South Africa v England
England won by 3 wickets
5 to 9 March 1949Gqeberha
South Africa
379 & 187/3d58 ov
Englandwon by 3 wickets
395 & 174/723.7 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
379143.5 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Mitchell | caught | 99 | - | 397 | - | 0 | - |
| Eric Rowan | caught | 3 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Ken Viljoen | bowled | 2 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Dudley Nourse | bowled | 73 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Billy Wade | caught | 125 | - | 350 | - | 0 | - |
| Jack Cheetham | caught | 2 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Ossie Dawson | caught | 20 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Athol Rowan | not out | 29* | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Lindsay Tuckett | bowled | 2 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Tufty Mann | caught | 11 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Cuan McCarthy | bowled | 3 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 2, lb 5, nb 3 | 10 | |||||
| Total | all out, 143.5 overs (8-ball) | 379 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 400
1-10 Eric Rowan2-13 Ken Viljoen3-114 Dudley Nourse4-264 Bruce Mitchell5-282 Jack Cheetham6-330 Billy Wade7-336 Ossie Dawson8-338 Lindsay Tuckett9-375 Tufty Mann10-379 Cuan McCarthy
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Bedser | 38 | 9 | 61 | 4 | 1.61 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Gladwin | 30.5 | 6 | 70 | 3 | 2.29 | 0 | 0 |
| Roly Jenkins | 15 | 2 | 53 | 3 | 3.53 | 0 | 0 |
| Allan Watkins | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 4.80 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Young | 48 | 9 | 122 | 0 | 2.54 | 0 | 0 |
| Denis Compton | 7 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 5.57 | 0 | 0 |
England innings
395141.4 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Hutton | caught | 46 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Cyril Washbrook | caught | 36 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Jack Crapp | bowled | 4 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Denis Compton | caught | 49 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Allan Watkins | caught | 14 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| George Mann | not out | 136* | - | 230 | 12 | 1 | - |
| Roly Jenkins | lbw | 29 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Alec Bedser | caught | 33 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Cliff Gladwin | caught | 10 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Billy Griffith | caught | 5 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Jack Young | caught | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 11, lb 18, nb 4 | 33 | |||||
| Total | all out, 141.4 overs (8-ball) | 395 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 400
1-78 Cyril Washbrook2-82 Jack Crapp3-96 Leonard Hutton4-149 Allan Watkins5-168 Denis Compton6-268 Roly Jenkins7-341 Alec Bedser8-362 Cliff Gladwin9-390 Billy Griffith10-395 Jack Young
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuan McCarthy | 17.4 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 2.40 | 0 | 0 |
| Ossie Dawson | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Lindsay Tuckett | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4.40 | 0 | 0 |
| Athol Rowan | 60 | 9 | 167 | 5 | 2.78 | 0 | 0 |
| Tufty Mann | 51 | 18 | 95 | 3 | 1.86 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Mitchell | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 5.20 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa innings
187/3d58 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Mitchell | caught | 56 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Eric Rowan | caught | 37 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Jack Cheetham | caught | 18 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Dudley Nourse | not out | 30* | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Billy Wade | not out | 34* | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 6, lb 5, nb 1 | 12 | |||||
| Total | 3 wickets declared, 58 overs (8-ball) | 187 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 400
1-101 Bruce Mitchell2-101 Eric Rowan3-127 Jack Cheetham
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Bedser | 16 | 3 | 43 | 1 | 2.69 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Gladwin | 6 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 2.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Roly Jenkins | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 6.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Young | 23 | 9 | 34 | 2 | 1.48 | 0 | 0 |
| Denis Compton | 9 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 6.33 | 0 | 0 |
England innings chasing 172
174/723.7 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Hutton | stumped | 32 | - | 27 | - | 0 | - |
| Cyril Washbrook | caught | 40 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Denis Compton | caught | 42 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| George Mann | caught | 2 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Alec Bedser | caught | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Jack Crapp | not out | 26* | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Cliff Gladwin | caught | 15 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Billy Griffith | bowled | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Allan Watkins | not out | 5* | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 3, lb 8 | 11 | |||||
| Total | 7 wickets, 23.7 overs (8-ball) | 174 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 400
1-58 Leonard Hutton2-104 Cyril Washbrook3-124 George Mann4-125 Denis Compton5-125 Alec Bedser6-152 Cliff Gladwin7-153 Billy Griffith
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuan McCarthy | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Lindsay Tuckett | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Athol Rowan | 10 | 0 | 65 | 3 | 6.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Tufty Mann | 9.7 | 0 | 65 | 4 | 6.58 | 0 | 0 |