First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

WESTERN PROVINCE v NORTH EASTERN TRANSVAAL Played at Newlands, Cape Town, December 26, 27, 28, 1939. Western Province won by seven wickets. WESTERN PROVINCE 1 *P.G.V.van der Bijl c Edwards b Brown 3 c Edwards b Brown 6 2 S.Kiel c Bromham b Brown 12 not out 139 3 L.M.Manning lbw b Brown 11 lbw b Dowling 25 4 G.Georgeu c Bromham b Bock 154 c Edwards b Bock 3 5 A.R.M.Ralph c Bromham b Brown 0 not out 53 6 J.E.Cheetham c Bromham b Bock 11 7 L.C.G.Whiteing c Dowling b Bock 4 8 L.S.Eckard c Dowling b Lance 25 9 †A.B.J.Reid c Bromham b Bock 81 10 D.Price c Bromham b Henderson 22 11 J.B.Plimsoll not out 8 Extras lb 6, nb 2 8 b 3, lb 4, nb 2 9 —— —— 339 (3 wickets) 235 FoW (1): 1-13 (1), 2-18 (2), 3-35 (3), 4-35 (5), 5-81 (6), 6-99 (7), 7-156 (8), 8-274 (4), 9-321 (10), 10-339 (9) FoW (2): 1-11 (1), 2-83 (3), 3-94 (4) NORTH EASTERN TRANSVAAL 1 D.G.Helfrich c Reid b Eckard 59 b Plimsoll 59 2 R.C.Hicks c Georgeu b Price 2 c sub (G.E.Crighton) b Plimsoll 108 3 R.A.Edwards c Manning b Price 7 (4) b Eckard 27 4 L.O.Waller lbw b Price 14 (5) c Kiel b Cheetham 65 5 D.F.Dowling c Ralph b Plimsoll 10 (3) b Plimsoll 0 6 *R.S.Martin c Reid b Eckard 36 run out 37 7 †C.G.Bromham c Reid b Price 23 st Reid b Eckard 32 8 L.S.Brown b Eckard 0 c Ralph b Eckard 38 9 W.A.Henderson c van der Bijl b Eckard 1 b Eckard 0 10 W.P.Lance not out 1 (11) not out 5 11 E.G.Bock b Eckard 0 (10) b Plimsoll 27 Extras b 7, lb 4 11 b 2, lb 8 10 —— —— 164 408 FoW (1): 1-10 (2), 2-23 (3), 3-76 (4), 4-91 (1), 5-110 (5), 6-158 (6), 7-158 (8), 8-162 (9), 9-162 (7), 10-164 (11) FoW (2): 1-139 (1), 2-139 (3), 3-188 (2), 4-197 (4), 5-266 (6), 6-323 (5), 7-353 (7), 8-367 (9), 9-402 (10), 10-408 (8) North Eastern Transvaal Bowling O M R W O M R W Lance 23 4 80 1 9 1 25 0 Brown 18 5 57 4 12 0 55 1 Henderson 15 0 75 1 6 0 36 0 Bock 13.4 1 67 4 11 1 56 1 Dowling 3 0 24 0 7 0 24 1 Waller 1 0 5 0 (7) 1.5 0 16 0 Helfrich 4 0 23 0 Martin (6) 2 0 14 0 Western Province Bowling O M R W O M R W Plimsoll 12 2 30 1 31 4 83 4 Price 20 7 40 4 19 2 68 0 Eckard 19.7 5 43 5 31.1 6 107 4 Cheetham 7 0 40 0 (6) 16 0 98 1 Georgeu (4) 4 0 26 0 van der Bijl (5) 5 1 14 0 Whiteing (7) 1 0 2 0 Umpires: S.Collins and G.L.Sickler. Toss: Western Province Close of Play: 1st day: North Eastern Transvaal (1) 97-4 (Dowling 3*, Martin 5*); 2nd day: North Eastern Transvaal (2) 245-4 (Waller 22*, Martin 26*). G.Georgeu’s 154 took 196 minutes and included 15 fours. R.C.Hicks’s 108 took 180 minutes and included 11 fours. S.Kiel’s 139 took 160 minutes and included 14 fours. 30