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England v South Africa

1949-03-05 · Test · Men · St George's Park

England won by 3 wickets

MATCH CHARTS

Runs by over, wickets and phases

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy
Alec Bedser
4/61 · 1.20
Roly Jenkins
3/53 · 2.65
Cliff Gladwin
3/70 · 1.71
Allan Watkins
0/24 · 3.60
Denis Compton
0/39 · 4.17
Jack Young
0/122 · 1.90
Bowling spells · wickets, with economy
Athol Rowan
5/167 · 2.08
Tufty Mann
3/95 · 1.39
Cuan McCarthy
2/42 · 1.80
Ossie Dawson
0/10 · 2.50
Lindsay Tuckett
0/22 · 3.30
Bruce Mitchell
0/26 · 3.90
Bowling spells · wickets, with economy
Jack Young
2/34 · 1.10
Alec Bedser
1/43 · 2.01
Cliff Gladwin
0/14 · 1.75
Roly Jenkins
0/27 · 5.06
Denis Compton
0/57 · 4.75
Bowling spells · wickets, with economy
Tufty Mann
4/65 · 4.93
Athol Rowan
3/65 · 4.87
Lindsay Tuckett
0/13 · 4.87
Cuan McCarthy
0/20 · 7.50
INNINGS 1

South Africa

143.5 overs · run rate 2.63 · all out
379
Batting scorecard
BatterDismissalRB4s6sSR
Bruce Mitchellcaught Billy Griffith99--00.00
Eric Rowancaught Allan Watkins3-000.00
Ken Viljoenbowled2-000.00
Dudley Noursebowled73--00.00
Billy Wadecaught Denis Compton125--00.00
Jack Cheethamcaught Alec Bedser2-000.00
Ossie Dawsoncaught Cliff Gladwin20--00.00
Athol Rowannot out29*--00.00
Lindsay Tuckettbowled2-000.00
Tufty Manncaught Denis Compton11--00.00
Cuan McCarthybowled3-000.00
Extras 10 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 10)Total 379 (143.5 ov)Run rate 2.63

Fall of wickets1-10 (Eric Rowan)2-13 (Ken Viljoen)3-114 (Dudley Nourse)4-264 (Bruce Mitchell)5-282 (Jack Cheetham)6-330 (Billy Wade)7-336 (Ossie Dawson)8-338 (Lindsay Tuckett)9-375 (Tufty Mann)10-379 (Cuan McCarthy)

Bowling scorecard
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Alec Bedser3896141.2000
Cliff Gladwin30.567031.7100
Roly Jenkins1525332.6500
Allan Watkins502403.6000
Jack Young48912201.9000
Denis Compton703904.1700
Partnerships · South Africa
1st wicket · Bruce Mitchell & Eric Rowan
10
2nd wicket · Bruce Mitchell & Ken Viljoen
3
3rd wicket · Bruce Mitchell & Dudley Nourse
101
4th wicket · Bruce Mitchell & Billy Wade
150
5th wicket · Billy Wade & Jack Cheetham
18
6th wicket · Billy Wade & Ossie Dawson
48
7th wicket · Ossie Dawson & Athol Rowan
6
8th wicket · Athol Rowan & Lindsay Tuckett
2
9th wicket · Athol Rowan & Tufty Mann
37
10th wicket · Athol Rowan & Cuan McCarthy
4
INNINGS 2

England

141.4 overs · run rate 2.79 · all out
395
Batting scorecard
BatterDismissalRB4s6sSR
Leonard Huttoncaught Ossie Dawson46--10.00
Cyril Washbrookcaught Ossie Dawson36--00.00
Jack Crappbowled4--00.00
Denis Comptoncaught Billy Wade49--00.00
Allan Watkinscaught Athol Rowan14--00.00
George Mannnot out136*-1210.00
Roly Jenkinslbw29--00.00
Alec Bedsercaught Bruce Mitchell33--00.00
Cliff Gladwincaught Ossie Dawson10--00.00
Billy Griffithcaught Eric Rowan5--00.00
Jack Youngcaught Billy Wade0-000.00
Extras 33 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 33)Total 395 (141.4 ov)Run rate 2.79

Fall of wickets1-78 (Cyril Washbrook)2-82 (Jack Crapp)3-96 (Leonard Hutton)4-149 (Allan Watkins)5-168 (Denis Compton)6-268 (Roly Jenkins)7-341 (Alec Bedser)8-362 (Cliff Gladwin)9-390 (Billy Griffith)10-395 (Jack Young)

Bowling scorecard
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Cuan McCarthy17.414221.8000
Ossie Dawson301002.5000
Lindsay Tuckett502203.3000
Athol Rowan60916752.0800
Tufty Mann51189531.3900
Bruce Mitchell502603.9000
Partnerships · England
1st wicket · Leonard Hutton & Cyril Washbrook
78
2nd wicket · Leonard Hutton & Jack Crapp
4
3rd wicket · Leonard Hutton & Denis Compton
14
4th wicket · Denis Compton & Allan Watkins
53
5th wicket · Denis Compton & George Mann
19
6th wicket · George Mann & Roly Jenkins
100
7th wicket · George Mann & Alec Bedser
73
8th wicket · George Mann & Cliff Gladwin
21
9th wicket · George Mann & Billy Griffith
28
10th wicket · George Mann & Jack Young
5
INNINGS 3

South Africa

58 overs · run rate 3.22 · declared
187/3d
Batting scorecard
BatterDismissalRB4s6sSR
Bruce Mitchellcaught Billy Griffith56--00.00
Eric Rowancaught Roly Jenkins37--00.00
Jack Cheethamcaught Denis Compton18--00.00
Dudley Noursenot out30*--00.00
Billy Wadenot out34*--00.00
Extras 12 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 12)Total 187/3d (58 ov)Run rate 3.22

Did not bat: Ken Viljoen, Ossie Dawson, Athol Rowan, Lindsay Tuckett, Tufty Mann, Cuan McCarthy

Fall of wickets1-101 (Bruce Mitchell)2-101 (Eric Rowan)3-127 (Jack Cheetham)

Bowling scorecard
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Alec Bedser1634312.0100
Cliff Gladwin621401.7500
Roly Jenkins402705.0600
Jack Young2393421.1000
Denis Compton905704.7500
Partnerships · South Africa
1st wicket · Bruce Mitchell & Eric Rowan
101
2nd wicket · Eric Rowan & Jack Cheetham
0
3rd wicket · Jack Cheetham & Dudley Nourse
26
4th wicket (unbroken) · Dudley Nourse & Billy Wade
60
INNINGS 4

England

23.7 overs · run rate 7.28
174/7
Batting scorecard
BatterDismissalRB4s6sSR
Leonard Huttonstumped Billy Wade32--00.00
Cyril Washbrookcaught Athol Rowan40--10.00
Denis Comptoncaught Jack Cheetham42--00.00
George Manncaught Ossie Dawson2-000.00
Alec Bedsercaught Dudley Nourse1-000.00
Jack Crappnot out26*--00.00
Cliff Gladwincaught Lindsay Tuckett15--10.00
Billy Griffithbowled02000.00
Allan Watkinsnot out5*--00.00
Extras 11 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 11)Total 174/7 (23.7 ov)Run rate 7.28

Did not bat: Roly Jenkins, Jack Young

Fall of wickets1-58 (Leonard Hutton)2-104 (Cyril Washbrook)3-124 (George Mann)4-125 (Denis Compton)5-125 (Alec Bedser)6-152 (Cliff Gladwin)7-153 (Billy Griffith)

Bowling scorecard
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Cuan McCarthy202007.5000
Lindsay Tuckett201304.8700
Athol Rowan1006534.8700
Tufty Mann9.706544.9300
Partnerships · England
1st wicket · Leonard Hutton & Cyril Washbrook
58
2nd wicket · Cyril Washbrook & Denis Compton
46
3rd wicket · Denis Compton & George Mann
20
4th wicket · Denis Compton & Alec Bedser
1
5th wicket · Alec Bedser & Jack Crapp
0
6th wicket · Jack Crapp & Cliff Gladwin
27
7th wicket · Jack Crapp & Billy Griffith
1
8th wicket (unbroken) · Jack Crapp & Allan Watkins
21

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