f16871	Air Force XI v The Rest
	First-Class matches in South Africa 1942/43
Venue	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg on 26th, 27th December 1942 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Air Force XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	The Rest won by 5 wickets
Close of play day 1	The Rest (1) 249/3 (Jenkins ?*, Somers Vine ?*)

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Air Force XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+GM Larkin	lbw b Heaney	24
OW Grinaker	c Georgeu b Gordon	15
AF Townsend	b Gordon	14
EW Sturgess	b Heaney	0
*WR Hammond	lbw b Gordon	60
EV Witte	not out	38
TA Harris	b Gordon	2
WA Sime	c Fullerton b Gordon	1
CL Vincent	lbw b Warne	4
WN Mercer	hit wkt b Warne	0
JJ Sant	st Fullerton b Warne	1
Extras		13
Total	(all out, 47.1 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-39, 3-39, 4-77, 5-137, 6-?, 7-147, 8-?, 9-?, 10-172 (47.1 ov)

The Rest bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Viljoen	5	2	13	0	-	-
Petersen	4	1	16	0	-	-
Heaney	11	0	33	2	-	-
Gordon	16	2	61	5	-	-
Warne	8.1	1	25	3	-	-
Jenkins	3	0	11	0	-	-

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The Rest first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SH Curnow	c Hammond b Sturgess	117			18	1
FB Warne	b Vincent	108		145	15	-
+GM Fullerton	c and b Mercer	9
ED Jenkins	c Hammond b Vincent	23
*RE Somers Vine	lbw b Sturgess	3
G Georgeu	not out	42
FF Flanagan	b Sturgess	0
SF Viljoen	b Vincent	12
RNE Petersen	c Mercer b Sime	5
JL Heaney	b Mercer	1
N Gordon	st Larkin b Mercer	0
Extras		3
Total	(all out, 73.4 overs)	323
Fall of wickets:
1-206 (Warne), 2-227 (Curnow), 3-240 (Fullerton), 4-260, 5-262, 6-267, 7-305, 8-319, 9-323, 10-323 (73.4 ov)

Air Force XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sime	13	1	74	1	-	-
Sturgess	19	1	82	3	-	-
Hammond	2	1	5	0	-	-
Vincent	20	4	79	3	-	-
Witte	12	1	36	0	-	-
Mercer	4.4	0	31	3	-	-
Harris	3	0	13	0	-	-

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Air Force XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+GM Larkin	c Fullerton b Gordon	38
OW Grinaker	c Somers Vine b Petersen	73
AF Townsend	lbw b Gordon	0
EW Sturgess	c Heaney b Warne	45		120
*WR Hammond	c Georgeu b Petersen	18		6		1
EV Witte	b Petersen	9
TA Harris	b Heaney	41
WA Sime	not out	39
CL Vincent	not out	1
WN Mercer	did not bat
JJ Sant	did not bat
Extras		2
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 60.3 overs)	266
Fall of wickets:
1-58 (Larkin), 2-58 (Townsend), 3-153, 4-175, 5-175, 6-195, 7-263

The Rest bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Viljoen	3	0	13	0	-	-
Heaney	14	2	48	1	-	-
Gordon	16.3	2	50	2	-	-
Warne	13	0	84	1	-	-
Somers Vine	3	0	12	0	-	-
Jenkins	4	0	18	0	-	-
Petersen	7	0	39	3	-	-

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The Rest second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SH Curnow	b Sturgess	30
FB Warne	c Harris b Sturgess	2
+GM Fullerton	b Sturgess	13
ED Jenkins	not out	41
*RE Somers Vine	b Vincent	8
G Georgeu	b Vincent	8
FF Flanagan	not out	15		12	-	2
SF Viljoen	did not bat
RNE Petersen	did not bat
JL Heaney	did not bat
N Gordon	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(5 wickets, 18.3 overs)	117
Fall of wickets:
1-22 (Warne), 2-45, 3-46, 4-66, 5-84

Air Force XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Witte	9.3	1	44	0	-	-
Sturgess	6	0	39	3	-	-
Vincent	3	0	34	2	-	-

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Notes
--> OW Grinaker made his debut in First-Class matches
--> EW Sturgess made his debut in First-Class matches
--> EV Witte made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WN Mercer made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JJ Sant made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GM Fullerton made his debut in First-Class matches
--> ED Jenkins made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CL Vincent made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JJ Sant made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> ED Jenkins made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RNE Petersen made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> WA Sime made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> AF Townsend made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> N Gordon reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed GM Larkin, his 1st wicket in the Air Force XI second innings

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