First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

TRANSVAAL v NATAL Played at Ellis Park, Johannesburg, December 24, 26, 27, 1951. Natal won by eight wickets. (Points: Transvaal 0, Natal 6) TRANSVAAL 1 *E.A.B.Rowan lbw b Tayfield 64 c de Gersigny b Watkins 35 2 R.C.Witte c Kaplan b Watkins 4 c Dowling b Tayfield 21 3 B.H.Crews c de Gersigny b Tayfield 15 c Keith b Tayfield 9 4 D.R.Bruorton c Kaplan b Tayfield 32 c Kaplan b Watkins 83 5 C.Tayfield b Watkins 6 c Watkins b Markham 70 6 P.L.Winslow c Watkins b Tayfield 8 absent hurt 0 7 A.Tayfield run out 1 (6) b Watkins 13 8 A.Nickel b Tayfield 3 (7) c McGlew b Tayfield 14 9 †W.D.B.Kidd c Watkins b Tayfield 1 (8) b Tayfield 7 10 D.A.C.Stewart run out 2 (9) not out 1 11 H.S.J.Muller not out 4 (10) c Watkins b Tayfield 4 Extras lb 1, nb 2 3 b 5, w 3, nb 8 16 —— —— 143 273 FoW (1): 1-14, 2-24, 3-77, 4-87, 5-114, 6-133, 7-133, 8-138, 9-139, 10-143 FoW (2): 1-52, 2-70, 3-97, 4-181, 5-215, 6-226, 7-242, 8-269, 9-273 NATAL 1 *D.J.McGlew b Muller 18 c Nickel b C.Tayfield 9 2 I.de Gersigny c A.Tayfield b Stewart 3 not out 32 3 H.J.Keith c Nickel b A.Tayfield 193 c Stewart b Nickel 5 4 D.F.Dowling c Winslow b C.Tayfield 28 not out 16 5 R.A.McLean b C.Tayfield 35 6 J.C.Watkins lbw b A.Tayfield 0 7 P.H.Holman b Nickel 31 8 A.L.Upton lbw b C.Tayfield 12 9 H.J.Tayfield b A.Tayfield 23 10 †J.M.Kaplan c Kidd b C.Tayfield 0 11 N.E.Markham not out 0 Extras b 7, lb 3 10 2 —— —— 353 (2 wickets) 64 FoW (1): 1-9, 2-34, 3-106, 4-171, 5-172, 6-241, 7-283, 8-340, 9-341, 10-353 FoW (2): 1-11, 2-27 Natal Bowling O M R W O M R W Markham 5 0 16 0 17.7 2 68 1 Watkins 7 2 26 2 31 9 55 3 Dowling 5 1 19 0 1 0 2 0 Tayfield 31.3 16 46 6 37 4 101 5 Keith 23 12 27 0 11 5 14 0 Upton 6 3 6 0 4 0 17 0 Transvaal Bowling O M R W O M R W Stewart 15 2 44 1 5 0 15 0 Nickel 13 2 58 1 4 1 13 1 A.Tayfield 31.4 9 89 3 Muller 19 5 60 1 (3) 3 0 8 0 Crews 4 0 20 0 C.Tayfield 25 5 61 4 (4) 6 0 26 1 Bruorton 3 1 11 0 Umpires: Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Natal (1) 106-3 (Keith 56*, McLean 0*); 2nd day: Transvaal (2) 127-2 (Bruorton 52*, C.Tayfield 7*). H.J.Keith’s 193 took 404 minutes and included 21 fours and 2 sixes. 61