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Thu, 16 Dec - Mon, 20 Dec 1948 - 00:00 – 1st Test • Kingsmead, Durban
England won by 2 wickets
South Africa
575/10 (20.00) & 219/10 (89.3)
England
257/0 (20.00) & 128/8 (28)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
South Africa innigs
575/10 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Eric Rowan
c †Evans b Jenkins
7
40
45
0
0
17.50
In 1948
Career
Owen Wynne
c Compton b Bedser
5
20
15
0
0
25.00
In 1948
Career
Bruce Mitchell
c †Evans b Bedser
27
86
90
1
0
31.39
In 1948
Career
Dudley Nourse (c)
c Watkins b Wright
37
63
51
3
1
58.73
In 1948
Career
Billy Wade (WK)
run out
8
33
35
1
0
24.24
In 1948
Career
Denis Begbie
c Compton b Bedser
37
72
84
3
0
51.38
In 1948
Career
Ossie Dawson
b Gladwin
24
78
70
2
0
30.76
In 1948
Career
Athol Rowan
not out
5
23
28
0
0
21.73
In 1948
Career
Lindsay Tuckett
lbw b Gladwin
1
3
5
0
0
33.33
In 1948
Career
Tufty Mann
c †Evans b Gladwin
4
7
9
0
0
57.14
In 1948
Career
Cuan McCarthy
b Bedser
0
8
5
0
0
0.00
In 1948
Career
Extras
(b 3, lb 2, nb 1)
6
Total
161 53.5 Ov (RR: 3.00)
2737
7361
0
170
17
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Alec Bedser
13.50
2
39
4
2.14
0
0
0
In 1948
Career
Cliff Gladwin
12.00
3
21
3
1.31
0
0
0
In 1948
Career
Roly Jenkins
14.00
3
50
1
2.67
0
0
0
In 1948
Career
Doug Wright
9.00
3
29
1
2.41
0
0
0
In 1948
Career
Denis Compton
2.00
0
5
0
1.87
0
0
0
In 1948
Career
Allan Watkins
3.00
0
11
0
2.75
0
0
0
In 1948
Career
England innigs
257/0 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Leonard Hutton
c McCarthy b AMB Rowan
83
234
189
7
0
35.47
In 1948
Career
Cyril Washbrook
c †Wade b Mann
35
86
97
2
0
40.69
In 1948
Career
Reg Simpson
c Begbie b Mann
5
27
23
0
0
18.51
In 1948
Career
Denis Compton
c †Wade b Mann
72
277
212
4
0
25.99
In 1948
Career
Allan Watkins
c Nourse b AMB Rowan
9
52
38
1
0
17.30
In 1948
Career
George Mann (c)
c EAB Rowan b AMB Rowan
19
48
40
1
0
39.58
In 1948
Career
Godfrey Evans (WK)
c Wynne b AMB Rowan
0
1
6
0
0
0.00
In 1948
Career
Roly Jenkins
c Mitchell b Mann
5
39
22
0
0
12.82
In 1948
Career
Alec Bedser
c Tuckett b Mann
11
25
31
1
0
44.00
In 1948
Career
Cliff Gladwin
not out
0
3
19
0
0
0.00
In 1948
Career
Doug Wright
c Tuckett b Mann
0
1
1
0
0
0.00
In 1948
Career
Extras
(b 2, lb 12)
14
Total
253 99.4 Ov (RR: 2.54)
4301
13481
0
272
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Cuan McCarthy
9.00
2
20
0
1.66
0
0
0
In 1948
Career
Ossie Dawson
3.00
0
16
0
4.00
0
0
0
In 1948
Career
Lindsay Tuckett
6.00
0
36
0
4.50
0
0
0
In 1948
Career
Athol Rowan
44.00
8
108
4
1.84
0
0
0
In 1948
Career
Tufty Mann
37.40
14
59
6
1.18
0
0
0
In 1948
Career
South Africa innigs
219/10 (89.3)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Eric Rowan
c Compton b Jenkins
16
37
46
1
0
43.24
In 1948
Career
Owen Wynne
c Watkins b Wright
4
61
43
0
0
6.55
In 1948
Career
Bruce Mitchell
b Wright
19
72
71
1
0
26.38
In 1948
Career
Dudley Nourse (c)
c & b Bedser
32
45
46
3
0
71.11
In 1948
Career
Billy Wade (WK)
b Jenkins
63
199
177
6
0
31.65
In 1948
Career
Denis Begbie
c Mann b Bedser
48
83
89
6
1
57.83
In 1948
Career
Ossie Dawson
c Compton b Wright
3
12
17
0
0
25.00
In 1948
Career
Athol Rowan
b Wright
15
101
70
2
0
14.85
In 1948
Career
Lindsay Tuckett
not out
3
79
55
0
0
3.79
In 1948
Career
Tufty Mann
c Mann b Compton
10
22
21
0
0
45.45
In 1948
Career
Cuan McCarthy
b Jenkins
0
3
2
0
0
0.00
In 1948
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 5)
6
Total
219 89.3 Ov (RR: 2.45)
3723
12138
0
323
17
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Alec Bedser
18.00
5
51
2
2.12
0
0
0
In 1948
Career
Cliff Gladwin
7.00
3
15
0
1.60
0
0
0
In 1948
Career
Roly Jenkins
22.30
6
64
3
2.14
0
0
0
In 1948
Career
Doug Wright
26.00
3
72
4
2.07
0
0
0
In 1948
Career
Denis Compton
16.00
11
11
1
0.51
0
0
0
In 1948
Career
England innigs
128/8 (28)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Leonard Hutton
c Dawson b Tuckett
5
9
22
0
0
55.55
In 1948
Career
Cyril Washbrook
lbw b Mann
25
33
26
4
0
75.75
In 1948
Career
George Mann (c)
c Mitchell b McCarthy
13
19
24
1
0
68.42
In 1948
Career
Denis Compton
b McCarthy
28
68
76
0
0
41.17
In 1948
Career
Allan Watkins
b McCarthy
4
11
9
0
0
36.36
In 1948
Career
Reg Simpson
c EAB Rowan b McCarthy
0
1
1
0
0
0.00
In 1948
Career
Godfrey Evans (WK)
b McCarthy
4
5
6
0
0
80.00
In 1948
Career
Roly Jenkins
c †Wade b McCarthy
22
59
56
0
0
37.28
In 1948
Career
Alec Bedser
not out
1
12
11
0
0
8.33
In 1948
Career
Cliff Gladwin
not out
7
8
4
1
0
87.50
In 1948
Career
Extras
(b 9, lb 10)
19
Total
128/8 28 Ov (RR: 4.57)
2176
3825
0
102
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Cuan McCarthy
12.00
2
43
6
2.68
0
0
0
In 1948
Career
Lindsay Tuckett
10.00
0
38
1
2.85
0
0
0
In 1948
Career
Tufty Mann
2.00
0
13
1
4.87
0
0
0
In 1948
Career
Athol Rowan
4.00
0
15
0
2.81
0
0
0
In 1948
Career
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