RESULT
1st Test, Durban, December 16 - 20, 1948, England [Marylebone Cricket Club] tour of South Africa
South Africa 1st Innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Rowan | c †Evans b Jenkins | 7 | 40 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 17.50 | ||
| Owen Wynne | c Compton b Bedser | 5 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | ||
| Bruce Mitchell | c †Evans b Bedser | 27 | 86 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 31.39 | ||
| Dudley Nourse (c) | c Watkins b Wright | 37 | 63 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 58.73 | ||
| Billy Wade † | run out | 8 | 33 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 24.24 | ||
| Denis Begbie | c Compton b Bedser | 37 | 72 | 84 | 3 | 0 | 51.38 | ||
| Ossie Dawson | b Gladwin | 24 | 78 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 30.76 | ||
| Athol Rowan | not out | 5 | 23 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 21.73 | ||
| Lindsay Tuckett | lbw b Gladwin | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | ||
| Tufty Mann | c †Evans b Gladwin | 4 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 57.14 | ||
| Cuan McCarthy | b Bedser | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Extras | (b 3, lb 2, nb 1) | 6 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 53.5 Ov (RR: 3.00) | 161 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Owen Wynne, 4.6 ov), 2-18 (Eric Rowan, 10.3 ov), 3-69 (Dudley Nourse, 23.7 ov), 4-80 (Bruce Mitchell, 27.3 ov), 5-99 (Billy Wade, 32.6 ov), 6-148 (Denis Begbie, 47.4 ov), 7-150 (Ossie Dawson, 49 ov), 8-152 (Lindsay Tuckett, 50.1 ov), 9-160 (Tufty Mann, 52.3 ov), 10-161 (Cuan McCarthy, 53.5 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Bedser | 13.5 | 2 | 39 | 4 | 2.14 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Gladwin | 12 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 1.31 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Roly Jenkins | 14 | 3 | 50 | 1 | 2.67 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Wright | 9 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 2.41 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Denis Compton | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.87 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Allan Watkins | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2.75 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
England 1st Innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Hutton | c McCarthy b AMB Rowan | 83 | 234 | 189 | 7 | 0 | 35.47 | ||
| Cyril Washbrook | c †Wade b Mann | 35 | 86 | 97 | 2 | 0 | 40.69 | ||
| Reg Simpson | c Begbie b Mann | 5 | 27 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 18.51 | ||
| Denis Compton | c †Wade b Mann | 72 | 277 | 212 | 4 | 0 | 25.99 | ||
| Allan Watkins | c Nourse b AMB Rowan | 9 | 52 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 17.30 | ||
| George Mann (c) | c EAB Rowan b AMB Rowan | 19 | 48 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 39.58 | ||
| Godfrey Evans † | c Wynne b AMB Rowan | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Roly Jenkins | c Mitchell b Mann | 5 | 39 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 12.82 | ||
| Alec Bedser | c Tuckett b Mann | 11 | 25 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 44.00 | ||
| Cliff Gladwin | not out | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Doug Wright | c Tuckett b Mann | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 12) | 14 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 99.4 Ov (RR: 2.54) | 253 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-84 (Cyril Washbrook, 26 ov), 2-104 (Reg Simpson, 33.7 ov), 3-146 (Leonard Hutton, 56.2 ov), 4-172 (Allan Watkins, 68.4 ov), 5-212 (George Mann, 80.3 ov), 6-212 (Godfrey Evans, 80.4 ov), 7-221 (Roly Jenkins, 87.2 ov), 8-247 (Alec Bedser, 97.3 ov), 9-253 (Denis Compton), 10-253 (Doug Wright, 99.4 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuan McCarthy | 9 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 1.66 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Ossie Dawson | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Lindsay Tuckett | 6 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 4.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Athol Rowan | 44 | 8 | 108 | 4 | 1.84 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Tufty Mann | 37.4 | 14 | 59 | 6 | 1.18 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
South Africa 2nd Innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Rowan | c Compton b Jenkins | 16 | 37 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 43.24 | ||
| Owen Wynne | c Watkins b Wright | 4 | 61 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 6.55 | ||
| Bruce Mitchell | b Wright | 19 | 72 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 26.38 | ||
| Dudley Nourse (c) | c & b Bedser | 32 | 45 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 71.11 | ||
| Billy Wade † | b Jenkins | 63 | 199 | 177 | 6 | 0 | 31.65 | ||
| Denis Begbie | c Mann b Bedser | 48 | 83 | 89 | 6 | 1 | 57.83 | ||
| Ossie Dawson | c Compton b Wright | 3 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | ||
| Athol Rowan | b Wright | 15 | 101 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 14.85 | ||
| Lindsay Tuckett | not out | 3 | 79 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 3.79 | ||
| Tufty Mann | c Mann b Compton | 10 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 45.45 | ||
| Cuan McCarthy | b Jenkins | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 5) | 6 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 89.3 Ov (RR: 2.45) | 219 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Owen Wynne, 11.7 ov), 2-22 (Eric Rowan, 12.2 ov), 3-67 (Dudley Nourse, 23.7 ov), 4-89 (Bruce Mitchell, 30.5 ov), 5-174 (Denis Begbie, 53.7 ov), 6-179 (Ossie Dawson, 58.2 ov), 7-199 (Billy Wade, 71.4 ov), 8-208 (Athol Rowan, 81.3 ov), 9-219 (Tufty Mann, 88.7 ov), 10-219 (Cuan McCarthy, 89.3 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Bedser | 18 | 5 | 51 | 2 | 2.12 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Gladwin | 7 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1.60 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Roly Jenkins | 22.3 | 6 | 64 | 3 | 2.14 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Wright | 26 | 3 | 72 | 4 | 2.07 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Denis Compton | 16 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0.51 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
England 2nd Innings (T: 128 runs)
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Hutton | c Dawson b Tuckett | 5 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 55.55 | ||
| Cyril Washbrook | lbw b Mann | 25 | 33 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 75.75 | ||
| George Mann (c) | c Mitchell b McCarthy | 13 | 19 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 68.42 | ||
| Denis Compton | b McCarthy | 28 | 68 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 41.17 | ||
| Allan Watkins | b McCarthy | 4 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 | ||
| Reg Simpson | c EAB Rowan b McCarthy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Godfrey Evans † | b McCarthy | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 80.00 | ||
| Roly Jenkins | c †Wade b McCarthy | 22 | 59 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 37.28 | ||
| Alec Bedser | not out | 1 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8.33 | ||
| Cliff Gladwin | not out | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 87.50 | ||
| Extras | (b 9, lb 10) | 19 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 28 Ov (RR: 4.57) | 128/8 | |||||||
Did not bat: Doug Wright | |||||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Leonard Hutton, 3.4 ov), 2-49 (Cyril Washbrook, 6.5 ov), 3-52 (George Mann, 8.4 ov), 4-64 (Allan Watkins, 10.6 ov), 5-64 (Reg Simpson, 10.7 ov), 6-70 (Godfrey Evans, 12.1 ov), 7-115 (Denis Compton, 24.6 ov), 8-116 (Roly Jenkins, 26.2 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuan McCarthy | 12 | 2 | 43 | 6 | 2.68 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Lindsay Tuckett | 10 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 2.85 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Tufty Mann | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 4.87 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Athol Rowan | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2.81 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
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MATCH DETAILS
| Kingsmead, Durban | |
| Toss | South Africa, elected to bat first |
| Series | |
| Season | 1948/49 |
| Series result | England led the 5-match series 1-0 |
| Match number | Test no. 306 |
| Match days | day (4-day match) |
| Test debut | George Mann Roly Jenkins Reg Simpson Cuan McCarthy Denis Begbie Owen Wynne |
| Umpires | |
CLOSE OF PLAY
Thu, 16 Dec - day 1 - England 1st innings 1/0 (Leonard Hutton 1*, Cyril Washbrook 0*)
Fri, 17 Dec - day 2 - England 1st innings 144/2 (Leonard Hutton 81*, Denis Compton 17*)
Sat, 18 Dec - day 3 - South Africa 2nd innings 90/4 (Billy Wade 17*, Denis Begbie 0*)
Sun, 19 Dec - rest day
Mon, 20 Dec - day 4 - England 2nd innings 128/8 (28 ov) - end of match
MATCH NOTES
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Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
- Lunch; South Africa 179-6 (59 overs, Wade 51, Rowan 0)
- Tea: England 18-0 (2 overs, Hutton 3, Washbrook 11)
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