f18570 t318	South Africa v Australia
	Australia in South Africa 1949/50 (1st Test)
Venue	Ellis Park, Johannesburg on 24th, 26th, 27th, 28th December 1949 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by an innings and 85 runs
Umpires	RGA Ashman, DV Collins
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 190/4 (Hassett 109*, Loxton 16*; 64 overs)
Close of play day 2	South Africa (1) 70/4 (Rowan 48*, Cheetham 5*; 32 overs)
Close of play day 3	South Africa (2) 84/2 (Nel 6*, Nourse 2*; 34.1 overs)

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AR Morris	c Tayfield b McCarthy	0	2	1	-	-
J Moroney	run out (Tayfield->Wade)	0	7	10	-	-
KR Miller	b Mann	21	72	91	2	-
*AL Hassett	b Watkins	112	283	261	7	-
RN Harvey	b Watkins	34	130	121	-	-
SJE Loxton	st Wade b Tayfield	101	193	159	14	-
CL McCool	b Tayfield	31	68	75	2	-
IWG Johnson	c Cheetham b Mann	66	92	107	8	-
+RA Saggers	lbw b McCarthy	14	39	40	1	-
RR Lindwall	c Nel b Tayfield	21	28	31	3	-
WA Johnston	not out	1	1	4	-	-
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 2 w)	12
Total	(all out, 455 minutes, 113.4 overs)	413
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Morris, 0.2 ov), 2-2 (Moroney, 1.7 ov), 3-71 (Miller, 21.7 ov), 4-163 (Harvey, 55.5 ov), 5-200 (Hassett, 67.7 ov), 6-283 (McCool, 88.1 ov), 7-320 (Loxton, 96.3 ov), 8-372 (Saggers, 106.3 ov), 9-408 (Lindwall, 113 ov), 10-413 (Johnson, 113.4 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCarthy	25	2	90	2	-	-
Watkins	19	3	56	2	2	-
Smith	13	0	70	0	-	-
Tayfield	28	3	93	3	-	-
Mann	28.4	4	92	2	-	-

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South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EAB Rowan	b Miller	60	166	192	5	-
OE Wynne	lbw b Johnston	3	17	17	-	-
JD Nel	b Johnson	4	46	39	-	-
*AD Nourse	c Hassett b Johnson	0	7	7	-	-
+WW Wade	b Miller	2	22	14	-	-
JE Cheetham	lbw b Johnston	10	71	67	-	-
JC Watkins	c Hassett b Miller	36	80	70	4	-
HJ Tayfield	lbw b Miller	6	25	12	1	-
NBF Mann	b Miller	0	1	2	-	-
VI Smith	not out	1	11	16	-	-
CN McCarthy	b Johnson	0	5	3	-	-
Extras	(14 lb, 1 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 225 minutes, 56.2 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Wynne, 3.6 ov), 2-32 (Nel, 13.3 ov), 3-40 (Nourse, 15.2 ov), 4-47 (Wade, 18.7 ov), 5-82 (Cheetham, 36.4 ov), 6-112 (Rowan, 47.4 ov), 7-122 (Tayfield, 51.7 ov), 8-122 (Mann, 52 ov), 9-133 (Watkins, 55.3 ov), 10-137 (McCarthy, 56.2 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	10	1	22	0	-	-
Johnston	12	4	21	2	-	1
Miller	15	3	40	5	-	-
Johnson	18.2	6	37	3	-	-
Loxton	1	0	2	0	-	-

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South Africa second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EAB Rowan	lbw b McCool	32	109	82	3	-
OE Wynne	c Saggers b Johnston	33	106	117	1	-
JD Nel	c Saggers b Johnston	14	94	81	-	-
*AD Nourse	c Saggers b Johnson	36	72	62	6	-
+WW Wade	b Johnston	11	25	20	-	-
JE Cheetham	c Hassett b Johnston	35	77	66	4	-
JC Watkins	c Miller b Johnson	0	1	2	-	-
HJ Tayfield	c Miller b Johnson	0	4	2	-	-
NBF Mann	lbw b Johnston	13	24	38	1	-
VI Smith	c McCool b Johnston	1	5	6	-	-
CN McCarthy	not out	1	6	8	-	-
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 246 minutes, 65.1 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-50 (Rowan, 21.5 ov), 2-81 (Wynne, 32.1 ov), 3-113 (Nel, 46.4 ov), 4-133 (Nourse, 49.4 ov), 5-141 (Wade, 51 ov), 6-142 (Watkins, 51.2 ov), 7-142 (Tayfield, 51.6 ov), 8-184 (Mann, 62 ov), 9-186 (Smith, 63.3 ov), 10-191 (Cheetham, 65.1 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	8	1	25	0	-	-
Johnston	20.1	5	44	6	-	2
Loxton	3	0	11	0	-	-
Johnson	14	0	54	3	-	-
McCool	9	3	15	1	-	-
Miller	11	1	27	0	1	-

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Notes
--> J Moroney made his debut in Test matches
--> JD Nel made his debut in Test matches
--> JC Watkins made his debut in Test matches
--> HJ Tayfield made his debut in Test matches
--> AL Hassett (1) 50 in 106 balls, 89 minutes with 3 fours
--> AL Hassett (1) 100 in 223 balls, 190 minutes with 7 fours
--> AL Hassett (1) passed 12000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 100
--> SJE Loxton (1) 50 in 105 balls, 88 minutes with 8 fours
--> SJE Loxton (1) passed his previous highest score of 93 in Test matches
--> SJE Loxton (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> SJE Loxton (1) 100 in 187 balls, 141 minutes with 14 fours
--> IWG Johnson (1) 50 in 69 balls, 78 minutes with 6 fours
--> IWG Johnson (1) passed his previous highest score of 52 in Test matches
--> EAB Rowan (1) 50 in 118 balls, 133 minutes with 5 fours
--> JE Cheetham (2) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Test matches
--> AL Hassett made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> IWG Johnson made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> RR Lindwall made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> CL McCool made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> KR Miller made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> AR Morris made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> VI Smith made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> WA Johnston made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> RN Harvey made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> SJE Loxton made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> RA Saggers made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> IWG Johnson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed HJ Tayfield, his 3rd wicket in the South Africa second innings
--> WA Johnston reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed VI Smith, his 5th wicket in the South Africa second innings
--> WA Johnston achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed JE Cheetham in the South Africa second innings (previous best was 5-36)

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