f16749	Transvaal v Natal
	First-Class matches in South Africa 1939/40
Venue	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg on 23rd, 26th, 27th December 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Transvaal won by an innings and 168 runs
Close of play day 1	Transvaal (1) 296/2 (EAB Rowan 128*)
Close of play day 2	Natal (2) 198/5 (Dawson 76*, Ellis 31*)

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DR Fell	c Mitchell b Newson	1
RC Collins	c Mitchell b Gordon	22
RL Harvey	b Pickerill	3
*AD Nourse	c Langton b Gordon	13
+RR Yuill	b Gordon	40
OC Dawson	b Gordon	4
JR Ellis	c Mitchell b Gordon	0
R Howden	b Gordon	18
CJ Lowell	c Langton b Mitchell	25
GB Law	not out	11
NBF Mann	b Langton	5
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 39.2 overs)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Fell), 2-13 (Harvey), 3-37, 4-42, 5-48, 6-48, 7-72, 8-115, 9-138, 10-147 (39.2 ov)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Newson	5	3	8	1	-	-
Pickerill	6	0	11	1	-	-
Gordon	15	2	61	6	-	-
Langton	9.2	3	27	1	-	-
Mitchell	4	0	35	1	-	-

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Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SH Curnow	lbw b Dawson	135		189	18	1
EAB Rowan	not out	306		462	28	1
*B Mitchell	c Collins b Mann	24
AW Briscoe	st Yuill b Law	1
+RE Grieveson	b Mann	43
ACB Langton	c Fell b Law	52
ES Newson	b Dawson	16
AMB Rowan	not out	16
JHM Pickerill	did not bat
N Gordon	did not bat
RNE Petersen	did not bat
Extras		15
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 134 overs)	608
Fall of wickets:
1-221 (Curnow), 2-296 (Mitchell), 3-299 (Briscoe), 4-389 (Grieveson), 5-529 (Langton), 6-548 (Newson)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Law	33	0	171	2	-	-
Dawson	26	4	98	2	-	-
Mann	45	14	104	2	-	-
Lowell	13	0	96	0	-	-
Howden	5	0	27	0	-	-
Harvey	11	0	83	0	-	-
Ellis	1	0	14	0	-	-

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Natal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DR Fell	c and b Petersen	20
RC Collins	c Mitchell b Newson	2
RL Harvey	c and b Newson	1
*AD Nourse	c EAB Rowan b AMB Rowan	57
+RR Yuill	b Gordon	4
OC Dawson	c Langton b Mitchell	129		237	14	-
JR Ellis	c AMB Rowan b Gordon	62
R Howden	b Gordon	0
CJ Lowell	st Grieveson b Mitchell	3
GB Law	c Newson b Mitchell	2
NBF Mann	not out	5
Extras		8
Total	(all out, 77.2 overs)	293
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Collins), 2-19 (Harvey), 3-31 (Fell), 4-47 (Yuill), 5-117 (Nourse), 6-267 (Ellis), 7-267 (Howden), 8-287, 9-288, 10-293 (77.2 ov)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Newson	11	1	44	2	-	-
Pickerill	6	0	19	0	-	-
Langton	8	2	18	0	-	-
Petersen	12	2	38	1	-	-
Gordon	22	3	86	3	-	-
AMB Rowan	14	0	65	1	-	-
Mitchell	4.2	0	15	3	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 2 Lunch: Transvaal (1) ?/? (Rowan 230*, [unknown] ?*)
--> RE Grieveson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RC Collins made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RC Collins (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in First-Class matches
--> CJ Lowell (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in First-Class matches
--> SH Curnow (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 98
--> EAB Rowan (1) passed his previous highest score of 185 in First-Class matches
--> EAB Rowan (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 264
--> OC Dawson (2) passed his previous highest score of 63 in First-Class matches
--> OC Dawson (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> JR Ellis (2) passed his previous highest score of 11 in First-Class matches
--> N Gordon achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Natal first innings (previous best was 5-29)

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