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| Venue | Ellis Park, Johannesburg on 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th December 1948 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | England won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | JV Hart-Davis, GL Sickler |
| Close of play day 1 | England (1) 387/2 (Crapp 14*, Compton 10*) |
| Close of play day 2 | South Africa (1) 95/2 (Mitchell 47*, Nourse 32*) |
| Close of play day 3 | South Africa (2) 28/1 (EAB Rowan 17*, Mitchell 7*) |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| L Hutton | c Wade b McCarthy | 158 | 290 | 16 | - | ||
| C Washbrook | c Begbie b McCarthy | 195 | 297 | 18 | - | ||
| JF Crapp | c and b Mitchell | 56 | 129 | 5 | - | ||
| DCS Compton | c Mitchell b Mann | 114 | 156 | 14 | - | ||
| AJ Watkins | c Wade b Mann | 7 | 46 | - | - | ||
| *FG Mann | c McCarthy b Mann | 7 | 9 | 1 | - | ||
| +TG Evans | run out | 18 | 23 | 2 | - | ||
| RO Jenkins | c Wade b AMB Rowan | 4 | 22 | - | - | ||
| AV Bedser | b McCarthy | 12 | 24 | 1 | - | ||
| C Gladwin | lbw b Dawson | 23 | 19 | 2 | 1 | ||
| DVP Wright | not out | 1 | 4 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (3 b, 10 lb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 149.5 overs) | 608 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-359 (Hutton), 2-366 (Washbrook), 3-516 (Crapp), 4-540 (Compton), 5-549 (Watkins), 6-550 (Mann), 7-570 (Evans), 8-576 (Jenkins), 9-602 (Bedser), 10-608 (Gladwin, 149.5 ov) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McCarthy | 26 | 1 | 102 | 3 | - | - | |
| Dawson | 16.5 | 3 | 59 | 1 | - | - | |
| AMB Rowan | 41 | 4 | 155 | 1 | - | - | |
| Tuckett | 12 | 0 | 55 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mann | 30 | 2 | 107 | 3 | - | - | |
| Begbie | 6 | 0 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mitchell | 18 | 1 | 79 | 1 | - | - | |
| South Africa first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| EAB Rowan | lbw b Bedser | 8 | 23 | - | - | ||
| OE Wynne | lbw b Wright | 4 | 45 | - | - | ||
| B Mitchell | b Gladwin | 86 | 252 | 9 | - | ||
| *AD Nourse | lbw b Wright | 32 | 97 | 3 | - | ||
| +WW Wade | c Evans b Compton | 85 | 214 | 6 | 1 | ||
| DW Begbie | c Watkins b Jenkins | 5 | 21 | - | - | ||
| OC Dawson | c Watkins b Jenkins | 12 | 25 | 2 | - | ||
| AMB Rowan | b Wright | 8 | 14 | 2 | - | ||
| LTD Tuckett | st Evans b Watkins | 38 | 82 | 6 | - | ||
| NBF Mann | st Evans b Jenkins | 23 | 57 | 1 | - | ||
| CN McCarthy | not out | 1 | 1 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (4 b, 7 lb, 2 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 104.4 overs) | 315 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12 (EAB Rowan), 2-17 (Wynne), 3-96 (Nourse), 4-191 (Mitchell), 5-204 (Begbie), 6-220 (Dawson), 7-235 (AMB Rowan), 8-273 (Wade), 9-313 (Tuckett), 10-315 (Mann, 104.4 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bedser | 22 | 6 | 42 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gladwin | 20 | 6 | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| Jenkins | 21.4 | 3 | 88 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wright | 26 | 2 | 104 | 3 | - | - | |
| Compton | 10 | 0 | 34 | 1 | - | - | |
| Watkins | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | - | |
| South Africa second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| EAB Rowan | not out | 156 | 368 | 18 | - | ||
| OE Wynne | lbw b Bedser | 4 | 19 | 1 | - | ||
| B Mitchell | c Hutton b Wright | 40 | 163 | 3 | - | ||
| *AD Nourse | not out | 56 | 184 | 6 | - | ||
| +WW Wade | did not bat | ||||||
| DW Begbie | did not bat | ||||||
| OC Dawson | did not bat | ||||||
| AMB Rowan | did not bat | ||||||
| LTD Tuckett | did not bat | ||||||
| NBF Mann | did not bat | ||||||
| CN McCarthy | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 b, 4 lb, 1 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 91 overs) | 270 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15 (Wynne), 2-108 (Mitchell) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bedser | 17 | 4 | 51 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gladwin | 16 | 5 | 37 | 0 | - | - | |
| Watkins | 12 | 2 | 48 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wright | 14 | 3 | 35 | 1 | - | - | |
| Jenkins | 19 | 3 | 54 | 0 | - | - | |
| Compton | 13 | 3 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |