First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

EASTERN PROVINCE v BORDER Played at St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth, March 23, 25, 1940. Eastern Province won by eight wickets. BORDER 1 C.D.White c Marais b Gouldie 4 c Marais b Gouldie 8 2 R.P.Richter c Hoskin b Gouldie 7 c Holmes b Leibbrandt 3 3 A.J.Bauer b Leibbrandt 19 c Marais b Gouldie 4 4 R.R.Phillips c Procter b Gouldie 8 b Procter 30 5 *S.L.White b Gouldie 47 c Marais b Hoskin 35 6 W.A.E.Ayres st Marais b Procter 8 b Hoskin 15 7 A.W.D.Hanley c Sharp b Thwaits 10 b Gouldie 25 8 †G.G.L.Mandy hit wkt b Thwaits 4 run out 40 9 D.W.Niland c Gouldie b Procter 29 c Marais b Procter 7 10 R.B.Gordon not out 19 b Gouldie 2 11 M.A.Hanley st Marais b Procter 0 not out 2 Extras lb 2, w 1 3 b 8, lb 6 14 —— —— 158 185 FoW (1): 1-7, 2-23, 3-39, 4-39, 5-68, 6-81, 7-87, 8-125, 9-158, 10-158 FoW (2): 1-11, 2-11, 3-21, 4-70, 5-94, 6-117, 7-149, 8-172, 9-179, 10-185 EASTERN PROVINCE 1 *†W.Marais c Niland b M.A.Hanley 10 2 J.G.Sharp lbw b Gordon 8 st Mandy b Phillips 29 3 J.O.Young c Mandy b Phillips 86 (1) b Phillips 29 4 I.E.Drimmie c and b Gordon 8 (3) not out 13 5 J.M.Leibbrandt c Mandy b Ayres 15 (4) not out 48 6 P.L.Holmes b Niland 6 7 R.Rouse lbw b Phillips 30 8 W.C.Hoskin b Phillips 0 9 S.A.Thwaits st Mandy b Phillips 0 10 R.S.Gouldie b Phillips 14 11 W.C.Procter not out 35 Extras b 5, lb 2 7 b 3, lb 6 9 —— —— 219 (2 wickets) 128 FoW (1): 1-15, 2-27, 3-69, 4-97, 5-118, 6-146, 7-146, 8-146, 9-172, 10-219 FoW (2): 1-62, 2-67 Eastern Province Bowling O M R W O M R W Leibbrandt 16 3 45 1 18 1 44 1 Gouldie 22 4 54 4 15 1 47 4 Young 1 0 9 0 3 0 6 0 Procter 12.5 2 28 3 8.3 0 22 2 Thwaits 8 2 19 2 4 0 10 0 Hoskin (6) 8 0 42 2 Border Bowling O M R W O M R W Niland 17 3 36 1 5 1 14 0 M.A.Hanley 13 2 71 1 13 0 40 0 Ayres 4 0 27 1 Richter 2 0 8 0 (3) 3 0 16 0 Gordon 10 1 32 2 (4) 1.5 0 30 0 Phillips 6.4 1 38 5 (5) 13 4 19 2 Umpires: Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Eastern Province (1) 173-9 (Rouse 19*, Procter 1*). R.R.Phillips took a hat-trick in the Eastern Province first innings (Young, Hoskin, Thwaits). 64