First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

ORANGE FREE STATE v BORDER Played at Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein, December 12, 13, 14, 1946. Border won by five wickets. (Points: Orange Free State 0, Border 5) BORDER 1 C.D.White c Dewberry b Tuckett 15 c Starling b Wright 12 2 R.B.Smith b Wright 4 b Wright 0 3 M.A.Adey b Tuckett 0 c Hill b Wright 4 4 R.R.Phillips b Walker 62 not out 53 5 *H.V.L.Whitfield lbw b Hill 5 b Wright 3 6 J.B.Preston c Lee b Walker 21 lbw b Tuckett 1 7 †A.J.Curnick c Dewberry b Walker 86 not out 19 8 P.S.Hubbard not out 80 9 T.L.Collins st Dewberry b Wright 18 10 D.A.C.Woods b le Sueur 8 11 R.Beesly b Tuckett 5 Extras b 24, lb 6, w 1, nb 3 34 3 —— —— 338 (5 wickets) 95 FoW (1): 1-12, 2-15, 3-66, 4-100, 5-104, 6-151, 7-254, 8-308, 9-317, 10-338 FoW (2): 1-8, 2-14, 3-21, 4-31, 5-50 ORANGE FREE STATE 1 *E.W.Warner b Collins 6 (2) c Curnick b Woods 148 2 H.F.Wright b Collins 3 (1) b Collins 0 3 I.E.F.Kirby run out 5 run out 10 4 C.V.de Jager b Beesly 5 (5) c Smith b Whitfield 16 5 R.C.le Sueur not out 87 (4) st Curnick b Whitfield 7 6 M.N.Starling b Collins 0 b Beesly 7 7 L.Tuckett b Beesly 10 run out 28 8 B.W.Hill b Beesly 0 b Woods 4 9 G.M.Lee b Beesly 0 b Beesly 5 10 †D.A.H.Dewberry b Whitfield 10 b Beesly 24 11 K.A.Walker b Whitfield 6 not out 11 Extras b 9, w 1 10 28 —— —— 142 288 FoW (1): 1-11, 2-14, 3-22, 4-25, 5-30, 6-78, 7-78, 8-78, 9-122, 10-142 FoW (2): 1-1, 2-36, 3-36, 4-82, 5-120, 6-164, 7-185, 8-212, 9-270, 10-288 Orange Free State Bowling O M R W O M R W Tuckett 27 4 84 3 12 1 37 1 Wright 16 4 52 2 9 2 39 4 Walker 28 5 75 3 3 0 16 0 Hill 7 0 44 1 Lee 5 0 15 0 le Sueur 6 0 34 1 Border Bowling O M R W O M R W Collins 8 0 39 3 15 6 35 1 Beesly 15 5 35 4 31.7 7 74 3 Woods 6 1 20 0 20 5 36 2 Hubbard 4 0 29 0 1 0 9 0 Whitfield 1.6 0 9 2 10 0 58 2 Phillips (6) 5 0 36 0 Preston (7) 3 0 12 0 Umpires: Toss: Border Close of Play: 1st day: Orange Free State (1) 78-5 (le Sueur 39*, Tuckett 10*); 2nd day: Orange Free State (2) 270-9 (Dewberry 17*, Walker 1*). 27