Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton	c Mitchell b Heaney	84	-	-	-	-	-
Reg Simpson	run out	54	-	-	-	-	-
Charles Palmer	b Heaney	0	-	-	-	-	-
Denis Compton	c Begbie b Mitchell	4	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Crapp	c Harris b Chubb	42	-	-	-	-	-
George Mann (c)	c †Loeser b Chubb	22	-	-	-	-	-
Maurice Tremlett	c †Loeser b Melle	3	-	-	-	-	-
Alec Bedser	b Chubb	0	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Griffith †	not out	11	-	-	-	-	-
Doug Wright	b Heaney	17	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 1, lb 3, nb 3)	7
Total	106 Ov (RR: 2.30)	244/9d
Did not bat: Jack Young
Fall of wickets: 1-125, 2-125, 3-130, 4-161, 5-211, 6-211, 7-216, 8-216, 9-244

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Michael Melle	14	3	43	1	2.30	-	-	-
Geoff Chubb	17	4	31	3	1.36	-	-	-
John Nel	23	5	49	0	1.59	-	-	-
Llewellyn Heaney	36	13	69	3	1.43	-	-	-
Bruce Mitchell	13	4	36	1	2.07	-	-	-
Denis Begbie	3	0	9	0	2.25	-	-	-

Transvaal 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bruce Mitchell	c †Griffith b Tremlett	60	-	-	-	-	-
Eric Rowan	b Bedser	25	-	-	-	-	-
George Fullerton	c †Griffith b Young	23	-	-	-	-	-
Denis Begbie	c Tremlett b Bedser	13	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Harris	c Hutton b Bedser	1	-	-	-	-	-
Alan Melville (c)	b Tremlett	0	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Loeser †	b Young	20	-	-	-	-	-
Geoff Chubb	lbw b Young	20	-	-	-	-	-
John Nel	lbw b Wright	0	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Melle	not out	25	-	-	-	-	-
Llewellyn Heaney	c Compton b Young	47	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 9, lb 5, nb 5, w 1)	20
Total	82.4 Ov (RR: 3.07)	254
Fall of wickets: 1-56, 2-102, 3-134, 4-134, 5-136, 6-136, 7-179, 8-180, 9-182, 10-254

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Alec Bedser	29	8	67	3	1.73	-	-	-
Maurice Tremlett	11	3	29	2	1.97	-	-	-
Jack Young	23.4	7	55	4	1.75	-	-	-
Doug Wright	19	4	83	1	3.27	-	-	-

Marylebone Cricket Club 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Reg Simpson	not out	24	-	-	-	-	-
Charles Palmer	not out	16	-	-	-	-	-
Extras		0
Total	13 Ov (RR: 3.07)	40/0
Did not bat: Leonard Hutton, Denis Compton, Jack Crapp, George Mann (c), Maurice Tremlett, Alec Bedser, Billy Griffith †, Doug Wright, Jack Young

Bowling	O	M	R	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Michael Melle	3	0	9	2.25	-	-	-
Geoff Chubb	2	0	10	3.75	-	-	-
John Nel	3	0	8	2.00	-	-	-
George Fullerton	2	1	5	1.87	-	-	-
Eric Rowan	2	0	3	1.12	-	-	-
Tony Harris	1	0	5	3.75	-	-	-

Close of Play

Fri, 21 Jan - day 1 - M.C.C. 1st innings 102/0 (Leonard Hutton 54*, Reg Simpson 45*)

Sat, 22 Jan - day 2 - Gauteng 1st innings 34/0 (Bruce Mitchell 13*, Eric Rowan 20*)

Sun, 23 Jan - rest day

Mon, 24 Jan - day 3 - M.C.C. 2nd innings 40/0 (13 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Ellis Park, Johannesburg
Toss	Marylebone Cricket Club, elected to bat first
Series	England [Marylebone Cricket Club] tour of South Africa
Season	1948/49
Match days	day (3-day match)
Umpires	HL McCluny LG Stacey