First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

EASTERN PROVINCE v NATAL Played at St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth, January 5, 7, 8, 1952. Natal won by an innings and 5 runs. (Points: Eastern Province 0, Natal 6) EASTERN PROVINCE 1 K.H.Johnson c Watkins b Tayfield 71 c Holman b Keith 16 2 K.G.Dimbleby lbw b Watkins 4 c Dowling b Tayfield 10 3 †J.H.B.Waite st Kaplan b Tayfield 10 c McLean b Keith 8 4 *E.B.Norton b Tayfield 69 not out 79 5 A.R.A.Murray b Tayfield 1 st Kaplan b Keith 18 6 H.G.Emslie lbw b Keith 37 c Eaglestone b Keith 1 7 S.D.du Toit not out 42 c Dowling b Tayfield 0 8 R.J.Wise c Kaplan b Keith 12 c Watkins b Tayfield 1 9 H.S.Nash b Markham 31 b Tayfield 0 10 J.O.Young b Markham 3 c de Gersigny b Markham 21 11 A.G.Blenkinsop c Eaglestone b Markham 0 run out 5 Extras b 8, lb 8, nb 3 19 b 1, nb 1 2 —— —— 299 161 FoW (1): 1-30, 2-50, 3-111, 4-113, 5-207, 6-211, 7-225, 8-295, 9-299, 10-299 FoW (2): 1-24, 2-25, 3-28, 4-93, 5-109, 6-110, 7-112, 8-114, 9-156, 10-161 NATAL 1 *J.C.Watkins c Waite b Murray 17 2 H.J.Keith c Waite b Young 61 3 D.F.Dowling run out 41 4 R.A.McLean b Blenkinsop 15 5 I.de Gersigny c Norton b du Toit 67 6 P.H.Holman lbw b Blenkinsop 61 7 A.L.Upton b du Toit 26 8 E.Eaglestone c and b Emslie 57 9 H.J.Tayfield c Nash b Murray 34 10 †J.M.Kaplan c Murray b Wise 62 11 N.E.Markham not out 3 Extras b 12, lb 9 21 —— 465 FoW (1): 1-40, 2-119, 3-135, 4-147, 5-263, 6-283, 7-309, 8-365, 9-462, 10-465 Natal Bowling O M R W O M R W Markham 13.1 1 40 3 7.2 1 21 1 Watkins 15 2 34 1 7 2 9 0 Keith 36 11 84 2 31 14 38 4 Tayfield 44 16 77 4 30 11 91 4 Upton 8 3 16 0 Dowling 7 0 29 0 Eastern Province Bowling O M R W Blenkinsop 35 7 92 2 du Toit 16 2 74 2 Murray 35 7 90 2 Young 47 8 112 1 Wise 22 7 56 1 Nash 3 0 17 0 Emslie 0.7 0 3 1 Umpires: J.Lewin and C.E.Miller. Toss: Eastern Province Close of Play: 1st day: Natal (1) 28-0 (Watkins 7*, Keith 17*); 2nd day: Natal (1) 359-7 (Eaglestone 19*, Tayfield 28*). 75