First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

WESTERN PROVINCE v TRANSVAAL Played at Newlands, Cape Town, December 30, 1939, January 1, 2, 1940. Transvaal won by 12 runs. TRANSVAAL 1 S.H.Curnow lbw b Eckard 31 run out 31 2 E.A.B.Rowan c Eckard b Plimsoll 164 lbw b Plimsoll 12 3 J.T.Seccombe b Price 1 b Price 35 4 *A.W.Briscoe lbw b Price 8 c Plimsoll b Paull 4 5 †R.E.Somers Vine run out (Price) 39 b Paull 4 6 O.E.Wynne run out (Kiel/Paull) 71 c Reid b Plimsoll 16 7 A.M.B.Rowan b Eckard 5 not out 71 8 J.H.M.Pickerill lbw b Paull 13 c Georgeu b Price 44 9 R.N.E.Petersen not out 30 10 N.Gordon st Reid b Paull 6 11 J.G.Taylor b Paull 4 Extras b 4, lb 5, w 2 11 b 6, lb 2 8 —— —— 383 (7 wickets, declared) 225 FoW (1): 1-52 (1), 2-57 (3), 3-84 (4), 4-232 (5), 5-258 (2), 6-265 (7), 7-301 (8), 8-372 (6), 9-379 (10), 10-383 (11) FoW (2): 1-25 (2), 2-66 (1), 3-75 (4), 4-85 (5), 5-95 (3), 6-132 (6), 7-225 (8) WESTERN PROVINCE 1 *P.G.V.van der Bijl c Curnow b A.M.B.Rowan 33 b Gordon 89 2 S.Kiel b Gordon 69 b Gordon 36 3 L.M.Manning lbw b Taylor 33 b Petersen 2 4 G.Georgeu c Pickerill b Gordon 1 lbw b Petersen 5 5 A.R.M.Ralph not out 43 run out 140 6 W.C.Ross c Somers Vine b Petersen 24 c Briscoe b Taylor 31 7 G.B.Paull b Gordon 4 b Gordon 23 8 †A.B.J.Reid b Gordon 2 (10) b A.M.B.Rowan 0 9 L.S.Eckard b Gordon 7 (8) c Petersen b A.M.B.Rowan 1 10 D.Price lbw b A.M.B.Rowan 5 (9) b A.M.B.Rowan 7 11 J.B.Plimsoll c Gordon b A.M.B.Rowan 3 not out 6 Extras b 12, lb 3, nb 3 18 b 9, lb 4, w 1 14 —— —— 242 354 FoW (1): 1-73 (1), 2-134 (3), 3-137 (4), 4-144 (2), 5-180 (6), 6-195 (7), 7-203 (8), 8-215 (9), 9-234 (10), 10-242 (11) FoW (2): 1-53 (2), 2-60 (3), 3-68 (4), 4-204 (1), 5-267 (6), 6-327 (7), 7-332 (8), 8-343 (9), 9-343 (10), 10-354 (5) Western Province Bowling O M R W O M R W Plimsoll 23 3 84 1 20 3 68 2 van der Bijl 1 0 4 0 Price 21 4 94 2 (2) 15.6 2 65 2 Eckard 29 2 111 2 (3) 19 3 56 0 Paull 16.6 0 79 3 (4) 10 2 28 2 Transvaal Bowling O M R W O M R W Pickerill 4 0 10 0 (2) 2 0 19 0 Petersen 8 4 11 1 (1) 18 1 77 2 Gordon 33 2 87 5 19.1 3 74 3 A.M.B.Rowan 17.5 3 53 3 (5) 23 3 96 3 Taylor 16 1 63 1 (4) 13 1 48 1 Wynne (6) 4 0 26 0 Umpires: J.C.Niddrie and G.L.Sickler. Toss: Transvaal Close of Play: 1st day: Western Province (1) 37-0 (van der Bijl 20*, Kiel 14*); 2nd day: Transvaal (2) 131-5 (Wynne 16*, A.M.B.Rowan 21*). E.A.B.Rowan’s 164 took 216 minutes and included 13 fours and 1 five. A.R.M.Ralph’s 140 took 241 minutes and included 15 fours. 37