All Ten: The Ultimate Bowling Feat

244 Stephen Jefferies Western Province v Orange Free State, 1987/88 Currie Cup Newlands, Cape Town on 26, 27, 28 December 1987 (3-day match) Toss won by Western Province Western Province won by an innings and 76 runs Umpires: JW Peacock, W Richard Orange Free State 134 (DB Rundle 5-33) and 113 (ST Jefferies 10-59); Western Province 323 Orange Free State second innings PJR Steyn c Cullinan b Jefferies 4 LJ Wilkinson c Cullinan b Jefferies 12 AC Storie c Ryall b Jefferies 13 AI Kallicharran c Simons b Jefferies 6 BT Player c Ryall b Jefferies 6 AJ Lamb not out 30 *JJ Strydom c Seeff b Jefferies 0 +RJ East b Jefferies 1 ST Clarke lbw b Jefferies 0 CJPG van Zyl c Lazard b Jefferies 3 AA Donald c Kuiper b Jefferies 25 Extras (lb 7, nb 6) 13 Total (all out, 47.5 overs) 113 Fall of wickets 1-17, 2-26, 3-44, 4-52, 5-58, 6-58, 7-60, 8-60, 9-64, 10-113 Western Province bowling: GS le Roux 15-7-29-0, ST Jefferies 23.5-7-59- 10, EO Simons 4-1-6-0, DB Rundle 5-2-12-0 Western Province: TN Lazard, L Seeff, PN Kirsten, DJ Cullinan, JJE Hardy, AP Kuiper (capt), GS le Roux, EO Simons, ST Jefferies, DB Rundle, RJ Ryall (wk) Born in Cape Town in 1959, Stephen Jefferies made his first-class debut, appropriately at Newlands, just before his 19th birthday. Most of his South African career was spent playing for his home province but he had two spells in English county cricket during the 1980s, in both of which his fast-medium left-arm bowling met with only limited success. Three years after his debut he was the second highest wicket-taker in South Africa in 1981/82, his 52 wickets beaten only by the 75 taken by Natal’s exceptional Vintcent van der Bijl. For his performance the South African Cricket Annual made him one of its Cricketers of the Year. Three seasons at Lancashire followed and at first things looked promising. However his appearances were restricted by injury, and because of the regulations in force at the time he couldn’t play when Clive Lloyd was available. Nevertheless his impressive bowling added much-needed penetration to the county attack. Unfortunately, although he batted usefully in the next two seasons, his bowling disappointed and the county released him. After a spell in the Lancashire League with the Blackburn-based club East Lancashire, Jefferies returned to county cricket again in 1988 on a two-