First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

TRANSVAAL v BORDER Played at Ellis Park, Johannesburg, December 20, 21, 23, 1946. Match drawn. TRANSVAAL 1 E.A.B.Rowan lbw b Hubbard 23 2 O.E.Wynne not out 200 3 †G.M.Fullerton b Wienand 22 4 B.Mitchell c and b Phillips 100 5 T.A.Harris run out 75 6 D.W.Begbie not out 11 7 *K.G.Viljoen 8 A.M.B.Rowan 9 X.C.Balaskas 10 N.Gordon 11 W.W.Ralph Extras 28 —— (4 wickets, declared) 459 FoW (1): 1-42, 2-109, 3-272, 4-401 BORDER 1 C.D.White c Fullerton b Ralph 17 2 A.J.Bauer not out 53 3 M.A.Adey c Gordon b Ralph 5 4 R.R.Phillips lbw b Balaskas 22 5 G.V.Wienand not out 52 6 *H.V.L.Whitfield 7 †A.J.Curnick 8 P.S.Hubbard 9 J.B.Preston 10 T.L.Collins 11 R.Beesly Extras 8 —— (3 wickets) 157 FoW (1): 1-21, 2-29, 3-76 Border Bowling O M R W Collins 17 4 59 0 Beesly 34 5 81 0 Wienand 26 3 90 1 Hubbard 14 1 61 1 Whitfield 4 0 23 0 Phillips 16 0 85 1 Preston 8 0 32 0 Transvaal Bowling O M R W Gordon 9 1 29 0 Ralph 7 0 19 2 A.M.B.Rowan 15 2 43 0 Balaskas 5 0 27 1 Begbie 6 0 31 0 Umpires: Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Transvaal (1) 401-3 (Wynne 154*, Harris 75*); 2nd day: Border (1) 157-3 (Bauer 53*, Wienand 52*). There was no play on the final day. 39