FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

ORANGE FREE STATE v TRANSVAAL Played at Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein, March 29, 30, 1946. Transvaal won by an innings and 19 runs. ORANGE FREE STATE 1 E.W.Warner st Fullerton b Balaskas 22 lbw b Shaw 68 2 H.F.Wright c Fullerton b McKeown 4 c Endean b Nel 24 3 M.G.Francis c Nel b McKeown 0 c Fullerton b Nel 0 4 *M.N.Starling st Fullerton b Balaskas 4 b Nel 2 5 R.C.le Sueur c Endean b Balaskas 14 c Fullerton b Shaw 46 6 J.C.Newton lbw b Balaskas 2 lbw b Nel 4 7 S.Brown c McKeown b Nel 17 b Balaskas 19 8 †C.J.Pretorius c Jones b Balaskas 0 b Shaw 4 9 G.F.K.Jackson st Fullerton b Balaskas 17 c Jones b Balaskas 26 10 G.M.Lee c Melville b Balaskas 7 not out 5 11 H.A.Sparks not out 15 b Balaskas 20 Extras 4 17 —— —— 106 235 FoW (1): 1-5, 2-5, 3-22, 4-36, 5-41, 6-53, 7-57, 8-85, 9-85, 10-106 FoW (2): 1-54, 2-62, 3-66, 4-138, 5-148, 6-159, 7-185, 8-192, 9-224, 10-235 TRANSVAAL 1 C.H.K.Jones c Francis b Lee 38 2 W.R.Endean c le Sueur b Wright 95 3 *A.Melville c Wright b Francis 94 4 B.P.Shaw run out 32 5 †G.M.Fullerton c le Sueur b Sparks 14 6 N.R.P.Nupen lbw b Francis 2 7 A.M.Rosholt lbw b Brown 31 8 H.Ralphs st Pretorius b Brown 26 9 X.C.Balaskas c Warner b Wright 16 10 A.C.McKeown b Brown 1 11 J.G.Nel not out 0 Extras 11 —— 360 FoW (1): 1-85, 2-220, 3-255, 4-281, 5-285, 6-285, 7-335, 8-352, 9-360, 10-360 Transvaal Bowling O M R W O M R W McKeown 9 2 28 2 8 0 26 0 Nel 11 1 26 1 13 0 52 4 Balaskas 11.1 2 48 7 21.5 1 112 3 Shaw (4) 4 0 16 3 Jones (5) 3 0 12 0 Orange Free State Bowling O M R W Sparks 18 0 62 1 Wright 17.2 0 62 2 le Sueur 9 0 51 0 Lee 11 0 46 1 Francis 10 1 60 2 Starling 3 0 17 0 Jackson 3 0 21 0 Brown 7 0 30 3 Umpires: W.Bate and Maclennan. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Transvaal (1) 358-8 (Balaskas 16*, McKeown 0*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. 90