First-Class Cricket Matches 1913

EASTERN PROVINCE v WESTERN PROVINCE Played at St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth, March 29, 31, 1913. Western Province won by an innings and 74 runs. (Points: Eastern Province 0, Western Province 5) WESTERN PROVINCE 1 *J.M.M.Commaille b Crouch 0 2 †G.A.L.Hearne c Delbridge b Porter 6 3 P.A.M.Hands lbw b Crouch 0 4 W.F.Yeoman c Longworth b Crouch 66 5 J.Carstens c Taylor b Porter 58 6 R.H.M.Hands b Walters 32 7 G.P.Taylor c Glisson b Crouch 23 8 J.M.Blanckenberg c Lawrance b Porter 28 9 R.de Smidt c Bennett b Crouch 15 10 W.H.Short b Crouch 0 11 E.A.Budgen not out 2 Extras 8 —— 238 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-2, 3-10, 4-135, 5-147, 6-178, 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-238 EASTERN PROVINCE 1 F.W.Porter c R.H.M.Hands b Budgen 0 (3) c Budgen b Short 4 2 W.H.Harvey b de Smidt 0 (1) c P.A.M.Hands b Short 1 3 A.A.Lawrance b de Smidt 2 (4) c de Smidt b Short 3 4 W.A.Glisson b Blanckenberg 28 (2) b Budgen 45 5 J.E.Brann b Budgen 0 absent hurt 0 6 W.Walters c Commaille b Blanckenberg 0 (7) st Hearne b Taylor 3 7 C.S.Delbridge b Blanckenberg 25 (5) b de Smidt 6 8 A.G.Taylor b Blanckenberg 0 b Short 5 9 *V.B.Longworth lbw b Budgen 0 (6) b de Smidt 4 10 †D.A.Bennett run out 0 not out 3 11 E.H.Crouch not out 0 (9) c Taylor b Budgen 2 Extras 16 17 —— —— 71 93 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-0, 3- , 4- , 5- , 6-55, 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-71 FoW (2): 1- , 2-18, 3-22, 4-28, 5- , 6-80, 7-80, 8-82, 9-93 Eastern Province Bowling O M R W Crouch 29 8 68 6 Porter 27 9 60 3 Glisson 7 1 26 0 Walters 15 6 28 1 Brann 4 0 19 0 Harvey 5 1 29 0 Western Province Bowling O M R W O M R W de Smidt 10 0 14 2 16 2 31 2 Budgen 13 0 28 3 4.5 2 7 2 Blanckenberg 4 0 13 4 Short (3) 14 4 20 4 Taylor (4) 7 3 18 1 Umpires: H.V.Adams and D.J.Smith. Toss: Western Province Close of Play: 1st day: Eastern Province (1) 71 all out. M.C.C. v MIDDLESEX Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, May 5, 6, 1913. Match abandoned without a ball being bowled. Umpires: H.R.Butt and J.Moss. 49