First-Class Cricket Matches 1924

WESTERN PROVINCE v ORANGE FREE STATE Played at Green Point, Cape Town, October 17, 18, 1923. Western Province won by eight wickets. ORANGE FREE STATE 1 E.Wille c and b Bensimon 18 c and b Lovegrove 33 2 †J.H.Malan c Fox b Buys 2 lbw b Buys 0 3 F.E.Fuller c Godfrey b Buys 33 run out 66 4 C.W.Travers b Bensimon 10 c Fox b Buys 10 5 *D.I.de Villiers b Lovegrove 30 c Lovegrove b van der Poel 6 6 K.G.Hill c Viljoen b Lovegrove 12 lbw b Bensimon 5 7 B.J.Bourke c Viljoen b Lovegrove 1 b Buys 7 8 H.O.Dixon not out 9 b Buys 2 9 W.J.A.Dick lbw b Lovegrove 2 not out 4 10 F.Buttner b Bensimon 1 b Bensimon 11 11 J.G.Abell run out 5 b Reid 16 Extras b 14, lb 2 16 b 11, lb 2 13 —— —— 139 173 FoW (1): 1-15, 2-43, 3-78, 4-78, 5-117, 6-120, 7-122, 8-124, 9-129, 10-139 FoW (2): 1-12, 2-12, 3-12, 4-30, 5-44, 6-109, 7-131, 8-145, 9-160, 10-173 WESTERN PROVINCE 1 A.S.Bensimon c Buttner b de Villiers 22 b de Villiers 13 2 *J.M.M.Commaille c Malan b Buttner 1 c Dixon b Buttner 63 3 A.W.Palm c and b Abell 43 not out 28 4 †L.C.Fox c de Villiers b Buttner 13 5 K.C.M.Hands b Buttner 9 (4) not out 10 6 F.A.Godfrey b Abell 13 7 A.R.Lovegrove c de Villiers b Dick 8 8 N.Reid run out 16 9 F.D.J.Viljoen c Malan b Dick 17 10 C.S.van der Poel not out 14 11 I.D.Buys c Dixon b Buttner 2 Extras b 30, lb 3 33 b 9 9 —— —— 191 (2 wickets) 123 FoW (1): 1-2, 2-32, 3-53, 4-74, 5-113, 6-130, 7-134, 8-160, 9-188, 10-191 FoW (2): 1-30, 2-112 Western Province Bowling O M R W O M R W Buys 15 5 25 2 16 7 28 4 van der Poel 15 8 22 0 15 6 26 1 Bensimon 16 4 37 3 15 2 54 2 Lovegrove 19 5 37 4 10 0 37 1 Reid 1 0 2 0 5 2 8 1 Hands (6) 1 0 7 0 Orange Free State Bowling O M R W O M R W de Villiers 8 1 16 1 5 1 11 1 Buttner 18 0 56 4 20 4 56 1 Dick 18 3 45 2 14 3 25 0 Travers 3 0 11 0 Abell 9 2 13 2 (4) 3 1 13 0 Wille 4 0 17 0 Fuller (5) 3 0 9 0 Umpires: Milton-Kemp and C.Smith. Toss: Orange Free State Close of Play: 1st day: Western Province (1) 191 all out.