W McCarthy 5 0 18 1 Watkins 6 1 14 1 (1) 4 1 11 0 Keith 22 9 42 0 (2) 13 3 21 1 Smith 39 10 91 4 (3) 20 3 42 0 Tayfield 40.5 15 78 4 (4) 28 14 44 2 Dowling 5 0 23 0 (5) 8 1 26 1 Eastern Province Bowling O M R W Murray 16 2 59 0 du Toit 24 3 52 3 Mann 41 16 91 3 Young 29 5 83 1 Birrell 2 0 12 0 Lowell 19 1 88 2 Umpires: E.W.Prynn and O.J.Shapter. Toss: Eastern Province Close of Play: 1st day: Eastern Province (1) 254-8 (Lowell 15*, Mann 28*); 2nd day: Natal (1) 376-9 (Williams 27*, McCarthy 1*). 74