| f17831 | |
| Venue | Kingsmead, Durban on 14th, 16th, 17th February 1948 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Natal won by an innings and 148 runs |
| Points | Natal 5; Orange Free State 0 |
| Umpires | DG Draper, AN McCabe |
| Close of play day 1 | Orange Free State (1) 45/4 (Kirby 18*, Cowan 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Orange Free State (2) 27/3 (Kirby 12*, Lee 7*) |
| Natal first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DJ McGlew | run out | 25 | |||||
| MH Lang | b Tuckett | 0 | |||||
| DBG King | b East | 28 | |||||
| *AD Nourse | c le Sueur b Tuckett | 40 | |||||
| +WW Wade | b Tuckett | 43 | |||||
| DF Dowling | b Tuckett | 2 | |||||
| OC Dawson | c Kaplan b Walkerley | 67 | |||||
| LW Payn | b Tuckett | 10 | |||||
| LA Markham | c le Sueur b Walkerley | 134 | |||||
| VI Smith | not out | 11 | |||||
| CN McCarthy | b Cowan | 4 | |||||
| Extras | 24 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 83.7 overs) | 388 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-53, 3-79, 4-140, 5-151, 6-152, 7-166, 8-340, 9-375, 10-388 (83.7 ov) | |||||||
| Orange Free State bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Tuckett | 24 | 3 | 84 | 5 | - | - | |
| East | 27 | 1 | 121 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cowan | 15.7 | 0 | 52 | 1 | - | - | |
| Jackson | 5 | 0 | 37 | 0 | - | - | |
| le Sueur | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kirby | 6 | 0 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Walkerley | 4 | 0 | 24 | 2 | - | - | |
| Orange Free State first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *CJ Kaplan | lbw b McCarthy | 10 | |||||
| JA Walkerley | b Payn | 4 | |||||
| IEF Kirby | lbw b Markham | 37 | |||||
| RC le Sueur | b Smith | 1 | |||||
| FB Lee | b Dowling | 9 | |||||
| NK Cowan | c Dawson b Markham | 14 | |||||
| WAM Howell | st Wade b Markham | 1 | |||||
| LTD Tuckett | c Markham b Smith | 27 | |||||
| GFK Jackson | b McCarthy | 7 | |||||
| +EP Noonan | st Wade b Smith | 4 | |||||
| ES East | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b, 3 lb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 74.1 overs) | 124 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-18, 3-19, 4-45, 5-82, 6-83, 7-84, 8-117, 9-121, 10-124 (74.1 ov) | |||||||
| Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McCarthy | 19 | 4 | 27 | 2 | - | - | |
| Dawson | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Payn | 14 | 9 | 11 | 1 | - | - | |
| Smith | 20.1 | 12 | 18 | 3 | - | - | |
| Markham | 11 | 3 | 38 | 3 | - | - | |
| Dowling | 7 | 1 | 15 | 1 | - | - | |
| Orange Free State second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *CJ Kaplan | b McCarthy | 3 | |||||
| JA Walkerley | st Wade b Dawson | 2 | |||||
| IEF Kirby | b Smith | 12 | |||||
| RC le Sueur | b Payn | 3 | |||||
| FB Lee | b Markham | 43 | |||||
| NK Cowan | c Smith b Markham | 9 | |||||
| LTD Tuckett | lbw b Markham | 14 | |||||
| WAM Howell | c Nourse b Payn | 3 | |||||
| GFK Jackson | not out | 16 | |||||
| +EP Noonan | c and b Payn | 0 | |||||
| ES East | b Dowling | 2 | |||||
| Extras | 9 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 54.4 overs) | 116 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-8, 3-27, 4-27, 5-54, 6-66, 7-83, 8-100, 9-113, 10-116 (54.4 ov) | |||||||
| Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McCarthy | 9 | 2 | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dawson | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | - | |
| Payn | 7 | 3 | 17 | 3 | - | - | |
| Smith | 19 | 7 | 43 | 1 | - | - | |
| Markham | 12 | 5 | 20 | 3 | - | - | |
| Dowling | 3.4 | 0 | 10 | 1 | - | - | |