First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

TRANSVAAL v EASTERN PROVINCE Played at Old Wanderers, Johannesburg, January 25, 26, 1940. Transvaal won by an innings and 230 runs. EASTERN PROVINCE 1 R.W.Robson c Petersen b Pickerill 3 c Mitchell b Chubb 27 2 †W.Marais b Chubb 3 c Mitchell b Chubb 3 3 H.J.S.Gardner b Chubb 0 (8) c Pickerill b Mitchell 5 4 J.M.Leibbrandt b Pickerill 1 b Gordon 2 5 I.E.Drimmie c Dacey b Petersen 16 (3) lbw b Gordon 79 6 F.W.R.Southey c Cawood b Chubb 2 (7) c Mitchell b Chubb 4 7 *A.H.Coy st Cawood b Chubb 3 (9) st Cawood b Gordon 21 8 S.A.Thwaits lbw b Mitchell 28 (5) c and b Mitchell 9 9 G.Hartman not out 27 (6) b Chubb 7 10 B.A.Smith b Gordon 1 not out 3 11 J.M.Buchanan b Mitchell 1 run out 6 Extras b 5, lb 4 9 lb 1, nb 1 2 —— —— 94 168 FoW (1): 1-4, 2-6, 3-7, 4-9, 5-17, 6-21, 7-39, 8-90, 9-93, 10-94 FoW (2): 1-18 (2), 2-34 (1), 3-39 (4), 4-70 (5), 5-90 (6), 6-100 (7), 7-107 (8), 8-155, 9-159, 10-168 TRANSVAAL 1 J.T.Seccombe lbw b Coy 26 2 L.S.Dacey st Marais b Southey 58 3 O.E.Wynne b Thwaits 8 4 *B.Mitchell c Coy b Leibbrandt 88 5 E.A.B.Rowan run out 88 6 C.H.K.Jones run out 85 7 G.W.A.Chubb not out 71 8 †C.H.Cawood not out 53 9 R.N.E.Petersen 10 J.H.M.Pickerill 11 N.Gordon Extras b 11, lb 2, w 2 15 —— (6 wickets, declared) 492 FoW (1): 1-57 (1), 2-89 (3), 3-117 (2), 4-262, 5-304, 6-413 Transvaal Bowling O M R W O M R W Pickerill 6 1 15 2 (5) 1 0 8 0 Chubb 10 0 24 4 (1) 15 4 43 4 Petersen 6 1 9 1 (2) 5 0 17 0 Gordon 7 0 17 1 (3) 15.1 2 52 3 Mitchell 5.2 0 20 2 (4) 16 0 46 2 Eastern Province Bowling O M R W Smith 10 0 68 0 Leibbrandt 13 0 83 1 Coy 13 1 63 1 Thwaits 24 2 125 1 Southey 7 0 36 1 Gardner 5 0 50 0 Hartman 4 0 34 0 Buchanan 2 0 18 0 Umpires: Toss: Eastern Province Close of Play: 1st day: Transvaal (1) 492-6 (Chubb 71*, Cawood 53*, 78 overs). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. 49