FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

NORTH EASTERN TRANSVAAL v WESTERN PROVINCE Played at Hosking Park, Brakpan, March 20, 21, 1946. Match drawn. NORTH EASTERN TRANSVAAL 1 *†J.D.Lindsay b Plimsoll 2 2 K.R.Gibson c Kiel b Middleton 60 3 T.H.Woolley c Lofthouse b Plimsoll 32 4 L.O.Waller lbw b Middleton 0 5 R.S.Martin not out 54 6 B.A.L.Wiles lbw b Plimsoll 2 7 H.E.Patterson c Keen b Plimsoll 0 8 P.D.Holton b Plimsoll 0 9 F.A.Seyfried c Keen b Plimsoll 4 10 W.H.Douglas b Plimsoll 0 11 Nel S.Lightening not out 12 Extras 14 —— (9 wickets, declared) 180 FoW (1): 1-4, 2-104, 3-104, 4-105, 5-127, 6-127, 7-127, 8-145, 9-155 WESTERN PROVINCE 1 S.Kiel c Gibson b Douglas 7 2 K.G.Dimbleby c and b Douglas 56 3 J.E.Cheetham c Patterson b Seyfried 84 4 G.Georgeu c Gibson b Douglas 6 5 †S.O’Linn run out 9 6 *A.D.Keen not out 12 7 R.Lofthouse not out 2 8 L.S.Eckard 9 J.B.Plimsoll 10 A.S.Carew 11 R.E.Middleton Extras 4 —— (5 wickets) 180 FoW (1): 1-16, 2-120, 3-141, 4-162, 5-171 Western Province Bowling O M R W Plimsoll 30 10 42 7 Middleton 28 5 76 2 Carew 5 1 16 0 Keen 6 0 17 0 Eckard 7 1 15 0 North Eastern Transvaal Bowling O M R W Seyfried 13 3 35 1 Lightening 4 0 15 0 Wiles 16 3 43 0 Douglas 18 3 55 3 Patterson 2 0 12 0 Martin 3 0 16 0 Umpires: Toss: North Eastern Transvaal Close of Play: 1st day: North Eastern Transvaal (1) 89-1 (Gibson 51*, Woolley 26*). S.Lightening (who was originally 12th man) was allowed to bat and bowl in place of Nel who was called away to duty at the mine in the early hours of the second morning. 85