TestNo. 306MenScorecard

South Africa v England

England won by 2 wickets

16 to 20 December 1948Durban

South Africa

161 & 21989.3 ov

Englandwon by 2 wickets

253 & 128/828 ov

Scorecard: every batter's and bowler's line, as the scorer kept it

Scorecard. For this match we hold every batter's and every bowler's line as the scorer's card kept it. The card does not name the fielder or the bowler for each dismissal, and older cards often leave balls faced blank (shown as -). There is no ball-by-ball record before December 2001. See the matches held ball by ball.

South Africa innings

16153.5 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Eric Rowan	caught	7	40	45	0	0	17.5
Owen Wynne	caught	5	20	15	0	0	25.0
Bruce Mitchell	caught	27	86	90	1	0	31.4
Dudley Nourse	caught	37	63	51	3	1	58.7
Billy Wade	run out	8	33	35	1	0	24.2
Denis Begbie	caught	37	72	84	3	0	51.4
Ossie Dawson	bowled	24	78	70	2	0	30.8
Athol Rowan	not out	5*	23	28	0	0	21.7
Lindsay Tuckett	lbw	1	3	5	0	0	33.3
Tufty Mann	caught	4	7	9	0	0	57.1
Cuan McCarthy	bowled	0	8	5	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 3, lb 2, nb 1	6
Total	all out, 53.5 overs (8-ball)	161

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260

1-9 Owen Wynne2-18 Eric Rowan3-69 Dudley Nourse4-80 Bruce Mitchell5-99 Billy Wade6-148 Denis Begbie7-150 Ossie Dawson8-152 Lindsay Tuckett9-160 Tufty Mann10-161 Cuan McCarthy

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Alec Bedser	13.5	2	39	4	2.86
Cliff Gladwin	12	3	21	3	1.75
Roly Jenkins	14	3	50	1	3.57
Doug Wright	9	3	29	1	3.22
Denis Compton	2	0	5	0	2.50
Allan Watkins	3	0	11	0	3.67

England innings

25399.4 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton	caught	83	234	189	7	0	35.5
Cyril Washbrook	caught	35	86	97	2	0	40.7
Reg Simpson	caught	5	27	23	0	0	18.5
Denis Compton	caught	72	277	212	4	0	26.0
Allan Watkins	caught	9	52	38	1	0	17.3
George Mann	caught	19	48	40	1	0	39.6
Godfrey Evans	caught	0	1	6	0	0	0.0
Roly Jenkins	caught	5	39	22	0	0	12.8
Alec Bedser	caught	11	25	31	1	0	44.0
Cliff Gladwin	not out	0*	3	19	0	0	0.0
Doug Wright	caught	0	1	1	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 2, lb 12	14
Total	all out, 99.4 overs (8-ball)	253

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260

1-84 Cyril Washbrook2-104 Reg Simpson3-146 Leonard Hutton4-172 Allan Watkins5-212 George Mann6-212 Godfrey Evans7-221 Roly Jenkins8-247 Alec Bedser9-253 Denis Compton10-253 Doug Wright

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Cuan McCarthy	9	2	20	0	2.22
Ossie Dawson	3	0	16	0	5.33
Lindsay Tuckett	6	0	36	0	6.00
Athol Rowan	44	8	108	4	2.45
Tufty Mann	37.4	14	59	6	1.57

South Africa innings

21989.3 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Eric Rowan	caught	16	37	46	1	0	43.2
Owen Wynne	caught	4	61	43	0	0	6.6
Bruce Mitchell	bowled	19	72	71	1	0	26.4
Dudley Nourse	caught	32	45	46	3	0	71.1
Billy Wade	bowled	63	199	177	6	0	31.7
Denis Begbie	caught	48	83	89	6	1	57.8
Ossie Dawson	caught	3	12	17	0	0	25.0
Athol Rowan	bowled	15	101	70	2	0	14.9
Lindsay Tuckett	not out	3*	79	55	0	0	3.8
Tufty Mann	caught	10	22	21	0	0	45.5
Cuan McCarthy	bowled	0	3	2	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 1, lb 5	6
Total	all out, 89.3 overs (8-ball)	219

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260

1-22 Owen Wynne2-22 Eric Rowan3-67 Dudley Nourse4-89 Bruce Mitchell5-174 Denis Begbie6-179 Ossie Dawson7-199 Billy Wade8-208 Athol Rowan9-219 Tufty Mann10-219 Cuan McCarthy

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Alec Bedser	18	5	51	2	2.83
Cliff Gladwin	7	3	15	0	2.14
Roly Jenkins	22.3	6	64	3	2.86
Doug Wright	26	3	72	4	2.77
Denis Compton	16	11	11	1	0.69

England innings chasing 128

128/828 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton	caught	5	9	22	0	0	55.6
Cyril Washbrook	lbw	25	33	26	4	0	75.8
George Mann	caught	13	19	24	1	0	68.4
Denis Compton	bowled	28	68	76	0	0	41.2
Allan Watkins	bowled	4	11	9	0	0	36.4
Reg Simpson	caught	0	1	1	0	0	0.0
Godfrey Evans	bowled	4	5	6	0	0	80.0
Roly Jenkins	caught	22	59	56	0	0	37.3
Alec Bedser	not out	1*	12	11	0	0	8.3
Cliff Gladwin	not out	7*	8	4	1	0	87.5
Extras	b 9, lb 10	19
Total	8 wickets, 28 overs (8-ball)	128

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260

1-25 Leonard Hutton2-49 Cyril Washbrook3-52 George Mann4-64 Allan Watkins5-64 Reg Simpson6-70 Godfrey Evans7-115 Denis Compton8-116 Roly Jenkins

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Cuan McCarthy	12	2	43	6	3.58
Lindsay Tuckett	10	0	38	1	3.80
Tufty Mann	2	0	13	1	6.50
Athol Rowan	4	0	15	0	3.75

Tests in December 1948

4 matches

TestScorecardWest Indies629/6d206India273 & 333/3132Match drawnBrabourne, 9 December TestScorecardSouth Africa161 & 21989.3England253 & 128/828England won by 2 wicketsDurban, 16 December TestScorecardEngland608149.5South Africa315 & 270/291Match drawnJohannesburg, 27 December TestScorecardWest Indies366 & 336/9d105.3India272 & 325/3136Match drawnEden Gardens, 31 December

Match facts

Format: Test No. 306
Dates: 16 to 20 December 1948
Ground: Durban
Result: England won by 2 wickets
Overs: 8 balls an over
In the database: Scorecard

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  "balls_per_over": 8,
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    "bowling": [{"player": "Alec Bedser", "overs": "13.5", "wickets": 4, ...}, ...]
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