First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

TRANSVAAL v NORTH EASTERN TRANSVAAL Played at Old Wanderers, Johannesburg, December 16, 18, 1939. Transvaal won by an innings and 201 runs. TRANSVAAL 1 J.T.Seccombe c Bromham b Brown 58 2 J.H.F.Fuller c Bromham b Bock 22 3 O.E.Wynne c Brown b Henderson 49 4 *A.W.Briscoe c Henderson b Brown 172 5 C.Breakey c Lance b Henderson 1 6 E.S.Newson b Henderson 25 7 A.M.B.Rowan c Dowling b Henderson 43 8 J.H.M.Pickerill not out 72 9 R.N.E.Petersen not out 43 10 F.J.Wickham 11 †G.L.Allpass Extras b 10, lb 8, nb 5 23 —— (7 wickets, declared) 508 FoW (1): 1-68 (2), 2-115 (1), 3-172 (3), 4-186 (5), 5-242 (6), 6-347, 7-401 NORTH EASTERN TRANSVAAL 1 D.G.Helfrich c Allpass b Petersen 20 b Wickham 5 2 †C.G.Bromham c Wynne b Wickham 0 b Newson 6 3 L.O.Waller b Newson 3 lbw b Newson 0 4 *R.S.Martin c Newson b Pickerill 32 b Rowan 47 5 R.C.Hicks c Pickerill b Petersen 4 (6) not out 32 6 R.A.Edwards b Rowan 15 (7) lbw b Rowan 20 7 D.F.Dowling c Petersen b Wickham 20 (5) b Wickham 61 8 L.S.Brown b Newson 12 b Rowan 0 9 E.G.Bock c Seccombe b Wickham 3 c Pickerill b Petersen 2 10 W.A.Henderson b Newson 5 c Pickerill b Rowan 6 11 W.P.Lance not out 0 b Petersen 0 Extras 9 5 —— —— 123 184 FoW (1): 1-0 (2), 2-5 (3), 3-60, 4-60, 5-69, 6-94, 7-111, 8-118, 9-119, 10-123 FoW (2): 1-11, 2-11, 3-11, 4-120, 5-128, 6-173, 7-173, 8-176, 9-183, 10-184 North Eastern Transvaal Bowling O M R W Lance 29 6 87 0 Henderson 29 0 120 4 Bock 21 2 85 1 Brown 32 5 129 2 Dowling 8 0 59 0 Helfrich 1 0 5 0 Transvaal Bowling O M R W O M R W Newson 12 2 29 3 9 2 49 2 Wickham 9 3 23 3 8 1 28 2 Petersen 11 4 21 2 5.2 1 18 2 Pickerill 6 1 22 1 2 0 11 0 Rowan 7 1 19 1 12 0 48 4 Breakey (6) 2 0 25 0 Umpires: Toss: Transvaal Close of Play: 1st day: Transvaal (1) 508-7 (Pickerill 72*, Petersen 43*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. A.W.Briscoe’s 172 took 210 minutes and included 12 fours. 20